Vlog #13 – DJI Announcement – Wifi Mesh Networks – Alliance For Drone Innovation – Gadget Corner

In today’s Vlog I dive into some interesting tech I’ve explored in the last few weeks as well as a cool piece of gear in the “Gadget Corner” section I think you’re going to love. Thanks for watching and let me know what you think!
5-in-1 Card Reader – https://tinyurl.com/yc3p8e4y
Drone Valley Website – www.dronevalley.com
Drone Valley Twitter – www.twitter.com/dronevalley1
Drone Valley Newsletter – http://www.dronevalley.com/newsletter.html
Drone Valley Patreon – www.patreon.com/dronevalley

Time Codes:
02:45 – DJI Announcement
08:43 – Wifi Mesh Networks
11:53 – Alliance for Drone Innovation
20:00 – 5-in-1 Card Reader

67 comments

  1. Charlie J on

    Hey Rick.. Please check your email.I have sent you a couple of emails asking if you’re going to get the Mavic Pro Lipo battery bags again.Great Video as usual.Hope you feel better…been there and still trying to recover. I have been using the Google Mesh router and its fantastic.

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  5. Stan Cook on

    Good info Rick. I wonder if you got the CC email I send to DJI’s Director of Communications about setting up a program to notify us via email about Drone UpDates?

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  6. doi offendu on

    Well I gotta admit I’m disappointed to see this video. I was hoping your absence the last couple of weeks was because DJI sent you a Mavic Pro 2 and you were out testing it for us. Oh well, here’s hoping that happens soon…. Oh! And sorry to hear you’ve been sick!

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  8. Rick Mitchell on

    Rick, WOW! I did not expect such a quick response to my earlier comment about receiving the wrong item. Especially with you being sick. You have GREAT customer service and I feel confident in buying anything from Drone Valley. Thanks again.

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  9. k2wo1 on

    Nice video Rick.. I installed an AmpliFi (Ubiquity) mesh network about a year ago in my home and have been extremely pleased. (Amplifi.com) You might want to consider this system as you review Mesh networks. George in FL.

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  13. Carey Sullivan on

    Great clip as always Rick.
    So glad you’re back on the road to recovery.
    Over the last couple of years i’ve gained so muck knowledge about new tech and my passion for my drone hobby/addiction from you.
    Long may it continue mate.
    Regards from Carey down under in New Zealand.

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  14. Robert DeNova on

    Hi Rick – awesome informative video. The background you have up did you no justice though. Didn’t put you in the best look…IMO
    Hope you feel better!

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  15. skyspy on

    I know America is a big country, but I didn’t realise that each state has different drone regulations. I’ve heard of the FFA just like our CAA in the UK. In the UK, which is four different countries the regulations are the same. However, in Europe each country have different regulations. I’m British but I’m flying in Spain at present, they have stricter regulations about flying drones than UK. By the way the 5-1 readers have been out for years. I bought one 4 years.

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  16. Steve Carpenter on

    Hi Rick, great & thorough information as usual, thank you! One video I came across regarding DJI is the release of the Phantom 4 RTK, here is the link to Bill the Drone Reviewer and his findings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPElRld2NA0. I’ll be looking forward to further reviews on network mesh systems. At present, I use a Netgear Nighthawk X6S (Tri-Mode) which works extremely will and covers a majority of our 2400 sq.ft. home, just slow at the furthermost part of house; from the router. Regarding the Alliance, I totally agree with the different Agencies flexing the power over control of air space! Very cool card reader too! Again, thank for all the new information!

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  17. Ken Foss on

    Thanks Rick! Hope and pray you get well soonest. We know how that goes.

    A little off subject, but good info. As of now, the CrystalSky does NOT work with the Mavic Air. I got this from DJI directly. I checked it out because a blogger said he did use it.

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  18. John VanOveren on

    Missed seeing you of late. Hope you start getting back to normal with you health real soon. Love your videos and information you put out on your channel. Great job and keep it up……Stay safe and fly safe.

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  19. Stanley F. Daniel on

    Excellent as always. The Dr. Memory appears to be worth it. I’ll pick a couple up. Thank you and feel better friend.

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  21. Eric Cohen on

    So glad your back and feeling better, Rick your the best!!! You bring the most common sense approach to the industry, rules and regulations and new innovative technology. All though we have never met in person I feel that you are a giving and wonderful sharing sincere person!!!

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  22. Wayne McCourt on

    Great Video Blog. I purchased the DR Memory. Also, need your help since you are in my neck of the woods. Sent you an email

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  25. Jaddie & Max Dodd on

    Looks like you’re on the mend. Thanks for another informative and well-done video.

