Recent content by BossBob

You’ll need RID in 2 years. It’s A3, so flying far from people in open country only with just flier and operator ID. You need A2CoC for any closer.

You can always enable the lock screen on the controller. Then thieves would have to get past that! If the authorities think that drones are more dangerous than firearms, which the Americans do as they are banning importation of new models of foreign drones but firearms are prolific, shouldn’t it...

I wasn’t referring to myself in my previous post, that’s the attitude I see in all walks of life and flying drones is just the same. Myself, I see my drone (I fly 5 currently, not at the same time) as being another camera and lens that I can use to see or take images of things that are out of...

Obviously didn’t research what the your government thinks of drones not made in the USA. For a true beginner I’d go for something with guarded propellers, a neo or neo2, preferably with a controller. Get it while you can!

Read the manual! You’ve got to be joking! Most people can’t even be bothered to read the little quick start leaflets or watch the presentations in DJI fly. Download a manual or lookup the local regulations, nah, can’t be bothered with that and anyway, the rules won’t apply to me, it’s just an...

Currently using some original Mavic Pro batteries as powerbanks powering some USB connected Christmas lights. A nice slow discharge and a gentle recharge does wonders. I’ve only lost one battery due to it swelling up since buying that drone in March 2017

But, they can only access it when you crash your drone and send it back to them! They’re obviously going to have a mechanism to randomly induce a loss of control to facilitate the mishap.

The DJI props fitted to the mini 5 pro are not only brittle but more likely to be damaged as they are effectively locked when spinning. I’ve already changed 2 due to damage. To compare, I’ve still got the spare set I bought with my original Mavic pro when it first came out years ago.

Don’t forget that the blade pivot is a new design with a locked position.

Strange. I have connected my M5P to my PC running DJI Assistant 2 (consumer drone series) and checked for updates. Nothing as comprehensive as the original (and hackable) Assistant 2 which I used with my Mavic but certainly usable for updates!

Not in DJI Fly, I used to be able to in Go4 for my Mavic. The only light I have any control over is the white landing light.

Don’t forget that these add to the mass of the drone and will make a drone already over 250g even more overweight! It would be so much better if DJI left the status lights on all the time rather than turning them off while recording video.

Look at post #30 in this thread on the DJI forum. The highlighted section is apparently from someone above the general email help level of the CAA as they realise that messages put out by them have been giving different advice dependant on the level of or lack of knowledge of the helpdesk responder.

As you’ve found out there are ways around DJI’s edict. I run both go4 and fly on iPads.

That’s the problem, they never really tell you what they’ve updated beyond ‘fixed some bugs’. If you are on an Apple product they’ve just updated iPhone OS which sometimes triggers a go4 update to keep it working nicely. I’m not bothering unless go4 and my mavic pro decide not to play nicely!