Recent content by Foilguy

I completely agree with rnelias on having an auto RTH function option that kicks in at a certain battery percentage as being highly beneficial for certain watersparts. I’ll agree to completely disagree with paularity. We had that exact function on the Staaker tracking drone and it worked...

Did you ever get a chance to test this? I finally got my toy the other week so I’ll have see if I can make this work. Plus I’m a bit confused about what is being said here. If I’m using the app on my iPhone to set the Home Point, does the phone have to come with me on the water along with the...

Just got my email notification for completing my order next week? Ordered on July 5th. Looks like they are barreling through Batch 5

Thanks for the input. I ordered July 5th so maybe not too long from now?

Cool. Looks like you ordered around June 27th (?). I ordered on July 5th and wasn’t even expecting to get the notification email till Jan. Maybe I’ll hear sooner?

Ok, got it. Thanks! I’ll have to see if I can lobby the Skydio team to add a user definable RTH based on remaining battery life. When you’re out on the water with your hands full while foiling, you’re never going to even see or hear a message, and even if you did you’d have limited ability to...

So I’ve read several of the RTH threads and SD2 support info and I’m not coming up with an answer. Most of my SD2 flying will be beach launching and flying over water while I’m kite-foiling or wing-foiling. In the middle of rough water conditions even operating the beacon through a waterproof...

I haven’t read my SF PAP (Personal Articles Policy) for some time regarding exclusions. I just remember that there is no exclusion in it regarding damage/loss from flying. It seems crazy that any insurance company would insure consumer drones from flying crashes. I figured SF would have gotten...

Nope, no second thoughts. Waiting for backordered production to catch up is the new normal in this Covid world for lots of stuff. Let’s face it, mucking around with drones requires lots of patience. Even when you get them in your hands you have to go slow in learning how to use them, and still...

I pay about $60/ year and that gets me ~$5,000 in coverage, which includes my drone and some other items like my tablets and GoPro’s. I don‘t have any other policies with SF. Not sure that every SF agent in every state will insure drones under a PAP, but I assume many still do. I understand...

Ridefreak, yeah that’s why Staaker is pretty well suited to water use; you just don’t have as many obstacles to run into. The beacon is waterproof as well. That being said all these drones (Skydio, Staaker, DJI) have some added risk flying over water. I definitely have no illusions that Skydio...

Greetings from the Outer Banks of NC. I’ve owned a “Staaker” beacon following drone for a couple of years (it’s no longer in production) and finally have a Skydio 2 on pre-order (Batch 5 so probably not till Dec-Jan). Also had a couple of years with a Mavic pro. I do mostly water-wind sports...