    The rumor for Apple’s AirPort product line is that the team has been reassigned to other projects and the product line will likely be discontinued. AirPort products haven’t been updated in a long time, though there was a firmware update a few months ago. Apple likes to participate in spaces where it can be “disruptive.” My guess is that Apple believes wifi is being adequately handled by other companies. (I was at Macworld New York in ’99 when the very first AirPort product was introduced.)

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  27. D Hansel on

    I have a ranch that is about 1 mile from a small rural airport. They get about 1-2 planes that land in a week.
    I have been thinking about getting a DJI drone to fly over my property about 150′ above the trees to check on my cattle. Being so close to the airport will the software let me do that or will it give me a warning or will it just not let me take off?
    My flying would be away from the airport.

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  28. David Adams on

    Missed you Rick! Glad you’re feeling better. It’s funny about that Zenmuse, I’m actually working on a DIY thermal solution for the Mavic Pro that overlays thermal onto an optical feed. It won’t be as good as their’s!! But then, it’ll only be £300-£400 🙂 Not sure about that gadget, Rick – so above and beyond a simple card reader (that have been around for a while) it allows you to view your footage without having to transfer it, well, OK, but if you cache your drone footage, as I do, then you can watch it on your phone, and my DSLR can review recorded footage from the camera, so too on my Gear360 via bluetooth to my phone. Maybe useful to others. Welcome back, sir 🙂

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  31. Joe Marianna on

    Great video. Glad to see a fellow Newjerseyan. I’m from South Jersey.
    Keep up the good work. I will keep following your channel.

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  33. Luis Cortez on

    Hope you feel better soon Rick. Glad to see you back on the air. I’m also happy to hear you talk about all the crazy drone regulations each jurisdiction has. I live in New York, so we’re neighbors. And I feel your pain about the patchwork of drone regulations out there. Here in New York City, where I’m at, is really crazy. I just purchased my very first high-end drone, the Dji Mavic Air, and I was exited to go out and fly it yesterday, so I decided to go to my local park, in Manhattan, and try and fly my Mavic, I only managed to make it to the park, before two nice park police officers, walked up to me and told me that I couldn’t fly in that park, or anywhere in the county of Manhattan, needless to say, I was disapointed, and pissed at the same time.

    So, here I was with a brand new drone, that I couldn’t fly anywhere near where I lived. I’m thinking, I just bought a brand new $1000 dollar paperweight. But the park police officers did tell me that I could fly my drone only in some parks in Brooklyn or Queens. Apparently, those counties are the only legal places to fly drones in NYC. So I was determined to fly my new drone, so I woke up early this morning to go out there to one of those parks, and fly my Mavic Air. I decided to do some more research, to find out exactly what are the regulations in NYC. Come to find out, one of the parks that allow drone flying in BK, you have to be a member of the Seaview Rotary Wings, that the organization that fly’s model helicopters in that area of the park.

    So to make a long story short, I ended up going to another park in Queens. It took me an hour and a half, to make it out there on the train, but I finally got to fly my Mac Air. I loved it. But the park where I went that allows drone flying, is not too far away from Laguardia airport and Kennedy airport. There was a lot of magnetic interference with the controller for my Mavic Air. I only managed to fly the drone for about 2000 feet distance, before I lost signal and the drone return to home. Don’t ask me why they decided to designate that small area of the park to allow drone flying, being that is that close those to major airports.

    Needless to say, my drone flying experience was deflated by the extremes and hoops that I had to jump through just to be able to enjoy my hobby. Is like you mentioned, if people have all these suffocating regulations that make it next to impossible to enjoy your hobby, they will eventually just give up. I think that is the intent of all these burdensome regulations and laws when it comes to drones. We need a voice that spaeks for us drone hobbiest.

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  35. Brendan O'Mara on

    Thanks as always Rick! Just ordered one of those card readers on your sight! Do you need an app for viewing videos?

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  37. Bill The Drone Reviewer on

    Great to see your back ! Rick I caught the same thing at the same time and missed a week of work. Doctor said it was walking pneumonia. Lots of fluids, rest, and extreme patience – I don’t like being sick. Great Vlog ! Will check into the new drone alliance – sounds great !

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  38. TheGSummit on

    Stay away from Linksys Velop! Tried it twice and just horrible tried 4 others mesh systems and so far Eero pro is the best!

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  39. davorco on

    Glad to have you back, Rick. You were missed. I look forward to each of your videos. Hope you continue to feel better.

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  40. tileman851 on

    Glad you are getting better because I missed your videos the past couple of weeks. Worried that with all the changes people have been commenting on about YouTube that maybe you were throwing in the towel. I am glad to see that is not true. The card transfer gadget you reviewed sounds great and I will definitely check this out. Keep up the good work—I will be watching.

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  46. Yacov Bercovitz on

    Hope you’ll get better soon Rick… I would like to see sometimes some of your footages with your drone…

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  48. Aerial Imaging Services Of Maine on

    Check into AOPA they already have a system set up for Airplanes and If we join they will represent us with the Legislator efforts.

