Recent content by pedz

The purpose of the 2nd observer is to keep the drone within the line of sight. What I'd like to do is fly down a windy creek or river. Or, similarly, fly down a hiking path in the woods. There is no way that any single observer is going to be able to keep the drone in sight. An example of...

I want to fly my Avata up a small stream and under a foot bridge but I haven't tried it yet because I'm worried the foot bridge might block the signal. The bridge is 100% metal and extremely solid. No way signals are going to go through it but, of course, they could go under and around it...

I have DJI drones: Mavic 3 Cine and Avata. Which means I have DJI controllers and goggles. Can someone suggest a drone for me to build where I would not need to buy other goggles and controller? I want to just get my feet wet in FPV, building drones, etc.

Got it. WTFM!!!! Geese. Thank you!

Hmm... I need to go back and check. I assume you are talking about the menu you find in the goggles that allows you to fly the drone in manual mode. Another question just occurred to me: I'm using iOS / iPhone. I hooked up the iPhone to the goggles. Should it be connected to the controller...

Awesome. I was wondering if that was possible. When I first started playing with manual mode, something was goofy and it would not even start or stop the props consistently. I will play with it more, figure out the Brake and all the other suggestions you gave. Thanks!

😊 My son keeps asking me about that type of camera. I’d love to get an Inspire 3 but $$$$!!!!$$$$.

I have a DJI Avata. I mention this because I’m not 100% sure if it behaves like other FPV drones. I can’t find a flight simulator that works with my controller so I’m just putting the Avata into manual mode and flying (and crashing) it. I’m slowly getting the hang of it but I’m trying to make...

I want to learn how to fly in manual mode. People suggested doing it via a Flight Simulator. So here are my strike outs so far: 1. The DJI Virtual Flight works only with the FPV Goggles V2 -- I guess. I have the Goggle 2 (the ones that were originally bundled with the Avata). So, it never...

Yes, but I can't mount my camera with a dual fisheye lens. I'm wanting to mount a Canon R5C with Canon's dual fisheye 180 VR lens. I've LOVE to find another camera that has the VR lens and simplify all of this but no one is doing that as far as I can find. So... effectively what would be...

Thank you. I am familiar with RC planes a little. I’ve flown sail planes. My RC powered airplanes never worked because of frequency problems at the time (this was in the 1970s). I will definitely practice a lot before flying the rig. One objective is the type of movies I want to make are...

I’ve owned and still own various “camera drones” such as the DJI Mavic 3 Cine. I also have a DJI Avata but I’ve only flown it (so far) with the motion controller. I have the FPV controller but I’ve yet to play with it. I’m wanting to buy or build a Cinelifter drone that can carry my Canon...

This reply from DJI suggests installing the Enterprise version of Assistant 2 and then install the Consumer Drone Series version. The Enterprise version, they said, has the latest driver. And I guess you need the Consumer Drone Series for the FPV Controller. It is definitely a mess. I spent...

So... this has been my experience. TL; DR -- take @rtkman's advice and get a PC. On an M1 Mac running Ventura, I got it "working" but not really. As stated in my last update, it worked with the Smart Controller that came with my Mavic 3 Cine but did not work with the FPV Controller nor the...

I got it to work -- half way. Fortunately I have a controller for my Mavic 3 Cine and at this point, when I connect it and power it on, the Mac sees it and DJI Assistant 2 sees it and I could (but didn't) update the firmware. I used this version of the USB driver. And I have an issue opened...