Recent content by Kirk Pleasant

Wellysm- Thanks for your info. I thought that the props being spun by the wind might have had something to do with it. As a matter of practice now...I do leave off the props if I have to calibrate the compass. Cheers

This is so accurate and true! https://player.vimeo.com/video/127797505

Middle East... that is why the picture is a camel

DJI has sent me an Analysis form which I completed and I have sent them my logs. Cheers

I am happy to send you the data logs if that will help you. Cheers

Yes the adaptive gear was on but no auto takeoff. I had been flying varying between P, A and F modes

Thanks, I figured it out. Cheers

That is all correct. The only slight variance is that I had just completed the nose down turn and the light started flashing green , within 1/2 second (thankfully I was still holding it out in front of me with the nose pointed down) is when the motors started pulsing. I don't know if temperature...

Mani, It is absolutely real. I know The Editor says it can't happen but fly-ways, voltage drops and loss of controls are not supposed to happen but they do. I will send an email this morning to DJI and the flight logs once I figure out how to download them. I checked my Ipad flight records and...

It is now 0030 where I live and a busy day scheduled for tomorrow. Sorry to be lazy but if anyone has a link on how to download the log file it would be greatly appreciated. Cheers

I will try and download the log file to DJI... needless to say- it scared the hell out of me!

Well they have now.. Landed, checked the compass- the reading was about 1250. Selected calibrate, did the turn clockwise- it took 2 times around before the light changed green. I then did the turn with the nose pointed down. just as I finished the turn there was a very strong gust of wind that...

They say experience is learning from our mistakes.. I gained some experience today! I checked my compass before flying and it was about 1450. The Inspire started having trouble holding position in an 8.5m/s wind. I checked the compass again and it was down to about 1250. I decided to calibrate...

I lose about 1 meter per minute of indicated altitude.

Here is a link to an amazing video (shot entirely with an s1000 I believe). Also it was supposedly shot in 1 take! The making of the video is here. At 1:27 you can see that they are using the S1000's gimbal and camera on a moving platform for the indoor and through the door shot.