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  49. N2 DaAIR on

    Hey Rick, thanks for posting. Just a thought, I sure hope the respective fish and game departments address this new technology. I GUARANTEE there will be a select few hunters who will use this technology in an unethical way to gain any advantage they can over their target. This needs to be addressed NOW not later! BTW, if I’m out hunting and happen to encounter a drone “scouting “ in my area, it will very quickly develop functionality problems.

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  51. John Doyle on

    OK Rick, you asked for it, You got it wrong, but hey who cares you went out on a limb and speculated, and I enjoyed your speculations, you were not alone.But when is the P5, or the new Mavic coming?
    Glad you have recovered and back Vlogging.

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  53. PJC on

    Rick, have you ever had any Flyways with any of your Drones? Because I’m hearing a lot of people having Flyways with the Mavic Air. And I would like to buy one but I’m hesitant about the Flyways.

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  55. Duck Landes on

    My concern with a wifi mesh is most all these RF signals we’re using, like cell phones and wifi, are a harmonic or sub harmonic of our brain’s working frequency (7.83 Hz, same as the Earth’s resonant frequency (Schumann Resonance)). The more RF you have flying around your house the harder it is to concentrate, the harder it is to sleep, and may be causing brain cancer. — You can already watch your latest DJI drone videos in DJI Go app. They are lower resolution than what’s on the SD card but look about as good on a phone or tablet as the full size video.

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  56. Better With A Drone on

    I can’t agree with you more about the Z-XT2 FLIR, Rick
    My cousin, a township fire chief, is excited about these applications you have described. Here’s what it means to hobbyists and commercial drone pilots: Re-training a First Responder as a pilot is a mismanagement of highly trained and specialized personnel. The Chief tells me he would rather utilize an auxiliary of citizen volunteers who would be on-call for emergency response. That means there will shortly be the opportunity for people like you and me to serve our communities in time of need. State and federal funding is being made available and soon DJI and other equipment providers will work with first responders and qualified UAS pilots on projects of this kind. I’m very excited.

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  57. Ken Matthews on

    Who controls the airspace? The FAA or the local municipalities. Drones are classified as aircraft. I am a pilot. Last I checked the locals can’t control the airspace or aircraft flying in them. Can my city say no to American Airlines flying at 32,000′? If I am flying within the FAA guidelines and laws then I should be protected the same as any other air service. I don’t think locals have the authority to trump FAA. Yes I should be responsible for my actions just as any other aircraft is within the FAA. As for privacy. What about the satellites flying in space taking pictures of my house and yard? Can I sue Google Maps?

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  58. R Robinson on

    “Adding sanity to the landscape…” lol This is a great concept but usually gives way to just the opposite with incompetance as an added bonus. All I sould say is that we’ll see.

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  59. lonzonickols on

    Hi I was just wondering how long it will take to get the 5 way card reader?? No big deal . Thanks and love your channel!

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  60. TooRudeCrew on

    Hey Rick, glad to see you’re feeling better! I checked out the DV order page for the 5 in 1 cardreader. Unfortunately I need USB-C instead of the micro usb. Will you be offering one soon? The lightning to usb cable I got from DV is the perfect length and works flawlessly! Thanks for the great products and the excellent videos! JD

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  61. Chuck Dugas on

    Hi Rick, glad you’re feeling better. Question? Whats the name of the application does it use for downloading on my I-pad Mini4?

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  62. ESTOUCHFPV on

    what about the AMA. dont they do the same thing for us flyers? and including insurance for each member of upto 2.5Million is pretty amazing.

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  64. zews1 on

    Because of this vlog I’ve begun to research mesh networks. I still have a lot of questions about issues I do not understand. May I email you personally with my questions? I cannot clearly ask my question here, because I would need to upload a few screenshots about my current Airport Extreme setup.

    I would very much appreciate your input.

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  66. Gregg Smith on

    Got my card reader…NOTE: if you have a large case on your iPhone/iPad you’ll need a lightning connector extender. Not all extenders bring all 8 pins out so many don’t work with the reader. I found one on Amazon that does : Lightning Extender,8 Pin Extender, 8 Pin Dock Extender For,Dock For Lifeproof Otterbox C… https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078L8MH4H/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_tai_i_z1B7Ab…
    This way you don’t have to remove your case…

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  67. Andrew Bates on

    Hi Rick, I received my Dr Memory USB the other day, I am rocking a Samsung Galaxy Note 8, is there a particular app you would recommend I use ?
    I have tried quite a few android apps and nothing seems to work, I have tried it with my i pad mini 4 (128) which has nothing on it except the DJI go 4 app as it is my dedicated tablet for my P4Pro, I have downloaded the apple iUSB app only to find it buffers every four to five seconds and is not watchable, any ideas ?
    Cheers
    Andy B

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