Recent content by Meta4

No need for the controller to log out/in to your DJI account in the DJI Fly app.

FYI .. no DJI drone used telecommunication towers for GPS or anything else. Your drone has a GPS receiver that receives GPS signals directly from sats out in orbit.

I've never seen any indication of this. DJI provide a list of their "approved devices" (a few devices that have tested and found to work). But DJI don't test every device that's out there and many very good flying tablets never show on their list.

The list you mention is simply a list of some devices that DJI has tested, but it's not an exhaustive list of devices that will work. Here's a different list that shows that several flyers are using the same tablet and are happt with it...

Unfortunately the moderators of the DJI forum are not a reliable source for correct information. They don't fly drones and have no technical knowledge. They often pass on poor or completely incorrect information.

Interesting that they are making container cranes in Europe. Around the world, most are made in China. The major supplier has a fleet of specially constructed vessels to transport them. They are spectacular to see at sea. Here are a couple making long distance deliveries. In those photos the...

No .. why would you? Perhaps you aren't aware that your recorded homepoint is lost when you power off the drone. When you power on again, the drone has no homepoint until it gets GPS reception again and records a new one. Your drone comes from the factory pre-calibrated and it doesn't lose that...

They probably have no such awareness of anything drone-related. Neither do they really care about pesky facts and details. That's not what this is about.

If your drone has been in salt water, it's toast.

Most of your questions could be answered by reading the Airdata website. This page tells you how: https://app.airdata.com/main?a=upload

The IMU gets its initial direction data from the compass as soon as the drone is powered on. The compass etc is independent of GPS. The post you are looking for isn't mine (but I quote it a lot). https://mavicpilots.com/threads/a-short-explanation-of-compass-function-calibration-and-errors.90792/

You lower the drone into your grip and hold it while holding the left stick down. After approx 2 seconds with the stick down and the drone not able to descend, the motors shut down.

Lose a prop in flight and the motors will continue to run.

Perhaps you should tell DJI that their drones don't need compasses then.

That's about right. The light level was too low for VPS to help hold position and your GPS reliability was at 0/5 for the whole short flight. Launching before getting good GPS location data, isn't a problem .. if there are no obstacles to collide with. But with obstacles close by and no obstacle...