Recent content by Dave Corbett

I just checked mine and no cracks, about 12 flights so far. This reminds me of the story of the US Air Force hiring a scientist to study damage to bombers that returned from raids over Germany full of holes. They asked him where to put additional armor on the planes based on the damaged areas...

I have to agree... If my mission isn't finished with 10 minutes of battery time left, I abort and come back for a fresh battery. I ALWAYS want a few minutes of safety buffer. I'd rather buy an extra $200 battery than lose a $1500+ drone.

I found these on Amazon...

Good to hear! Just imagine your drone perched on top of a small tornado that you want to stay out of.

Well, this will always happen when you descend whether under manual control or not. The only thing you can really do is fly a little forward or any other direction to get out of the column of your own propwash. In the RTH mode, it descends fairly slow, so it's not much of an issue. If you...

This common in all multicopters. The aircraft is descending into its own column of turbulence. When you slow to land, you'll notice it goes away. It's nothing to worry about, and firmware can't fix it.

I work for a battery company and work with medical device batteries in particular. I'd sure HOPE my batteries arrived with a few cycles on them! You want one cycle from the factory at least, to ensure it passes all the Quality Assurance tests. We usually cycle each battery 3 times and average...