Recent content by Aerofoil

In the BMFA magazine last year there was a cautionary tale about a pilot flying a drone ok till he climbed upto 100 feet or so where the wind speed was double the ground speed and far exceeded the forward speed ability of his drone which disappeared downwind, it was found on a full size glider...

Hi all Im finding these no fly zones weird Im comparing maps from dji and othersites listed on here and im finding huge differences. why are there big differences? Who decides what a no fly zone is and who's responsible for making making changes on the maps. if one map shows a NFZ and...

I also thought it might be a no fly zone so i checked on the maps of folkestone and its not showing on the DJI one.

Hi all. Can you guys tell me the answer to this:- When you press the record button on the app are you starting the drone recording or is the Mavic recording all the time and your just initiating the video download to your phone? yesterday i got a message about not enough memory and im...

Last week i was driving back from france via Eurotunnel. You have to wait in queuing lanes to go down to the train (just incase you haven't done it) There was a bunch of guys driving Caterham cars and one of them *might be on here you never know) deployed his Mavic over the lanes of cars, he...

Thats a pretty comprehensive list thanks for all the posts, im am lucky in that i have a lot of land so i can safely practice my flying, i do not intend going anywhere until im confident with it and im sure ill be asking more questions

Thanks for your answers. And agreed the the footage is secondary to flying at present, i downloaded the manual before i received the drone but its all just words i guess until your flying. Ive made two simple flights and im amazed just how stable it is in the beginners mode, the main confusion...

Hi all Thanks in advance for the answers to this one. Is there a "forum" getting started in flight guide rather than the simple instruction from DJI? ian