Recent content by alanren

My wife look's on my drone flights as a wonderful time of piece with me out of the house. So much so that she baught me a couple of extra batteries and makes sure i have them fully charged before i leave the house.

I never have to calibrate my air when in flight. I have to calibrate prior to flight roughly every three flights or so. But there again I tend to vary location regularly, rarely flying in the same place twice in a row.

Yep the majority of people are fairly neural about drones, in fact when you come across people when flying they tend to be interested and are positive But when you fly irresponsibley they justifiably change. If we operators use a bit of common sence and stick by the rules who knows we will get...

I think we have to get things in proportion. If you are about half a mile away and decide to get very close to a building, fillming or not the likelihood of misjudying things at this distance are fairly high. The potential for injury to bystanders must also be high. A professional flyer on a...

It was just a matter of time before some idiot flying in the wrong place injured an innocent passer by. Try putting yourself in they kids shoes. One minute playing and the next your face being lacerated by a flying machine with four razor sharp blades. Fortunately kids tend to be quite resilyant...

[emoji23] like your style, but in the meantime thousands of others will be enjoying their new drones. That's the chance you take. Enjoy your new drone. Or blow you're self to bits because you made the wrong decision. Most of us would resist the temptation of a bullet to the head. After all if...

It's always a dilemma as DJI are likely to produce a an update at anytime, weather it be 2 months or 2 years. As a new flyer I jumped in and spent my money on a Mavic Air knowing that DJI could release an upgrade at anytime. It's a bit like computers as soon as you walk out the store the...

You have me stuck, I can only pass on advise from someone who was considered a bit of a guru. My technical ability is limited. He was advising myself and others to invest in the best lens's we could afford rather than new camera bodies. Your comments regarding the improved quality between the...

Hi Eric My back door is a lift up. I could smash the window on the back door, but even a daft Scott like myself can see this is not a long term strategy. I thought landyies were available in the USA. It must have cost a fortune to import. If you move out of the urban areas over he, the roads are...

Like the tip about landing on the roof. Sounds ideal for me, as I have full length glass sunroof. Unfortunately as I'am a bit of a shorty I would need a stepladder to reach it. :)

I have been using Lenovo 4/8 tablet. It has a 7 inch screen with and overall size of 8 inches and can fit the MA controller at a squeeze. It handles anything the DJI4 app frows at it with no disernable lag. With the brightness cranked up it is easier to read the screen than apple tablets costing...

My initial flights were in disused and decontaminated steel works and was continuously recalibrating. This was due remedial iron in the area. When I switched away to other areas the problems disappeared.

This comes direct from a BBC video/photographic technician "the major camera manufacturers are in a pointless megapixel war" . He went on to explain that in the early days of the DSLR an increase from 2 to 2.5 megapixels made a real difference and was worth shouting about. He went on to explain...

I picked up a cheepy tablet (Lenovo tab4 8+ costing £150 uk) and use it exclusively for flying my mavic air. It handles anything the dji4 app frows at it, and with the brightness cranked up to the max, can be viewed as well as similar apple products on even the sunniet days.It has an eight inch...

Good to know, I will keep clear of beaches. As for the need to calibrate the compass. My first couple of flights with my Mavic Air where taken at an abandoned steel works. More than a decade ago the sight had been flattened and decontaminated ready for redevelopment leaving wide open spaces with...