Recent content by SteveBCH

I had a similar error when doing Terrain Awareness flights with my Phantom 4 RTK so not sure if this exactly applies but might be something to look into. I thought I had set up the mission perfectly yet the drone wouldn't launch and I'd get an error message. The flight area had a lot of...

To toss in another two cents. Most of the terrain I fly is hilly to mountainous but I don't fly towers, buildings or other structures. When I first started with my P4 RTK a few years ago, I flew several projects using both 2D and 3D mission planning to compare the results. I found the 2D...

The recent firmware update for the Phantom 4 RTK (with the controller with the attached small screen) brought back the ability to cache satellite images.

I design a lot of ponds of various sizes (e.g. less than an acre to around seven acres so far, and typically ten to twenty feet deep) for clients wanting fish ponds and generally need to do before, during and as-built flights (Phantom 4 RTK) and use photogrammetric processing to calculate cuts...

Yeah, I used the DJI Assist 2 as usual. However, took it out in the yard this morning to check things out and it now seems to be working normally. Not sure what I was missing. Probably operator error somewhere along the line. Having upgrade the firmware, do I need to somehow activate the P4...

I upgraded the firmware on the Phantom 4 RTK controller, drone and D-RTK 2 base station today thinking I'd get a fresh start on everything as long as I was activating the RID. Not exactly sure how I did it, but ended up with a firmware version V03.01.0000 (with a date of 2021-11-25) on the...

I've not yet had anyone in the vicinity since flying with the strobes but will give you an update the next time somebody gets curious. As blindingly bright as the strobes are, I can't imagine they'll want to get too close.

I picked up a set of Ultimaxx Landing Gear Stabilizers ($8 on Amazon) and install them without the middle gimbal guard cross piece. They're a bit of a pain to put on and take off but each stabilizer leg has a flat face that points mostly up for attaching the velcro tape. Went this route...

Thank you.

Received my DroneBeacon db120 today today as well but have a question about registering it on FAADroneZone. I have but one UAS (a P4 RTK) so have only one entry in the FAADroneZone inventory. When registering the RID module and updating the FAADroneZone info, do I simply overwrite the drone's...

Curious if anyone has come up with a work-around to save satellite images on the P4 RTK controller (with the attached screen) since DJI appears to have removed that option this spring with a firmware upgrade. Had been fishing around in the Phantom Pilots forum for info but came up empty so...

I followed the Aerotas instructions also and that went pretty smoothly. I recall having a similar problem with the controller not seeing the file on the SD card after going through the process a couple of times. I think (recall is a bit fuzzy) that I got around that by creating a new folder...

I've done a lot of successful 2D and 3D mapping with my P4 RTK and recently attempted to do a flight with the Terrain Awareness mode. As best as I can determine, everything was planned correctly and the DSM loaded correctly but, when attempting to invoke the launch, I would get a message "Low...

Found an answer digging into the DJI forum. Turns out the box is supposed to represent the extents of the imported DSM but it doesn't always work correctly. As of 4/16/2020, it was going to be "fixed on the next update."

When setting up a project in Terrain Awareness Mode on the P4 RTK Controller, and in "edit" to set the boundaries, the controller creates a box with a thick, white dashed line (see photo below). I've been unable to find in any documentation what that white, dashed line represents. Anyone have...