Recent content by Brock Inspector

Hey Eberls, are you just trolling me? Though I've not been here for awhile I was once very engaged with this forum in trying to assist people with problems related to firmware and software bugs on the AEII platform much like the one I'm now having myself. I'd ask you to please delete your...

I just had a battery go from 93% to zero in a matter of seconds this morning. Scary auto-landing. Luckily my v.1 AE2 Pro retained enough override control that I could put it down on the shoulder of the roadway some minutes hike away and traffic was light. Kept 2nd flight close while testing 2nd...

If the aircraft has ever been bound to 2 devices (eg a Live Deck v.1) it will need to be unbound in order to bind with another

The GPS antenna location on the V1 Evo II (like the one I've got) could and did present a realtively minor issue for certain fliers with anti-collision strobes. A problem arose for those who had Velcro'd their Firehouse Arc V to the part of the top orange shell near the "cowl" piece, a spot that...

I keep hoping Firehouse will make a strobe + RID module for under $100 USD and when they do I'll be first in line. Also, the one use case I know about wherein you won't be able to legally do everything without baked-in RID is when BVLOS rules come into effect. (It requires a waiver now, and Part...

Pilot Institute's Greg reported this week that Autel Robotics just announced Customer Service will continue for 3 years beyond stated V1 and V2 Evo II End-of-Life dates. That's welcome, though what it will mean if you need a main board (for products by then long out of production and possibly no...

If the Live Deck II is anything like the original Live Deck, it pairs with the aircraft, not the controller, as it doesn't require communication with the controller. It simply streams the video feed from the Evo II v.3 regardless of radio line-of-sight with the controller. In addition to HDMI...

Evo II gimbal payloads freely swap prior to the V3. Backwards-incompatibility with V3 is because of the new video transmission link (or so I gather)

LOG is too diffiicult to bother with-- or else it isn't. I'm in the latter camp, finding it super-simple to bring footage into LumaFusion (iOS or now Android) to apply the Autel-issue LUT. The single biggest challenge with Autel LOG to me that the Explorer and Sky apps do not yet provide a...

OK, the DJI trolls have already had their crack at this thread. Reality is that DJI had zero presence at last week's Consumer Electronics Show because they were banned for being on the Entities List (companies believed by US intelligence agencies to be under the direct or indirect control of the...

way to remember this is left=port (because both have 4 letters), and port wine is red

Multiple trees between you and aircraft would seem to indicate you're flying BVLOS. There are reasons for VLOS being the general rule besides just bureaucratic rules, e.g laws of physics. Trees absorb microwave RF spectrum. Most all consumer drones are operating within these spectrum...

So long as you don't absolutely need Built In RID (BVLOS rules require it--also a waiver for now), a tack-on module might be preferable because it's not going to pinpoint the pilot's position, just the takeoff point. A module that's not system-level integrated with the aircraft is also not...

For my Pixel 4A 5G, I found relatively inexpensive 12" Right-Angle USB-A to Right-Angle USB-C ones that are rated for USB 3.1 data speeds for ~$5 each on EBay (but had to look closely at the listings to eliminate the many USB 2.0 speed data ones). You really don't need to concern yourself with...

If you connect a smart device via the USB A it not only leaves the Micro port open for charging, it will prevent the additional wear and tear on Micro connector from removing and reinstalling the device connector cord every time, or from accidentally snagging and pulling on the 90 degree cable...