20 Sep Ala Wai Canal

20 September 2025: Today, after a couple weeks of high wind and Kp indexes, I was finally able to go back to the Ala Wai Canal and see how far down the canal I could get before massive signal breakup. I’m a bit disappointed with the range. I got less than 1,900 feet before my drone wanted to RTH. I’ve inset the screen capture from the Potensic EVE app. Perhaps I’m also a victim of the range degradation from the most recent update. I only got one battery’s worth of flight time, as it started to rain. I think I got a pretty good test of the range, however. Enjoy!

II am continuing to use a different subtitle this time, courtesy the Final Cut Bro, Dylan Bates. He created a tutorial on how to create a Liquid Glass Inspired Title in Apple Motion that can be used in Final Cut Pro. Check out his tutorial here:    • This Liquid Glass Inspired Title Looks INS...  . The only real tweak I added was Fade In/Fade Out basic animation for the text, as my intended use is for subtitles throughout the video. Thanks again, Final Cut Bro!

Hardware used:
Potensic ATOM 2 drone
M1 MBP

Software used:
Final Cut Pro 11.1.1
Apple Motion 5.10
GIMP 3.1.2

As always, Fly Safe and Fly Proud!


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