Recent content by fjc

Anyone come across this problem where your Air2s when hovering will not fly forward without first flying straight up for about a foot or so. This is really causing me a problem since I do real estate photography and it's essential to have finess on the controls and the true flight of the drone...

Ok, so what exactly do you think I stated incorrectly, you say a lot but don't really specify. Give me just one example to back up your comments.

I did my flight review just a week afterwards, and it was a piece of cake, really, nothing to worry about but then again I suppose it hinges on the reviewer. My guy was pretty basic, nothing drastic. Good luck.

Not if you have a spotter standing beside you. But with follow me, it's not possible have a spotter as you're racing down a steep incline on your mountain bike and your drone trailing behind you. Even if you had a spotter behind you, he'd be crashing by not watching where he's going. That's the...

So, just checking, with the follow me technology almost flawless especially with the Mavic 3 and Skydio drones, is it still a requirement to have eyes on the drone at all times? For example, Skydio and DJI both feature their follow me capabilities, but that would mean you're not watching the...

There is no actual address, the whois information on the domain name doesn't list anything you can decipher or track. I wonder how many people fall for this type of thing. I came across it on Facebook, which leads me to believe even stronger that Facebook is adding to the scammers' ability to...

I came across this ... and I just had to ask...bigtime scam right? https://www.ebfstore.com/collections/drone

Yes, I was mistaken somewhat when I stated that in Canada you can't do commercial work without a license, sure you can say with a mini which requires no license but in all reality if you are looking to do serious commercial work you will not qualify to get liability insurance without an Advanced...

No, I'm in Canada, we don't have Part 107 that's what you are referring to right? Here we have Basic and Advanced, the advanced requires an in person review by Transport Canada approved reviewer, that's after you take the written. Once you have the Advanced Certification, then you are good to go...

Hey there... just a little FYI for ya. Things have changed with DJI about no DJI drones approved to fly over people at events etc as you say. On the TC drone portal for approved drones DJI Mavic pro and Mavic 2 and Inspire2 all with Indemnis Nexus or Para recovery systems are in fact good to...

Well it took me four times but finally got it. The small advanced exam so now it's just a matter of passing the in person flight review next week, and I'm good to go for commercial work! What a relief! Don't know about you guys, but the advanced exam is no cake walk. Anyway... good to go...

Well I sent my Mavic Air 2 back for repair, was a camera related thing. That is fixed, actually it's not, they just sent me a different drone so not sure if they ever did fix the problem, but now I have another issue. I can fly forward and backward, turn no problem left or right but, will not...

Hi, I had the same darn problem to the point where after discussing the issue with online DJI support they issued a case number and I sent the drone back for repair. Now here's the interesting thing. I couldn't be without a drone for three weeks till I got it back, so I bought another Mavic Air...

Hi, yes you are absolutely correct, that would be the safest bet indeed. But since I have access to this forum I thought it would benefit others as well if we had an exchange of understanding and experiences, isn't that one of the purposes of this forum? Otherwise why would a forum exist?

Say I shoot some aerial footage of a cottage resort. I then "give" the video, no charge, no sale, no nothing to the cottage resort owner, it's a gift, and some weeks later he uses the footage that he now owns, to advertise his little cottage resort on the net on his own website. Now does that...