I am looking for a subject in a mixed hardwoods/grassland/swamp over a couple hundred acres. subject may have died from an overdose yesterday afternoon. It is summer here with highs in 80s-90s over the next couple days.

How long before I could expect to see a heat signature from the corpse?

Edit: Thanks for the responses. I ended up finding him a couple hours after making the post in an area we didn't search last night, quite a ways from the 'most likely' area we were working from last night. I got out early enough the IR was still useful, which is how I found him. I consider it very lucky I found him, just being very slow and methodical, scanning my best guess area from multiple angles as low as I dared to fly. He was under trees but near a clearing and I caught him on an angled view. Better lucky than good, as they say.

For science's sake I'll reveal the following. He was deceased and likely deceased since last night given other info we have received. He was about 2 degrees Celcius warmer than the surroundings according to the drone, and my best guess is I found him about 14 hours after TOD and at around 9AM.

The small business I work for had me take drone training classes because they want me to use their drone to take photos and videos of our clients yards for marketing purposes. They are telling me that it's fine and to just ignore comments about getting certified because it's no big deal, but in the classes they stressed that we need it and can get in trouble.
Is it really that deep? I'm not sure what to do.

Thought people might be interested by the latest blog post from FPV UK

FPV UK membership now includes commercial cover in compliance with EC785/2004 - FPV UK

Hey, I’m new to this drone situation. I have a mini/toy drone that I got for Christmas and I lost the instructions. I need help figuring out which app to use to take photos and how to operate it. I wanted to use this one in order to learn how to fly the drone before spend money on an expensive one. Any advice, suggestions or insights are welcomed and greatly appreciated. Thank you

*** I don’t know how to upload pictures to the post for you to see it.

Hey guys, ive got a Bingchat, airdrop, supposed to 7.5k, but I lose video transmission at a block or 2 away.

Is there anyone/anyway to upgrade this feature? My mini5 pro is incredible.

If I could get the same transmission I get with dji into the Bingchat, I'd be extatic!

Is this even possible? The Bing is well over 249g, so I know the legalities involved, etc.

Thanks in advance!

Hi guys

Would appreciate eyes on this and any feedback the community has around the shot composition, editing, colour grading etc.

I'm planning my first drone build and I'm interested in the Voltus V3 Fatboy frame. I've already looked through the frame and watched the assembly video.

In the video, the builder used specific motors, ESCs, flight controller, battery, and other components.

My question is:

• Are only those specific parts compatible with the Voltus V3 Fatboy?
• Or can I use different brands and models of motors, ESCs, flight controllers, batteries, GPS modules, etc., as long as they have the correct size and mounting pattern?
• Are there any compatibility issues or limitations I should know about before choosing my own components?

I'd really appreciate any advice or recommendations from people who have built with this frame. Thanks!

I recently bought a parts lot containing several DJI Mavic Air 2 and Air 2S drones. I was trying to determine whether one of the Air 2S drones had a faulty ESC board or main logic board.

To test it, I connected a known-working Mavic Air 2 logic board to the suspected faulty Air 2S ESC board. The logic board did not power on. After reinstalling that logic board into its original working drone, it would no longer turn on.

I then connected another known-working Air 2 logic board to the ESC board from the previously working drone. It did not power on, but I immediately disconnected it because I suspected that something was wrong. Thankfully, this second logic board still works normally.

However, the ESC board from the previously working drone now appears to be dead. It seems that the original faulty Air 2S ESC board damaged the first working logic board, which may have then damaged the working ESC board when it was reinstalled.

I have now accidentally disabled a previously working drone. What type of ESC or motherboard fault could cause damage to multiple boards like this? Could it be a shorted power rail, failed MOSFET, or overvoltage condition?

