Recent content by Felix le Chat

Concur. Unfold the props before arming the motors.

In the UK - maintenance teams working on or near live HT power lines are trained not to approach any closer than 27'... in the right(?) conditions: that's how far the current can arc from one of the load bearing cables. You also find that in certain weather conditions there can occur plasma...

The key point being that it's exactly those states that are central to the operation of a polygraph... I think you may have missed the point that I was being sardonic.

Well, the last time I had either checked, I was pretty sure things like blood pressure and blood O2 needed physical contact... If a doctor gave me a "...Paddington gave the man a hard stare..." from across the room then told me I was okay: the next suggestion from me would be he take a stay in a...

Translating the highlighted text into plain English: Cameron Chell is suggesting that there is the flying equivalent to a polygraph... Irresponsible hogwash... talk about adding another layer to the already substantial paranoia cake the general public just love to eat up.

😁 I smell a sales pitch.

Seeing as he's wasted your time twice already: tell him it's $100 and hour, although I wonder what kind of heat signature a calf that's probably been dead for a week puts out...

Personal opinion? Wherever you are: regardless of the weight of the drone, it is a good idea to have both it, and you registered (as the operator). You're right, it is cheap and being registered could well save you a load of headaches if and when you get approached by a police officer. You'll...

For those who aren't already aware.... ALTITUDE ANGEL: the company responsible for the current EASA and CAA geozone/FRZ map accessible through the DRONE ASSIST app have gone into administration pending receivership. It isn't clear how this will affect the updating and accuracy of their mapping...

That's what the pragmatist in me says... All about the money and bugger-all about 'protecting the public'. On this side of the pond: whenever there's a premier league match, there's 10km range GPS jamming around the stadium as well as an official 24hr NOTAM to 'protect the public'. Footie...

Do you have 'Quickfly' enabled? What happens if you try a take off the old fashioned way? (Cross Control sticks to spin the motors up then throttle up for take off)

Have you updated firmware/app recently?... strike that: just re-read your initial post... sorry. Was this occurring before the update? What happens if you boot the controller on its own? Do you have full access to all the menu and settings functions? Can you run a controller calibration...

Regarding the flight app - This depends on what you mean by "...just stopping..." If you mean as you launch the app, the DJI screen appears momentarily and then just winks out of existence without loading the GO4 app at all: then yes, I do know exactly what you mean. Background: I use the...

In reverse order. 3) in the transmission tab of the main menu: what frequency is the drone using whenever this connection lost problem occurs? I'll hazard an educated guess it's 2.4gHz or 'dual'. A percentage of the Mavic 2 drones (Pro and Zoom) developed a transmission signal problem that...

With a depth rating of 450', you wouldn't be scuba diving after it either. 😁