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I've been wondering about that kind of application as well. In my head it seems simple enough. Basically just an electric spreader that also happens to fly. The rotor wash may impact the spread though, especially when low to the ground. Still, it seems like something that homeowners, golf...

That's interesting. DJI's promotional material claims the MG-1s can spray 2.5 acres on a charge, 60-80 acres in a day. I assume that's under ideal conditions. Obviously large farms aren't going to be very feasible since it would take over 10 hours and 40 batteries to spray 100 acres with a...

Hi! I'm very interested in the idea of using drones, like the DJI Agras models, to spray crops, trees, turf or even lawns. Is anyone currently doing this kind of work? What hardware and software do you use? How reliable is it?

I've been thinking about getting insurance but wasn't sure if I could or if it would make sense. Does your regular insurance company provide coverage for you or did you have to go somewhere special?

Very possible. It wouldn't be the first time. You're probably right in your assessment of the lifespan and all that. It's probably a non-issue.

I'm not a structural engineer either and I agree with you that it's probably a non-issue. I'm honestly not sure why I butted in. Sometimes I forget that if my opinion hasn't been asked for it's probably not wanted. Without having drawn any force diagrams (which I haven't done since college and...

No, I haven't seen any of those fly. Having to shim the props seems crazy. Maybe they'll release a 2.0 version that fixes it? It would probably take a good deal of extra torque before the temps in the motor would rise noticably. I wouldn't think the difference between those blades and stock...

All the more reason to be concerned about it. These things don't happen in a vacuum; they're cumulative. It's additional torque on the airframe and it could add up to forces beyond what it's designed to withstand. Just because the shaking goes away after a second doesn't mean the force that...

Hi! I just got an I1 with two batteries almost two months ago and I've been seeing what seems like a high number of deviations with one of the batteries. The last time I flew I got a yellow warning message (not a red error message) that simply said a battery cell was broken with no further...

Lightroom can easily correct lens distortion like this.

Thanks for the input! I have tried a few times to calibrate the compass but I'm not sure if I succeeded or not. I've had a real hard time getting past the first step. The few times I've made it to the second step, I've spun it a number of times and eventually the screen goes away. I don't know...

I only recently upgraded to 1.7 and so far I haven't experienced any signal issues. But the issues in general seem to be trending less frequent. I'm starting to think this thing is just more sensitive than I realized. Lots of things to calibrate and care for; to pay attention to. Things that can...

Oh, I'm very sorry. I didn't read carefully enough. I just assumed you were asking for the same info DJI did when I opened a ticket about this with them and I attached the screenshots I had sent them and already had on hand. Here's one I just took with the information you asked for.

Sure. I included a screenshot of what I see when the video feed messes up too. Dji-go-about by dev_willis posted Nov 28, 2016 at 5:55 PMDji-go-cam1 by dev_willis posted Nov 28, 2016 at 5:55 PM

I have this same issue.