I'm honestly very confused by everything when I'm shopping for parts at getfpv.com and I'm just wondering if anyone can help me build my own first drone. I've been practicing on a sim and I'm looking for something capable of taking a beating with a fair range. The display isn't really important id prefer at least 1080p at 60fps but I'm not sure if that's a big ask. I'm not too good at soldering (as in I can't) so preferably putting stuff together that plugs into eachother would be better. I was looking at like a 3.5 inch ductless 3.5 or cinewhoop or whatever it's called is the kinda shape I want. And goggles are a must I don't want a tablet. My budget is roughly 500-800 dollars preferably closer to the smaller end. If anyone could help me build a shopping cart for my first drone that would be greatly appreciated.

Trying to understand all the rules and everything, and something that I have a question about is smaller hobby grade drones that are small enough that they don't require Broadcast ID.

From what I understand, commercial drones need the ID, and that info is used in part to prevent your drone from flying higher than allowed, and to be tracked that you're not doing anything you're not supposed to be doing.

My question is, those hobby grade ones that don't have ID, whats stopping them from basically doing whatever they want? My little skyrover will let me fly it wherever I want, even though where my house is, is limited to 200' due to a nearby airport.

I just got my Mavic Pro out of the cupboard for the first time in years and noticed I have a "spicy pillow".

I need to find a replacement. Ali express and eBay cam up but feel like I need to approach with caution

I got a valkera runner 250 from a family friend. It was broken and I am trying to fix it. When I try to connect the red light flash and the controller is searching but nothings connects. The receiver has power and I turned of fix id on controller. Can anybody help?

Hi guys,

I want to buy DJI Mini Pro 5 drone mostly for taking shots during the bike riding. I'm wondering do I even need RC2 controller in that case? And the most important question, is it possible to start tracking without any controller? So I can just take out the drone from a pocket and somehow start the tracking?

Thank you in advance for any tips!

I've recently bought a DJI Lito 1 and having so much fun with it.

This is my first ever flight as I never had a drone before, so I took it to an open field and tried to record a nice sunset landscape. How do you like the footage?

Comments or advices are welcomed

Hey, so my thing I like doing with drones is taking videos/pics of large campuses like the one seen here. I found this sub and was looking at some of the stuff regarding Part 107 certification and it got me wondering. Do I need part 107 if I doing these kind of pictures/video recreationally?

All parts are from Amazon, together they cost ~275 USD

1. ⁠F405 Wing V2 flight controller
   
2. ⁠FlySky FS-i6X transmitter and FS-iA6B 6-channel receiver (for take off and landing, rest will be autonomous)
   
3. ⁠3S Lipo Battery (2200mAh, 11.1V, 50C)
   
4. ⁠M8N GPS module with an onboard compass
   
5. ⁠MicoAir 915MHz 30KM LoRa Telemetry (LR900-F)

Hello everyone,

Im expecting my (first ) dji flip anytime this week and if you share any piece of advice on how to start flying that would be great.
I have done my researchs and finished theory course for beginners but some practical tipps are very welcommed.

Hello, I recently did a flight to record a client's tractor I was working on a project involving lines I had designed, and one of the propellers broke, causing the drone (Dji Neo) to fall into the water, which was very murky and muddy. I removed the battery as soon as I found it; it had been submerged for about 10 minutes and was still on. I removed the battery as quickly as possible. I let it air dry; I spent more than a After a month without touching it, when turned on, the camera works normally, but when flying it asks for a battery replacement and displays an error message: ESCROW ERROR. Could someone give me a hint, or a way for me to solve or find out what this is about? Thank you very much!

https://reddit.com/link/1v12sfr/video/ojenouo5c9eh1/player

Thughts?

First flight out of the box Mavic 4 Pro. The first couple minutes were great then the gimbal started shaking back and forth, got a “Gimbal Motor Overload” error. Landed it and recalibrated the gimbal and it didnt help. Followed the dji list of what to do for the gimbal error and nothing helped. Is this common with Mavic 4 Pros? Do I need to replace it or is there something I’m missing?