While I agree 100% with everything you said, as an inactive Private Pilot I'm not any more comfortable with the 500m limit than 1000m.
Unless DJI (and other manufacturers) are going to engineer in some sort of reasonably accurate AGL system...
As a pilot and a drone pilot, I'm pleased they did that. The last thing I want when I'm up there with a passenger, is some irresponsible person flying their drone up in my airspace.
Sometimes it is hard enough to spot another aircraft in my...
Links 2-4 on Google Drive require permission to view... Go in to Drive and set the access to "anyone with link".
The behavior shown in the first linked video is very odd, and my Air 3 does not do that. Fortunately, it behaved during the actual...
GPS accuracy is a factor signal strength, number of satellites received, and the current configuration of satellites in the sky. You can have 25 locked satellites and still have relatively high error on the order of +/- 30ft if most of them are...