oneeyedparrot
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Files with the .apk extension are android files. means apk=android packSorry for my ignorance but does this FF6_6.7.0_212_FCC_Selectable.apk work on iphone XR?
I must be missing something here in the UK. Visual line of sight must be maintained at all times in our busy skies, and we have autonomous flight so why muck about with a perfectly good app and risk a navigation error by tricking the gps? Would you like to be in a small aircraft / microlight maybe that has a collision with a drone?
If it ain’t broke - don’t fix it...
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 there is a caveat. Unlike our counterparts on the opposite side of the Atlantic we are not allowed to put any transmitting equipment on any kind of aerial vehicle, whether that be General Aviation or a model aircraft or drone (SUAV). So while we can send command and control signals at higher power levels we are still limited to the ISM limits of 25mw on 5.8GHz and 100mw on 2.4GHz for any transmitting system on the SUAV. That’s one reason that most of my homebuilt drones and model aircraft use 433MHz for the control link as I can legally use the various 2Watt UHF systems that are available on the export market.I kind of agree, it is definitely up to the operator, that’s were the buck stops if things go south. Regarding the rules there’s the little matter of CE frequency transmissions strength...
I doubt parrot will fix the battery issues. It is a hardware design problem. Either purchase new batteries or make your own 18650 batteries as some others have mentioned. Its cheaper to dispose the 18650 batteries.It seems no change to autoland or battery management?
You are wrong! Not a hardware design issue. For many of us, (me too) there is no problem with the drone and the battery. Anyone who misuses it (discharges the battery very much, does not charge it afterwards, stores it charged, stores it very discharged) will wear out the battery. The test problem comes up here and it is a software problem: BMS does not follow this aging and indicates bad values and acts on the wrong values (autoland). If you showed the right values and acted on them, the only problem would be a reduction in flight time, and from that you would know that the battery needs to be replaced slowly. Replacing the battery is a part of every drone (just like replacing a brake pad in a car)I doubt parrot will fix the battery issues. It is a hardware design problem. Either purchase new batteries or make your own 18650 batteries as some others have mentioned. Its cheaper to dispose the 18650 batteries.
I also guess what could be the reason that BMS is wrong.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 proprietary batteries such as those used by the Anafi as there will come a time when they are no longer available, such as the DJI Spark as an example, and then your Anafi will be flying on borrowed time.
If a battery is left fully charged or near empty for an extended period of time physical changes take place inside. Dendrites, which are crystalline fingers, form within the battery which reduce its capacity and at the same time increase its internal resistance. The increased internal resistance reduces the battery’s ability to sustain a current draw without a significant sag in Voltage. Power = Current X Voltage, so to maintain constant Current the Voltage will sag.
Eventually as these dendrites continue to grow they will eventually short circuit the anode and cathode and the battery will then cease to be.
Nidge.
FF v6.6.9 is absolutely stable and modded to FCCThe new Anafi version 1.7.6 has problems with the horizontal stabilization. It can ruin your videos because it happens anexpectedly and without any side winds.
@ds2atc is it possible for you to make a FCC modification for Freeflight V6.1.1? I have an Anafi firmware 1.5.6 that can still transmit on FCC at full power and don't want to upgrade. Could you please release a moded version 6.1.1?