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Recent content by RandallEdick

  1. RandallEdick

    Flying Wildflowers with Avata

    After I accepted the limitations of the Avata, that it's not an FPV drone, I love it. I use it for shots I wouldn't dare with any of my other DJIs. I use the RC 2 controller, as all I care about is N and S modes.
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    FPV flight Arapahoe Basin Colorado

    I'll try to reporduce it, before I send it in.
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    Flying and Skiing Arapahoe Basin March 2, 2023

    Had a blackout while flying my DJI FPV as the drone approaches the ridge in the second flying clip.
  4. RandallEdick

    FPV flight Arapahoe Basin Colorado

    I had a blackout while flying there yesterday. Screen went black, drone flew itself home, (thanks DJI) but it was no fun at all. DJI asked about interference, I know there's a rely station at Arapahoe Basin 2-3 miles away,
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    Black Out While Flying

    How do you check your flight log? I've forgotten. They asked about interference, it's possible, there's a relay tower about 3 miles away. Could that do it? I've flow the pass dozens of times, FPV and others, , didn't see any issues before. DJI is pretty good about not charging for hardware...
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    Black Out While Flying

    Checked both the bird sd and google sd and they had plenty of space left. I did fly further behind the ridge then before so loss of signal is likely. Perhaps you're right, but I need to have it checked out anyway. Cold wouldn't be a factor would it? It was probably 5deg up were I was...
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    Black Out While Flying

    I was mtn surfing at Loveland pass, Colorado, with my DJI FPV, 10 deg F, when the drone kicked out of manual then went completely black. After a very LONG and stressful few minutes, I did get an image back as the drone was returning home, however neither the drone or goggle video rrecording show...
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    FPV flight Arapahoe Basin Colorado

    Flying a DJI FPV (4k) I wear a hood because in the past the sun coming in the edges of the goggles fried a few pixels. . I think I was near the ceiling for it, (around 14,200 ft 9 deg F) because it got slow in the climb, and wobbly, like it wanted to stall, (might also be wind, but calm...
  9. RandallEdick

    Wavy Video with Mini Pro 3

    The Mini 3 Pro has issues with "wavy" video if the drone is flown in sport, and/or the frame rate is too high (requires an ND filter). DJI recognizes these issues. I also found it occurs flying in cold weather (mid 20s in this video). When I landed the drone I heard a grinding or...
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    What is your experience with the Avata randomly crashing?

    Could you try the same series of manuevers I did. Back roll, roll left, roll right, then back roll. Drone was new, perhaps the 3rd flight,. No crash.
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    What is your experience with the Avata randomly crashing?

    The battery was knocked out, had to find it by the last view in the goggles. Could you do me a favor and do the same manuevers I did. Back roll, roll left, roll right, then back roll.
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    What is your experience with the Avata randomly crashing?

    I'd fly it where you can easily recover it. It's tiny, and I was within a few feet of it, just lying in grass and didn't see it. I wish they'd do bright colors.
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    What is your experience with the Avata randomly crashing?

    That fact that if falls out of the sky for some Avatas and not others kind of points to a hardware issue, It's not a geometry of the drone problem, it's not the firmware, they have a problem with, with some of their flight controller boards being faulty, and that's a tough problem to find and...
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    What is your experience with the Avata randomly crashing?

    This is my experience, and it's what you do NOT do with your Avata. Took me a long time to find it.