Recent content by granny bren

I always do now. I had an epic crash, because of a disconnect caused by interference. I was under a gum and drone RTH, up and under. I was flying low at my house in the country, with a metal framed home and a satellite foxtel dish nearby. very cautious now.

I had mine RTH under a gum tree for the same reason. I was filming my home, when I had controller disconnect and the mavic took off. Almost stuffed my brand new drone. I'm thinking satellite TV receiver, which I was 5m away from. So much for filming my home

True that! If SA fires were not in check, we were next.

What happens if I turn off RTH and the controller loses connection. Will it just be hovering until it runs out of battery. Landing would have been just as bad as I was flying over my garden.

Omg thanks for that knowledge. Who would know all of that prior to what I thought was a basic maneuver. I was flying so low and close to me, thinking that would be easy peasey. But no, almost broke an expensive item. How do people do realestate shoots, when they wouldn't have a clue who...

Yes I have neighbours with Wi-Fi, however I turned my phone ability to connect with wifi off. Do you think it could interfere with the actual controller. Thanks for your thoughts. I think I will stick to flying higher with a bigger clear paddock for a while. Ta

Yes it seems only around the house that has a connection problem, which is how I figured out to turn off the wifi. Other flights have been fine. Am using the side micro as cord to a samsung s8.

I had VLOS the whole time. Sorry working on acronyms.

No just on the side. I was close to the drone as I was sort of walking around with it.

Hi all, Nearly smashed the drone (Mavric Pro) to pieces and how it is unscathed is beyond me. Although I do need a new set of propellers. I took off with good GPS connection, my wifi to the house was off, as I have found that it interferes with the controller. I went to circle the house to...