Recent content by Nidge

As you're not getting any joy from Parrot, the advice from Gipsz Jakab to open your Anafi yourself, is probably your best shot. The Anafi isn't too difficult to work on, and my experience with Anafi faults, is that they can often be traced to poor connections with the connectors Parrot used...

I too watched Ian’s video and found it a lot easier to digest than the official CAA document. I won’t be rushing out anytime soon to purchase a DJI Mini, as for the six or seven years I’ve been flying I’ve only ever flown in what would now be classed as the A3 category. I appreciate not...

Of the different smart devices I have used I have found that the Huawei M5Lite8 to be the best solution for me. Screen brightness, while not as bright as something like a DJI Smart Controller, is brighter than most comparable devices. Battery life is excellent. It will easily cope with a full...

As @Gipsz Jakab highlights there are two different Battery Management systems at play here. There is the software version that Parrot embed into the battery, and then there’s the human version which the operator is responsible for. The latter of the above is especially important with...

I stopped using DJI stuff back in 2014 when they introduced their screwed up NFZ crap in April of that year. I was using their Datalink system on a self built hexacopter for repeatable survey flights. When many like myself complained DJI assured us they would fix the issue but instead they...

Interesting fun fact in the UK both 2.4GHz and 5.8GHz have allocations for amateur radio use. They are primarily used for satellite communication. A full amateur license allows up to 400Watt input to the antenna on both these bands. Now before everyone runs out to get an amateur radio license...

I would be seriously peed off if I’d bought a Mini in the last year. Rather than address the inherent problems with the current Mini DJI have chosen to replace it. Nidge

As per the video above I really don’t think there’s a way to open it without destroying the case in the process. I have replaced the LiPo packs in a couple of Phantom2 Smart(ish) batteries but with those it’s possible to get the cases apart with the careful use of some plastic spudgers. I think...

What Augustine said. Of the reviews I’ve seen it’s pretty much incapable of controlled flight. Think SimToo Fairy and you’ll get a fair idea of how poor it is. Nidge.

My thoughts exactly. I still own and fly a DJI Spark but DJI discontinued it over a year ago, and stopped showing love for it via the Go4 app nearly two years ago. Therefore the Go4 App I’m using is over two years old.

I tend to agree with Gipsz Jakab above. I feel the updates for the Anafi in general are too vague and generic to merit an immediate update, there’s nothing really that new. It mentions something about advanced RTH and improved flight characteristics if the compass goes wonky but no detail...

Some things to consider. Both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz allocations are not exclusive to WiFi. Your WiFi analyser APPs and the activity screen within Freeflight6 will only show WiFi activity and NOT the multitude of other signal/modulation types also in those same allocations. Case in point. I was...

Sound advice from Augustine above. I bought an Anafi, advertised as spares or repair, off eBay. It exhibited the same issues you are experiencing. On opening up I discovered the ribbon cable that connects the Power distribution board, the board the battery connects to, to the main board had...

“the main board was "burned out". I find this statement rather a poor one coming from an authorised repair agent. Inferring that it was burnt out would intimate there was some physical evidence such as blown components and/or carbonised circuit traces. Unfortunately these days fault finding to...

It’s been a while since I last used UgCs, I used it with my P2’s, Naza equipped Hexa’s, and Pixhawk builds, but I wasn’t aware they had now included the Anafi. Time to start playing again. Nidge.