Recent content by Daviska

I just do a hand-launch/landing, its much quicker and saves money on landing pads/legs and means you can takeoff/land anywhere

Sometimes in foggy conditions ice can form on the rotor blades, causing a loss in lift. It happened to me whilst flying an Aeryon Skyranger in freezing fog conditions. (air temp was -5c whilst the handbook stated it should be able to handle -30c)

keep an eye on your phone/tablet screen on power up/ takeoff, it will give notifications of anything wrong, in this case it should say "gimble overloaded"

(I'm not sure if its possible with a mavic 2 as i tried at low level and nothing happened) I could imagine that if the motors restarted, even if it was in an upright position it could easily induce vortex ring state as it would be descending too fast to begin with, and so would crash anyway, the...

Royal Air Force 2007-present

Yes Samsung Galaxy S7

I normally use DJI Go 4 which has always worked fine. I've recently downloaded the DJI Pilot app as well, as it features the local data mode allowing me to fly securely (I'm military). I tried to use the app today to check for updates, however it wouldn't connect to the aircraft. DJI Go 4 always...

This thread is aimed more towards English pilots not American or any other nationality.

Thanks for the info

So I'm a new pilot, the RAF sent me and a few others on an NQE before xmas as they needed some test pilots for a new drone system. After completing the course I decided I wanted more out of the qualification so I brought my own Mavic 2 and started working towards my PFCO. I finally submitted my...

I've only crashed my mavic 2 zoom once (first time flying it). I was flying it forward at low level and it clipped the grass and flipped over. (I guess the sensors cant detect the ground whilst at forward tilt) There was no damage, just covered in mud, I guess I was lucky?

The UK military have been using these for years, the sightest gust and they're gone!