Recent content by HokieDrone

I added a 4th Typhoon H about a year ago. The newest drone however will not perform the advanced functions like Cable Curve Cam or Point of Interest. I've got advanced Functions turned on but it just won't execute them. What could the problem be?

Pretty much everybody has a cell phone now that can take pictures and shoot video. You’d actually be less likely to notice somebody shooting video of you from the ground than you would notice a drone highlighted against a bright blue sky. I seriously doubt that there’s a real issue with people...

I was flying in the foothills leading up to Mount Rainier yesterday and launched the drone from an altitude of 3280 feet and went up 400 feet to 3680 feet. That's just a hair under 0.7 miles above Sea Level. The air should be thinner there but to be honest I can't say that I noticed anything...

To be fair, the dog bites are over 10 years so they’re averaging just slightly more than one a month. At first blush it did seem high but spread over that much time it isn’t that alarming. I will say that they do have a big problem with people letting their dogs roam off leash. It probably isn’t...

It's actually in a densely populated overdeveloped area. The park is a repurposed golf course that opened 10 years ago. It's about the only open space where you can fly within 15 miles. I checked the incident reports for the park, there have been athletic injuries reported on the playing...

There's a location I have to go back to frequently to updates on a construction project. While on location if I have to do maintenance on one of the drones or test something new out I've been going to a large wide open park for test flights. After I found the park on the map I did extensive...

I was able to get it to flash purple/white today but it then changes to red/yellow. Can the blue LED be intermittent?

Yes. Both the drone and the ST16 have been rebooted several times. The compass recalibration was done in the morning. The drone flew safely, was shut down and restarted about an hour before sunset and it was still flashing Red/Yellow. It flew safely again and was shut down for the day.

Well the yellow is kind of yellow/green. Here's a video of the sequence: I've never seen this sequence before and it doesn't seem to be covered in the manual. I had just recalibrated the compass and the gimbal. The drone flew without any problems but I'd like to know what it means. The Main...

I'm not seeing where he said he was selling them. On page 1, he offered to send him the stl file: jannislh wrote: "Do you have access to a 3D printer? I could create a suitable part and send you the stl file so you can print it youself."

Yes, somebody has already made an .stl model: https://yuneecpilots.com/threads/want-to-purchase.18048/page-2 Hopefully you can track him down and get the file.

Is the memory card full? Downloading the recorded footage doesn’t free up memory on the card. You have to delete the previously recorded videos or reformat the memory card. Have you tried using a new memory card?

If you shut down the drone with the video still recording the video isn't readable but if you put the card back in and restart the drone it will finish the writing process and you can get the video back. I've had to do this a couple of times. It's almost always due to a dicey landing. I'm so...

DoomMeister this is exactly why I posted the story about the drone being taken out by the UH-60B near the Veranzanno's Narrows Bridge. It needs to be drummed into every drone operator's head that they need to operate safely and smartly. Quite frankly, I feel that the idiot should've been...

I’d like to hear more about Yuneec’s relaunch. I’m about to start on a long term high dollar contract and it’ll be important to have reliable service to keep the drones in the air. Yuneec’s flaky service and the scarcity of spare parts has got me considering switching to a different brand of...