Recent content by pyrozyme

It doesn't navigate without GPS and it doesn't hold position stable without GPS. It literally disables backup sensors when there is no GPS signal. Welcome to disappointment.

Lidar solutions that would work in that environment are significantly more expensive. The benefit of this particular drone beyond cost (if it could be position-stable underground) is that we already use some very extensive photogrammetric survey software in place, so it's an easy addition to...

Thanks for more knowledge. Bummer though. Out of curiosity, when they market it as having "Navigation in GPS Denied Environements", any idea what are they referencing? lol.

Well, as a final update of sorts, I did fly a bunch more underground. The next flights went much better. Still touchy, but I had a better feel for what to expect, so even landing went a lot better for me. Didn't blow any props. Haha. While I'm still disappointed that visual guidance just...

First test went pretty much as some expected. Basically no control, no visual assistance. It did fly though, contrary to what Autel told me. ATTI mode was a challenge but not horrible. Sensitivity of controls was pretty high. I reckon that "smooth" mode becomes irrelevant went in ATTI. I only...

Thanks for the thoughts! Been flying drones since long before they came with such things as GPS stabilization, so I'm going to at least turn it on and see how it goes. I am somewhat frustrated though because it was marketed as being able to function in GPS denied environments. I'm not so naïve...

I'm a little bit in the same boat with disappointment. Unfortunately, I feel like I all too often adopt tech before it's ready. Haha. I didn't realized that I couldn't take the 48mp photos until after I ran my first survey (manually of course, due to lack of grid mapping) and was looking at...

Greetings! Part of the reason for purchasing the Max was to test it at some of our underground mines for inspection and photogrammetric survey purposes. I've reached out to Autel with no response yet (~24 hours only), and was able to chat with Joe at Vertigo Drones for a while. I'm hoping the...

Thanks for the quick reply! I managed to get it done through basically the same route. I didn't even notice the "Large Files" selection when I started poking around, but I found the very well named firmware file in: RCPad/storage/emulated/0/enterprise/drone I deleted and rebooted and everything...

Greetings. I did my first flights with the new Max today and was really happy with it. However... As expected there were firmware updates for the drone and controller. Both downloaded well and after the controller updated it requested that I restart the drone and the controller, which I did. Now...