What are your hopes and dreams for Inspire Ground Station?

MadMitch88 · Mar 1, 2015

I'm becoming pessimistic about it because of all the bad press lately -- White House incident, Paris drone incident, etc.

DJI will likely kowtow to the Feds and release a GS app that has a 250m max. range. They will then release an official press statement saying something like:

"Now enjoy GPS waypoint flying in your backyard with the Inspire! Hours of fun! No autonomous flights within 10 miles of any airport, national park, or Washington DC".

William sterling · Mar 1, 2015

And that will open up a a great opportunity for us to write our own apps and firmware

turbodronepilot · Mar 2, 2015

I'll blow a gasket if they limit range in any application. .
let's hope the hackers have our backs...
turbo. .

PB30X · Mar 2, 2015

Quite sure there are already software/firmware hacks in use[emoji6]!!

MadMitch88 · Mar 2, 2015

turbodronepilot said:
I'll blow a gasket if they limit range in any application.

They already limited the max. range in the Phantom GS app --- why wouldn't they do the same for the Inspire?

turbodronepilot · Mar 2, 2015

God bless the hackers..
Is this something new since the white house fiasco?

MadMitch88 · Mar 2, 2015

turbodronepilot said:
God bless the hackers..
Is this something new since the white house fiasco?

Phantom's Ground Station has 200m altitude limit and 500m distance limit since Day 1 of it's official release.

William sterling · Mar 2, 2015

MadMitch88 said:
Phantom's Ground Station has 200m altitude limit and 500m distance limit since Day 1 of it's official release.

Mine doesn't

MadMitch88 · Mar 2, 2015

William sterling said:
Mine doesn't

Yours does if it's the offical GS from DJI --- but sounds like you have the ILoveCoffee app

IrishSights · Mar 2, 2015

Not hit a limit distance wise in the PC Ground Station. Each leg of a grid survey has been 1km for me.

PetePerrim · Mar 2, 2015

MadMitch88 said:
Yours does if it's the offical GS from DJI --- but sounds like you have the ILoveCoffee app

Sorry Mitch, you're just wrong on this one. I have plenty of videos on YT, including a couple of popular tutorial videos on using GS for the Phantom and there is no such thing as the maximum altitude or range limit. As a matter of fact, most of my GS flights are over 2000 - 3000 metres from take off point.

What are your hopes and dreams for Inspire Ground Station?

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