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  1. Alan_Hepburn

    SJRC F11 flight anomaly

    I haven't flown it for a while now, and honestly can't tell you what the LED does off-hand. But if the drone loses contact with the remote it is supposed to automatically return to home so unless there is an obstacle in its way it should not crash...
  2. Alan_Hepburn

    SJRC F11 flight anomaly

    It is an easy quad to fly for a beginner - I spent a few hours in my back yard getting used to it. We live less than 5 miles from a general aviation airport so I called them and they said so long as I kept it a rooftop height or less I was good. We are in a standard size suburban California lot...
  3. Alan_Hepburn

    Drone suddenly reverses

    It might be built in to the drone to return to where it took off from - even without using the phone app. I think all the phone app really gives you is a set of commands that are duplicated from the controller, and a view from the camera.
  4. Alan_Hepburn

    Drone suddenly reverses

    My SJRC F11 did the same thing: I was flying it, walking along behind it, when it suddenly reversed itself and returned to the area where I first started flying it. I assumed it was a built-in function - the default flying mode is "Beginner" which limits its range to 30 meters or so, then it...
  5. Alan_Hepburn

    SJRC F11 1080P GPS 5G WiFi FPV Foldable Brushless RC Drone 25min Flight Time review

    Did you move the left joystick forward and backward before trying to connect?
  6. Alan_Hepburn

    SJRC F11 flight anomaly

    I tthink I may have this figured out: reading the manual it says that the default setting is "Beginner Mode" and that limits the flight distanc to about 30 meters, so if I try to walk it around, and it ends up at that limit it will automatically return to home. So I'll try turning off Beginner...
  7. Alan_Hepburn

    SJRC F11 flight anomaly

    I finally had an opportunity a couple of weeks ago to fly my new SJRC F11 in an open area and it went fairly well, except for one issue: I had it hovering about 10 feet in the air and started to move it forward. I was walking behind it as it flew and it went about 20 feet or so, then it started...
  8. Alan_Hepburn

    Anyone See This Amazing

    We used IBM mainframes at work, feeding them punched cards and waiting for a response! For "simple" stuff we had an in-house PC called a National Semiconductor Starplex - taught myself BASIC on that thing and wrote many programs to make life easier for our department! Then we started moving over...
  9. Alan_Hepburn

    Anyone See This Amazing

    Ah, the "good old days"! Programming machine code into the old 8080... I remember when we got our first IBM PC/XT at work - we all looked at it, with that "huge" 10Mb hard drive and we kept asking ourselves "How will we EVER fill up that drive?"
  10. Alan_Hepburn

    First post of the super newb! Tell me what I should buy!

    My SJRC F11 gives me consistent flight times over 20 minutes per charge - I've got maybe 2 hours total flight time on it now and it's pretty easy to fly. I paid $149 for it if I recall...
  11. Alan_Hepburn

    Cheap Hubsan Case from Harbor freight

    Thanks, ArmyVet - I'm another vet: 82nd Airborne Div 1971-73!
  12. Alan_Hepburn

    Cheap Hubsan Case from Harbor freight

    Yup - I got the same one for my SJRC F11 - works great!
  13. Alan_Hepburn

    Paint the 2 front propellers with different colour

    I'm still a newer than new pilot, but the only time I've crashed my drone is when I was using the "headless" mode...it seems easier for me to NOT use headless!
  14. Alan_Hepburn

    For those that are not anti military.

    Interestingly, the only time I have crashed my SJRC F11 is when I switched it over to "headless" mode - tried making a turn and flew it into the side of my house! I don't have a problem with left and right in "normal" mode, but it sure confused me in "headless" mode!
  15. Alan_Hepburn

    Oldish Newbie Question

    I just got my first quadcopter - an SJRC F11. I'll be turning 68 in 3 months! Took it out in the back yard to test all the features (at least most of the features!) and it turned out the only time ran it into the side of the house (3 times!) was when I tried flying in "headless" mode - kept...
  16. Alan_Hepburn

    You Just Bought a New Drone...

    On the topic of replacement props: are the props "generic" or are they specific to a given model?
  17. Alan_Hepburn

    SJRC F11 1080P GPS 5G WiFi FPV Foldable Brushless RC Drone 25min Flight Time review

    Sorry to bother with another dumb question, but does the compass calibration procedure have to be done before each flight, or is it a one-time deal before the first flight out of the box?
  18. Alan_Hepburn

    SJRC F11 1080P GPS 5G WiFi FPV Foldable Brushless RC Drone 25min Flight Time review

    Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place, but I can't find a spec on the maximum size microSD card that this model can handle?
  19. Alan_Hepburn

    Where to Fly (and Not)

    Suppose I wanted to get some video of my grandson playing soccer - is it acceptable to let the drone hover over the sidelines where no people are standing?
  20. Alan_Hepburn

    Hello from the Left Coast

    Just joined here, looking to expand my knowledge. I've been thinking about getting a drone for taking photos and video of my grandson's soccer games, and general sightseeing stuff when riding our motorcycle or traveling in our RV. My budget is tiny, and I just watched the review video of the...
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