Recent content by LivinLarge

In the past, I have flown at some state parks in WV. If I can find a ranger to ask, they have said OK but don't fly directly over people. I have a friend who regularly flies at Seneca, and Dolly Sods, without any permission. At Babcock State Park, there is a time allotted for drone photography.

Welcome to the forum from another West Virginian

Since Skydio does not have a compass, it does not know what direction it is pointing until it moves some distance. Its heading is calculated from change in GPS position.

I have the s5e 64 gb tablet and it works great.You might shop for a refurb of this one at a good price.

One thing to consider is that Skydio does not use a compass so there are no worries about flying around or through large metal structures which would confuse other drones.

Two of my phones and the tablet are USB C. All work with he controller.

I have several Samsung android phone and a tablet. All work with or without the controller. My earlier phone had micro USB and I had difficulty finding a cable that worked. Most of the time I fly using the Samsung s5e, 10.5" tablet. The only issue I have is that the tablet always tries to...

Did some more tests of the keyframe function after updating to the latest firmware/software. As before, the feature works fine and seems to be repeatable within a single flight. Shutting down and restarting the Skydio within a few seconds also worked OK. Tried restarting an hour later. in the...

I am a bit disappointed in the Keyframes feature in Skydio 2. It lacks repeatability and option to save multiple missions. Also, we cannot plan missions by selecting points on a map. I have older and less expensive drones which had these capabilities and functioned quite well. They lacked the...

I added a switch to my controller so that I can power it off with the tablet attached. This way, I don't run down the battery in the remote between flights. I mounted the switch in the space where the USB A port used to be. The port was blocked with a plastic plug which I removed and then I had...

I did a couple of more tests today with the keyframes feature and it worked well when flying the mission immediately after setting it up. I tried reloading the mission after swapping batteries and I was very careful to launch from the same point and heading. The first keypoint in each case was...

I have built my own waterproof and floating drones for some time. I only had one incident where my drone crashed in water. I was able to recover it with no damage. I have also tested several ways of adding floats to DJI drones. None of these worked well. Any float system large enough to keep...

I was able to download and install the update with Keyframe features a few days ago. It finally got just above freezing today and I was able to do my first keyframe flight. I set about 12 points circling my house, going up above a tree and another house at points. It was easy to set up and...

I have 3 phones and a tablet that I use to fly the Skydio. Switching between them is seamless, no updating required unless one of the phones does not have the latest app version. Then only that device will need updating which takes just a minute. All settings are saved on the drone so when you...

I just updated the app, Skydio drone and beacon. Not sure if the controller did an update. What is the latest version for the controller? It does not show the same version as the drone.