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[Freddygang]

Hello, brand new member from London, UK!

 

[old man mavic]

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[Drone Master]

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[MA2 317]

Hello from the Crossroads of America Freddygang.

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[PMF23]

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[DougMcC]

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[wjkrysak]

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[LoudThunder]

Hello, brand new member from London, UK!

Welcome from the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, USA. We have a Member's Map in the Upper Right of the Title Bar. Click on "Members" and then Click on "Member's Map…" Check it out and you might find some new flying friends.

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Since you live in the UK, there are specific laws and rules for you to follow, please check to ensure these are current.

Overview : Flying drones and model aircraft | UK Civil Aviation Authority

Find out what you need to know and do when you fly drones or model aircraft in the UK

register-drones.caa.co.uk

You don't mention if you are new to drones too, but in your other postings you ask about surveying your "island" in the Med… Just be aware that the island may be yours but it is probably in anther country's Airspace and you will be flying in their airspace, not yours… So check the requirements to fly legally there…

Even if you have flown Drones before, here is some Good Old Fashion Advice…

You paid a lot of money for that Drone, put your phone number on it. If your drone gets lost or stuck in a tree and it finally comes down when you are not around, give the finders an opportunity to contact you so it can be returned.

Now, for the Fun Part, But do not let the excitement of the moment get the best of you. When you are going out to fly, do it slowly and deliberately. Get used to a set procedure and even practice it.

There are so many things I could write but these are the highlights that I feel need mentioning.

Plug in your phone/tablet into your controller; turn on the Controller and DJI Fly App (if it does not start on its own…). On the Drone, open the front legs, then open the back legs, and then remove the Gimbal Cover.

The Gimbal is the most delicate item on the Drone and banging or bumping can damage it. I also fastened a short "Remove Before Flight" ribbon to the cover so it's more noticeable and I do not forget to remove it…

Turn on the drone and watch it come to "life." Watching the Gimbal go through its self-check is almost like watching a puppy or kitten opening its eyes for the first time…

Place the drone down (preferably on a Landing Pad) while it finishes its self-test (collecting satellites, etc…).

Check your battery status (Phone, Drone, and Controller), check the Signal Strength, by now the Controller should have reported it updated the Home Point.

Lift off, 6 feet (2-meters) or so, hover a bit, check the controls (move the drone a bit forward, back, left, right, yaw left and right). By now, your Controller will probably report again, "Home point Updated."

If you go out in a rush and race thru your start up and take off before the drone has finished it prep, it may update its Home Point over that pond or that old tree you are flying over and in your excitement, you'll fly the drone long past it Low Battery point and when it engages Return to Home and lands in the pond or in a tree; it will be all on you…

Now go have fun, learn to fly the drone by sight before you try to fly it out a distance depending on the video feed, FPV.

I would also advise you to use YouTube and watch a lot of the Videos on flying and setting up the Drone. When it is too dark, too cold, or too wet, you can "fly it vicariously" through YouTube. Also watch some of the Blooper Drone Videos and learn how not to fly your "New Baby."

Fly On and Fly Safe…

 

[GFields]

Greetings from Birmingham Alabama USA, welcome to the forum! We look forward to hearing from you!

 

[Freddygang]

You don't mention if you are new to drones too, but in your other postings you ask about surveying your "island" in the Med… Just be aware that the island may be yours but it is probably in anther country's Airspace and you will be flying in their airspace, not yours… So check the requirements to fly legally there…

Hey LoudThunder,
thank you so much for taking the time to reply, some really good advice in there!

Let me just be clear: I don't 'own' an island in the Med (otherwise I'd probably have my own airplane, forget the drone!)

I have registered with the authorities in the UK and in the EU, so there will be quite a lot of stickers on my aircraft - it took me 3 hours yesterday just to get my head around the regulations...

 

[twickers14]

Hi there and good luck finding anywhere in London to fly. Best idea is to always have your drone with you as you travel around and get flying (if all clear).

 

[LoudThunder]

I don't 'own' an island in the Med (otherwise I'd probably have my own airplane,

Sorry, I misinterpreted what you wrote in your other posting, "I have to survey a small piece of land (about 2 acres) on an island in the Med."

In the late '70s, I was in the US Air Force stationed in Italy with NATO. I had an Italian friend who owned a whole island in the Aegean Sea (off the East coast of Italy) with its own fishing village there and everyone there was his tenant… He seldom collected the rent and when he did, he usually pumped it right back into the village… His wealth came from a small steel factory.

We became friends easily because I had a job with NATO and so many Italians only wanted to be his friend to get a job and I liked him because those same Italians were constantly pestering me to buy them cigarettes, liquor, or stereos… We wanted nothing more than friendship from each other…

Now, if you fly FPV with your drone, you can pretend that you are in that "Airplane"… L L . . .

 

[hedbonker]

Welcome from the bowels of California!

 

[Freddygang]

Sorry, I misinterpreted what you wrote in your other posting, "I have to survey a small piece of land (about 2 acres) on an island in the Med."

In the late '70s, I was in the US Air Force stationed in Italy with NATO. I had an Italian friend who owned a whole island in the Aegean Sea (off the East coast of Italy) with its own fishing village there and everyone there was his tenant… He seldom collected the rent and when he did, he usually pumped it right back into the village… His wealth came from a small steel factory.

We became friends easily because I had a job with NATO and so many Italians only wanted to be his friend to get a job and I liked him because those same Italians were constantly pestering me to buy them cigarettes, liquor, or stereos… We wanted nothing more than friendship from each other…

Now, if you fly FPV with your drone, you can pretend that you are in that "Airplane"… L L . . .

That sounds like quite a story! I better try and get myself a steel factory, or a FPV headset!

 

[Aerial-Pixel]

Hello, brand new member from London, UK!

Welcome to Mavic Pilots from Dayton Ohio USA! Fly safe and have fun!

 

[SpitFire]

Welcome to the forum from Chicago the Windy City.
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