Recent content by Lon Denard

So I contacted Skydio about purchasing an X2. They asked, "How many?" and I replied, "2".... They politely told me they weren't interested but if they change their minds, they'd let me know.... Hahahaha! As far as night flight goes, there's already drones with infrared obstacle avoidance on the...

I ain't skered! I got a mile WITH a panel antenna modification. 1/2 mile with upgraded dipole antennas. In both instances, the drone completely lost signal and flew itself back until I regained signal. Funny story, I flew the first test, it returned and I swapped the antenna for the second...

Yeah I installed range extenders on the remote before I got the drone so I'm not the best judge! Hahaha! Even with that, I struggled with range. Which is what prompted me to jump ship! I still think it's an awesome drone for what it does. It just doesn't do what I need it to. I wish they could...

This guy always does consistent and reliable range tests. I was surprised when he said he was impressed with a mile under perfect conditions, especially when he got almost 3 1/2 miles out of the Mavic Mini. However, the footage was beautiful, the drone did a good job of returning home and I'm...

Oh I thought I broke some rule by the way "COMMUNITY RULES" were under this GIF. Hahahaha!

"Titanium"? I thought that part of it, specifically the blue part was magnesium and the black parts were plastic. Anyway, okay it's an American designed drone assembled from mostly Asian made parts and one American made part. Hahahaha! In any case, it's not "Made in America". I don't disagree as...

So you complain about DJI customer service and then engage in "blame the pilot" ? It's a well documented behavior. Mine did it as well.

Autel is a Chinese owned company. Autel drones are designed and manufactured in China. Autel Robotics (a subsiditary of Autel) has marketing and support offices in the US. Skydio is an American owned company. Skydio drones are designed and assembled here from Chinese made parts. Skydio has all...

I ordered the Mavic Air 2 Fly More for fun. I don't think it's serious competition as a follow me drone for the Skydio 2. However, as has been discussed, it murders the S2 in every other metric. If the APAS has been improved and with the other features, I'm sure that anyone that's interested in...

Call and raise...

I totally forgot about this sorry. I sold it awhile ago. I didn't know this forum was still up.

Since Skydio doesn't sell in Europe, there shouldn't be a CE mode.

It seems to be typical of the platform. It's default is Motion track which limits the height it'll fly. It's like it's waiting for a subject. Once you go back and forth a couple times, it "realizes" that you don't want to Motion Track and lets you be the pilot for a change... Hahahaha!

#2 So you were flying it manually and expected it to stop at 8 feet? The height floor only affects autonomous operations. Like Motion Track. #3 In my testing, I found it to be a little sketchy. Similar to the Mavic Mini, strangely enough. Sudden changes in lighting conditions can cause the...

So it's a normally closed switch. Or effectively, like most devices, the on/off switch doesn't interrupt the power supply, like unplugging your TV from the wall, but signals the system to go into an "off" or in most cases, a standby/hibernation mode. Very interesting.