Now this shouldn't have been an issue... shouldn't being the keyword but where I chose to fly tonight. It needed LAANC approval... Class D airspace near sunset. required light for 30 min prior to sunset ready and power on and the alert about inside restricted airspace but it would not let me do more than that... And I left my phone at home!!!???
So no launching tonight from here. A few miles from a small airport (class D)
Now I was thinking on the way home
How to achieve LAANC approval?
on my mini 2, it was hooked to my phone so it was easier.
I haven't found anything about a first flightin the manual and setting up a LAANC request on a Mavic 3 P but...
I got home and turned on wifi and Bluetooth. I paired my controller and drone with my phone. I'm purely guessing if I need to do this because I can find no guidance for when the phone is not connected to the controller???
I read through the manual for the M3P last night and there is nothing about getting LAANC approval in class D airspace. Since I left my phone at home this was a moot point. But what is the process?
- I assume that tomorrow afternoon when I try this again, and I hit aloft on my phone and get permission to fly. This is step one.
- Now being dense, how does the approval get to the controller? With the mini2 I got approval in ALoft and in the DJI fly app, I answered a few questions and went flying.
But since the DJI RC remote doesn't have cell capability or apps (just the DJI fly app), is the controller connecting through my cellphone via Bluetooth?
So no launching tonight from here. A few miles from a small airport (class D)
Now I was thinking on the way home
How to achieve LAANC approval?
on my mini 2, it was hooked to my phone so it was easier.
I haven't found anything about a first flightin the manual and setting up a LAANC request on a Mavic 3 P but...
I got home and turned on wifi and Bluetooth. I paired my controller and drone with my phone. I'm purely guessing if I need to do this because I can find no guidance for when the phone is not connected to the controller???
I read through the manual for the M3P last night and there is nothing about getting LAANC approval in class D airspace. Since I left my phone at home this was a moot point. But what is the process?
- I assume that tomorrow afternoon when I try this again, and I hit aloft on my phone and get permission to fly. This is step one.
- Now being dense, how does the approval get to the controller? With the mini2 I got approval in ALoft and in the DJI fly app, I answered a few questions and went flying.
But since the DJI RC remote doesn't have cell capability or apps (just the DJI fly app), is the controller connecting through my cellphone via Bluetooth?
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