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  1. Dorian

    This Is Getting Ridiculous

    As multi rotors proliferate, drop in price, and licensing becomes more stringent, more and more 'low budget' jobs will be done by cousins, grandchildren and even the lawn maintenance guy (and illegal aliens with time off from their summer fruit picking jobs), sans licenses and insurance. Why? #1...
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    Class Action

    Agree with "Licensed Pilot" ...
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    Class Action

    As much as it is a terrible shame that some people suffer losses, this is the case in all businesses. As mentioned, if there is no bodily harm done, then you really need to show negligence, conspiracy, or some form of deliberate irresponsibility on the part of the company to have a chance at...
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    Karma-What Went Wrong?

    Their inability to produce a low-cost 360º solution is yet another dramatic failure. Anyone with their finger on the pulse of media knows that 360º movies and recordings are the future. GoPro snapped up GigaPano, but software alone does not a successful business make. Where is their version of...
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    DJI External Battery Extender & Battery (2PIN) to DC

    Got it, thanks. Found in on EBay. How about the "battery extender" EXTENSION CABLE? This is going to require connectors, not merely 3D printing. However, it is NOT being offered by DJI. The only option is making them ourselves. If I cannot find these specific connectors, I'd have to scrap 2 DJI...
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    DJI External Battery Extender & Battery (2PIN) to DC

    One QUESTION for the OSMO extended power crowd. The Phantom 4 battery extender does NOT have enough power to run the OSMO with the X5 camera and arm. Don't know whether you can run an X5 with a DJI battery extender using a DJI Inspire battery, however. Anyone tried this?
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    DJI External Battery Extender & Battery (2PIN) to DC

    Great idea, how do I order? BTW, there's another item you might want to add to your inventory. The "battery extender" EXTENSION CABLE (25')! DJI's batter extender is NOT long enough for delivering power to an OSMO up in the air. The lofting of OSMOs may become very popular, as this is a safe...
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    Announcement, March 1st.........

    A possible solution to the "water drops on my lens" problem might be circumvented by ONLY flying your 'copter backwards, thereby preventing water from reaching your lens. Of course the props are also throwing water around, so although a theoretical work-around, in practice this may not prevent...
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    Announcement, March 1st.........

    I am more worried about rain getting into the motor and shorting it, or making its way into a critical electronic component and downing the aircraft, than I am about spots on my lens (as troubling as that would be). I fly probably 35% or more of my flights over water (scenics) and so a forced...
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    Announcement, March 1st.........

    I'd like to see a waterproof/totally weather resistant quadcopter. Collision detection is a great idea, but resistance to rain should also a serious consideration. The NEW body looks like it might be such a machine. That and more powerful motors would faster return-homes, less crashes, and an...
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    Circumventing no takeoff/landing zones

    The fact is that we now live in a country where a lack of personal responsibility and common sense courtesy and interest in the safety of others, has lead to a literal "police state." Sadly, it takes only one idiot to ruin things for hundreds, thousands of others, especially since someone/some...
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    Where to fly anymore.

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    DJI Announce changes to NFZ

    I think most of you are missing the BIGGER point. The world is becoming a smaller place, a digitally controllable place. The specter of a GLOBAL hegemony is no longer a matter of IF but When. In such an environment, independent aerial surveillance vehicles MUST be placed under the control of...
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    DJI Go iOS App v2.4.0 released

    The point is not social media as much as advertising. But you're right, it should not be in flight software. Maybe they can have their free training software and put all that stuff in it, and in the official version that you get with your aircraft it's removed.
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    DJI GO App - First Impressions

    I found that I could finally (perhaps this was NOT there before) access the Slave's Gimbal control attenuation for the sticks. You can use a slider (and DJI, please let us type in a number 01-100, as the touch-screen scrolling is mind-bogglingly unusable. Just let us ewer that number in some...