Recent content by waynorth

Try taking a stills photo in good daylight and post the full resolution image here.

What does American Telcom towers have to do with GPS? Drones get their GNSS (GPS, Galileo, Glonass, Beidou) signals directly from the sattelites.

The home point is automatically updated when the GPS in the drone has good enough sattellite reception and knows where it is located. You can change the homepoint during flight, but you need to be aware of what that means. As for calibrating the compass, you very rarely have to do it. If you get...

You probably think of DJI Aeroscope, a drone detection system launched in 2017. They sold a lot of it (very expensive) to law enforcement, airports and military. I think they have stopped making them now. Here is a quote from DJI: "Every DJI drone continuously transmits a radio signal encoded...

The Norwegian Aviation Authorities will not reveal what system they use to detect drones. Every major airport (and many smaller ones) has a detection system, which is connected to a central communication center located in the main airport close to Oslo. I saw a photo of this center, all the...

The micro-USB charge port connector is a weak point on these controllers. But if you are a little handy it is not difficult to repair it yourself - it does require some soldering, though. There are several good videos on youtube describing the process. As said in post 7, use the larger USB-A...

But OP says that he gets the message "aircraft disconnected". I thought that this message only referred to lost link between the RC and the drone.

OK. First the interference message. One of my Mavic 2 drones also shows mag interference on almost every startup. It is a "false positive". You can check in the menu settings under "Sensors state", it shows the state of the compass and IMU. Despite the message, the compass is perfectly fine and...

Wrong. The systems detect radio signals and can very precisely locate the drone and the pilot, no matter how small and quiet. In my city tourists are caught flying several times a week, because they fly within 5 km from the airport. They get a fine of around $1000, the drone is confiscated, and...

If it will start and you can fly, then the drone is connected to the RC. Maybe you mean that your phone will not stay connected to your controller?

Have you tried asking Drone-Hacks? My experience is that they give good support and respond quickly. When you say have connectivity issues my first thought is that you should try another good quality data connection cable. DJI drones can be very picky on cables!

You need a transformer or similar that converts 12V to 5V, with a USB socket. You can buy plenty such things for cars for example. Remember that you have to charge the controller with the micro-USB socket on the left side of the controller. The karger USB-A socket on the bottom back of the...

Brilliant!!

What issues do you have with the battery? The classic "only LED 1 and 4 lights up" and/or the dreaded red status light?

The Mavic 3 is listed in the birdmap. If you downgrade to firmware .1000 you can buy a DH license and remove NFZ, altitude limits, and enable FCC.