Recent content by Jeroen van Craaikamp

Differences in culture and habits in combination with unfortunate choice/tone of words (I'm not a native english-speaker), as I now know, can easily trigger conflicts and mis-conceptions. I'm very happy with CCT's last post. I also learned a lot, regardless of personal opinions on the matter.

I don't know if this applies worldwide but rechargeable batteries that are sold with a consumer product, under EU law, are considered to be integral part of that product. It does not matter whether the LiPo battery is part of a phone, a laptop or a drone.

In the Netherlands we don't have a suing culture such as in the USA, we have rigid consumer protection laws instead. 20 product groups require CE approval before they may be sold in Europe by European importers/distributors. Amongst other things, CE Approval is to ensure that those products are...

I initially opened this thread to share what has happened to my batteries and warn others (like me) not to leave DJI batteries in the DJI Charging Hub for a longer period. Since then, I have bought four new TB48 batteries plus a Smart Power Charger (and no, I will not leave the new DJI batteries...

On September 21st 2015 DJI released V 1.1.15 for the DJI Charging hub. This fixes the bug that ruins batteries that are left in the hub for over one week. It appears that my batteries were bricked due to the combination of me leaving the batteries in the hub plus the bug that i have in my hub.

You are right, this is exactly why I may buy a Power Station since it will allow me to swiftly load 4 TB batteries in parallel. Then, I can go back storing my batteries on ideal battery level at home in my fire-proof LiPo-safe and get the batteries outm an hour before going out to fly. It will...

Thanks for the tip. I tried that (leaving the connector out for a couple of seconds as well as a couple of hours) without positive results. I suspect the battery cels have drained well below the minimum of 3V per cell that a LiPo can handle. No matter how SMART the PCB and its Firmware is, I...

I'm not saying i made a smart move by leaving the batteries in the Hub. In hind-side, it is probably just as SMART as the batteries itself. However, the DJI Hub should not have bricked the DJI batteries and DJI may not walk away from its legal obligations to replace them at no charge.

I left the battery in the charger since previously I had a situation where i thought i had full batteries but they turned out to be near empty (discharged after 10 days). By leaving the batteries in the charger i thought this would not happen again. Probably i'm not the only one who has not...

Due to the bad weather I did not fly for a couple of weeks. I left my 2 TB47 and 2 TB48 "SMART" batteries in the DJI Charging Hub, assuming the over/under charge feature of the SMART batteries would ensure that the batteries would be left charged, at least up to 60%. This weekend I wanted to...

I think better quality can be obtained if a longer lens would be used instead of the kit lens. Then Field Of View is reduced whilst number of pixels on the sensor stay the same. I.e. if one would use 300 mm. with a FOV of 11 degrees (which would be silly), you need 40 fotos of 12 MP per row to...

Indeed, the solution proved to be very simple, it did not cost me anythin, it did not add any weight to the Inspire-1 (which would cost battery time) nor do i loose warranty of DJI by modifying the drone. I simply enlisted into the Beta Test of DronePan App for Inspire-1 made by Dennis Baldwin...

Inspire-1 also works without an smartphone/tablet. The RC has its own GPS sensor and RTH and Landing gear buttons. If your tablet blows up during flight, nothing will happen. The only thing that will stop is camera view (however; if you keep the drone in line of sight, that should not be a...

P3 Standard is not using Lightbridge but an straight forward amplified WIFI signal. In EU strict laws apply with regards to 2.4 Ghz wifi data strength, hence 500 meter will the be max for the P3 Standard. In the USA the max distance will be greater. With regards to Waypoints and Follow me; As...

As an extra safety, i want a second camera on my I1 (one that faces forward, 15 degrees down). It would even be better if I could have a second I1 pan/tilt camera that automatically would face in the direction that i'm flying (be it upwards, downwards, sidewards, forwards or backwards), but i...