Recent content by Dogpilot

Nope, the BMS on the battery does it. Read up a bit on it. The DJI stuff is not all that good and very overpriced. How do you think the battery charge is regulated in the actual aircraft when you plug it in? USB-C has a lot of chatter back and forth on charge capability. The same with phones...

I think, since they all got better, eventually. Your problem may be with the pins seating. I would be inclined to observe both the battery and the Neo's mating pins for the battery. I personally am not super hot on the original equipment that DJI supplies for battery chargers. First off they are...

Kids coming to visit. Thought of a way to get them out of the house by teaching them the new method to destroy nuclear bombers...the $1.00 Nerf Missle. I got this silly cheap airdrop gizmo that was for a Mini 3/4 Pro for a few bucks off AliExpress and one of those, I have no idea why you would...

Most National parks are not that big. This is a 3D rendering of Walnut Canyon National Park. It was done with a Mavic 3E and consumed two batteries (done in sequence). I literally flew from the fence line. So it is workable. No, you won't be able to do the Grand Canyon, but why I have airplanes...

From The FAA's Website: No Drone Zone What is a No Drone Zone? The FAA uses the term "No Drone Zone" to help people identify areas where they cannot operate a drone or unmanned aircraft system (UAS). The operating restrictions for a No Drone Zone are specific to a particular location. You can...

Nope, not so. Depends on the park and if Congress has passed rules governing the airspace. The Grand Canyon is not really a "No Fly" zone, but rather a fly at specific routes at specific altitudes (really there are no rules, since in the last 25 years Congress has not really passed them and...

Cities can write all the ordinances they want. When it comes to airspace it is only the FAA that can govern it, not cities. For example, You cannot fly drones in National Parks. You can however, fly a drone over a National Park, provided you takeoff and land outside the park boundaries (my...

Out on a hike this week, took the Neo out to check out a formation off to the side of the area I was hiking in. It took off from my hand and the really large fly (some of these desert flys are huge) that had been annoying me for the last few hundred meters, decided to check out the Neo. It went...

I use some VR glasses, the XREAL Air 2 Pro AR. I use them with the M3 Cine and the M3 Enterprise. They use USB-C video out. The RC-N2 & 3 do not allow that, but the RC 2 and the my iPhone 16 pro do support it. So there are two ways to use them, first if you use the iPhone to control the drone...

Nobody gets into geology if they do not love hiking in the outdoors. They make sure of that. Our field training unit at UCLA was nearly six months spanning a summer north of Death Valley. You mapped a square mile a day, on foot. I did a project in Borneo, really deep jungle, the survey crew got...

Interesting, so I would need to land to extend. I have tried the Mavic 2 Zoom in the past, not a good system. They never made a mechanical zoom drone since. The main thing is I like the size and weight part about the Neo, it is not bigger than my Leica binoculars and far lighter. If I want bulk...

I did order a Neo, eventually it will stroll into my mailbox. I was looking about and only found partial answers to something, I suppose I will have to test out upon receipt. However, it would be interesting if somebody has already tried it. I am a geologist and wanted to use the Neo for close...