Recent content by kamviclance

Well, the one thing you did not mention that personally hindered my ambition for the hobby (and one that has no fix), is the negative actions from uniformed people who like to challenge your passion. For me, that has taken a lot of the wind out of my sails. Kudos to all who can ignore this...

Your right, "No intelligent" drone pilot would fly over a fire. That said, a fire bomber will be grounded if it does not have a 3 mile visibility. I highly think that any of these drone shots were zoomed from 3 miles away! What I think is sad, is that people have to be educated about dangerous...

Back in 1981 when I had my quicksilver ultralight (in Canada), we were required to write an exam to obtain our required "pilots license". The test was not at all hard ( less knowledge required then the licensing for my drone). The big difference in obtaining the ultralight license, was...

The Government itself calls it "Collateral Damage".

Don't think it will be a problem for Santa this year as there is NO commercial flights flying around Canadian airspace right now. Seems everything has been grounded the last few days because of weather. LOL Merry Christmas All!!

I think it could have been my lipo battery that just caught on fire in my MM.

Hi, I totally agree with what you say. I have my basic licence and registration for my Mavic mini. This is not really necessary for the sub 250g drone, but I believe everyone should be well informed of the regulations. That said however...the obvious intent of Canada transport is not so much...

Hi Jim, I don't really know if this will prevent a fire from spreading, but when I charge my batteries (as crazy as it sounds), I put them in the oven. The oven door will close without any problem on the charging cable. I am confident that the oven would contain any explosion and fire that...

Hi Kevin...from a Canadian, Here in Canada we have a to report any accident to the TSB (Transport Safety Board). As far as I understand, it only applies to drones weighing over 25kgs. That said though, the bus driver should report the accident to the Motor vehicle branch. Even a scratched...

Thanks for the fast reply. I don't think there was a problem with the updated version for the mini (probably the last one also), so I will probably download that so as to be current to allow me to use the same app version for the SE. Thanks again. Cheers

I currently own and fly a Mavic mini. I want to upgrade to the Mini SE for the stronger motors and overall better build. My question is, will the FLY app I am currently using for the Mini automatically adjust to the SE settings (screen layout, etc.) when powered up, or do I have to download...

Just a short clip of some mountain sheep.

Thanks for the like. No, my buddy was not filming. Too bad. As for the flyby, I wish I could take credit for actually TRYING it the first time..... lol

That is a good rule of thumb. In fact, we sort of had a rule of about 100' just for different calibrated errors in our drones. Of course though I didn't adhere to that. Lesson learned...lucky once! We were calling out distance and elevation, but on returning to home, I was descending without...

No, no damage before. I always make it a habit of running each blade lightly through my fingers before each flight. As I mentioned before, as soon as I saw the flash of his drone in my view, I let go of the sticks. I think, by looking at the speed as I passed him, that I had got in front of him...