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I think it’s been fairly well covered that your sensors won’t keep you out of trouble when flying over water. One other point worth noting is that when you’re descending over water through your display there’s no point of reference to give you a visual cue how far off the water you are - since...

This is the absolutely correct answer. Herein lies the problem with the Consumer/Prosumer drone market in that 4K 10-bit looks good on paper but the realty is that we’re recording using a codec and compression that’s not designed to be edited. It’s been a great frustration for me and why I’ve...

No I won’t buy. At the end of the day I love my MP, but the system itself has too many inherent limitations in trading off between portability and performance, and the bigger sensor - while very nice - can’t overcome inherent limitations. My next will be an i2 (or whatever’s out when I can...

Website (post launch) says available to order now and ships one day after payment confirmation. Watch this space though...

It doesn’t need a secondary ignition source; it’s already ignited, so unless the dispersal extinguished the ignition source, you’ll almost certainly get a secondary explosion. Explosive mixture is present in ullage by default, down to about -27 degrees Celsius or so (might need to check that...

That’s actually incorrect. There’s enough vapour in the ullage of a half full 20L jerry can to cause a primary explosion which can then vaporise and disperse the remaining liquid fuel, resulting a much larger secondary explosion. This is well documented and something I’ve seen demonstrated a...

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Just finished my edit from a recent trip to Europe. Epic trip from Montenegro through to Amsterdam, although there were quite a places I couldn’t fly a drone in unfortunately. Best with the sound up! Enjoy!!

Unfortunately, there’s isn’t a database that makes life easy. If fact, even in my own country (Australia) I’m continuously learning about new prohibitions etc., so getting full down-low on other countries is tough. My approach - rightly or wrongly - is to beg for forgiveness rather than ask for...

Well there you go, I didn’t actually realise that. I got my Pro long before the Air was a thing, so I’ve never really bothered to check. I’m sure the air is a great travel drone too.

Thanks! Just a rough cut of course. I have the Mavic Pro. The higher power to deal with wind and give a higher top speed have been very welcome. What will you be travelling with?

I know the Mavic cops a lot of stick on here for its various shortcomings, but I challenge anyone to fault this drone for travel. I’m a week into a Europe trip (still on the Balkan Peninsula) and this has been (touch wood) faultless. It’s been thrown in and out of my day pack in amongst towels...

Also in my experience, runways are exclusively horizontal, rather than vertical!!

Trick question! Invisible? 0 feet. Inaudible? Different question...

This article isn’t just about introducing registration requirements, it’s about CASA’s intent to “safely integrate drones into the airspace” without placing a “restrictive burden on a dynamic industry”. I for one welcome any efforts to achieve that intent, and if registration is required, I’m...