Recent content by bbteach

My RC2 controller defaults to Dual-band frequency and 40MHz bandwidth. Even if I change those, every time I restart the Neo it defaults back to those settings. With those settings it pretty much uses 5.8 GHz and only has 3 bands to frequency hope on. I was at a club field during a drone race...

As you probably know, in the United States the max legal altitude is 400 feet. 120 meters is just under 394 feet. I assume that is why DJI limits it. I do wish companies would not pretend to be my nanny. I don't mind if they warn me I am about to break the law but, don't stop me if I want to. I...

I used a soldering iron to melt small holes through the plastic wing where the thumbscrews hold the protective cover on. Between the cover mount and the thumbscrews the eyelet is quite strongly attached to the controller.

A helicopter has a cyclic (pitch and elevator), collective (altitude and throttle) and rudder pedals (yaw). The Neo equivalent ( with the default configuration ) is right stick cyclic. Left stick collective and rudder. On a helicopter, pushing the cyclic increases forward speed. Eventually...

I like having a neckstrap. I did not like the options out there. I found these and got some: I attached it to my RC-2 and connected my neckstrap as such: This works just the way I want.

Your phone is the key. Connect the lav mic to your phone and verify it is working. I don't know how you do that. If it is Bluetooth, add it as a Bluetooth device. If it is USB, plug it into the phones charging port. Note, I have read not all phones support that. If the lav mic is analog, plug...

Back from my road trip and RC 2 was waiting for me. Got it updated and setup. Did a quick flight. It is so much nicer that the RC-N3+phone combo. Wish I had started with this setup in the first place.

The phone I am using for my RD-N3 is screwing up. Rather than spend money fixing or replacing that phone, I decided to switch to the RC 2 controller. I am on the road until early May but, I ordered the controller now in case the tariffs spike the price. Hoping the phone will hold out until I get...

Fellow Neo-phites, I had some business to deal with in Las Vegas. Mi Lady and I decided to drive out from the Mid Atlantic and see some of the USA along the way. Most of our stops have been and, will continue to be, National Parks--which as you may know do not permit drone flying of any kind (...

Today I had massive trouble getting my RC-N3 controller and Samsung phone to connect. Some of you may remember my post about a custom USB cable I use between the controller and phone. I naturally assumed it must be my cable. I have the DJI original cable with me so I connected it. Still the...

I labeled all my Neo batteries. To balance their use I installed an app called Stock and Inventory Simple. With that app I created inventory items for each battery. As I charge each one I add one to inventory count: I know the Fly app gives you a battery cycle count but, the battery has to be...

I added an email account on my mail server called IfoundYourDrone@xxx and added stickers on the Neo and batteries. If I loose it again and cannot find it, I hope, if anyone does find it, they will email me.

I really like that magnetic coupler except, it is large and heavy: Amazon has a smaller titanium coupler I wanted but, it was more expensive than I could justify. However, yesterday they had it on sale for 50% off. I grabbed one:

I asked Grok ( Beta 3 ) to analyze what I did and offer comment. I am astonished at how brilliant Grok is. By way of design, it suggested a standard diode or a 5.1 volt Zener diode would have worked fine. It also suggests the DJI design was done because it is important to keep the phone...