Recent content by laurens23

Most (all) of these compass error appear due to interference on the ground. why does the drone not do an automatic (re)set the IMU during/after takeoff (for example after reaching 5m altitude)? seems like that would avoid a lot of problems.

this is just not true. There are an estimated 10-20 BILLION birds in the USA. There are less than 10 MILLION drones in the USA. yes, I knowingly take the risk. But also know a collision would be extremely unlikely. For every 1 drone there are at least 1000 birds. I estimate birds get...

14 CFR 91.119: An aircraft may not be operated closer than 500 feet to any person, vessel, vehicle, or structure. So you can fly 1ft above the ground/water as long as you are 500ft away from any person, vessel, vehicle, or structure. As drone operator you have to yield to any manned aircraft...

only when @sar104 tells you to do so. ;) 1: When the app requires you to calibrate. First try moving a couple meter to make sure it is not just some local issue. 2: When you add something to the drone that contains metal. For example a tracker, or lights. But not needed when adding plastic...

That would reset the altitude. This guy (ab)used it by landing on a skyscraper and then taking off again allowing him to fly well over 500m above his starting point....

Yes, there are even people who have flow lower than -500m to see if there was a bottom limit. There was not.

Maybe OP should take his drone out at night and find out /s.

they have one at that price too. The FiMi A3 is $280 and seems to aim at the DJI Spark (both non fordable, but the) The FiMi X8 seems to bring the good things from the Mavic Air and the Pro (gamera + flight time + range) but likely lless overall quality. The Mavic 2 is far ahead in both quality...

Feel free to send me a message if/when you want to get it off your hands :).

they have a good shot at it. they got the lessons learned from their previous Mi drone. Unfortunately and strangely it's not available in China (their Mi drone was officially only available in China). I would really like to pick one up and see how it holds up.

Yes all this is just for commercial use of Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (drone). For recreational use you don't need a license, or registration, just follow the rules in the two links i mentioned in my 1st post

Seems accurate. That will get you the BVI and S-BVL. You also get a noise certificate as part of the S-BVL. regular GA-planes need to undergo a noise test for this, and you will pay landing fees based on noise and takeoff weight. But for drones you just get this noise certificate without any...

Yes you read the rules correct. Registering is really only for commercial use. It is quite a complex process and will cost a lot of money to jump through all the legal hoops. It can easily cost upwards of 2000EUR to get everything sorted for commercial flying in the Netherlands, and then you...

Before getting a MPP I had the Xiaomi mi drone and was very impressed. The MPP I have now is defensively better, but was also twice as expensive. Now Xiaomi is coming out with a new, fordable drone, the x8. $400 5km range 4K, 100Mbps Video 33 min flight time I also like the controller design...

They already have this. it's called "Headless mode". However it is rarely of any use. Left should always be aircraft left, same like RC cars, boats, planes, etc. Especially now we all have FPV view. If you look on the screen and move left but the drone moved right because it is facing you, bad...