Recent content by leswilluk

I belong to a model flying club we are only allowed to fly at our field under a list of rules not of our making but that is the only option we have unless you know what these restrictions are no matter how safe and well you fly it will be bad for the club concerned and also for all who want to...

Is this to insure the Magic against damage etc or for some sort of third party cover

The BMFA are trying to attempt to limit the restrictions proposed by the authorities on model flying of all types and allow the hobby to continue in a sensible way breaking the rules as they are now will only give ammunition to the ones trying to stop what we even have now, one person who...

I am a member of a flying club and we pay quite a lot of money to rent and maintain our field having council permission does not give you the right to fly exactly were how and when you want you could contravene these permissions that the club is abiding by causing a big problem for them, because...

I have the update it will only work if you turn it on and also only if you are tracking something I presume you would find it useful if tracking yourself you would not have to go all the way back to your starting point if it decided to make a home point landing

In my flying club the policy is if you are using goggles you have an assistant who acts as a spotter to maintain line of sight not so important if you are flying entirely on your own but necessary when several aircraft are flying at the same time especially if different types of models are being...

Well that puts me to of the list so far 66

A short time back the BMFA had a drone aware initiative and our club volunteered to help with making our field available with members with good knowledge in the subject and ready to assist any potential or owners of drones of any type and we had no takers a bit disappointing, I was recently at a...

That is a pity I belong to a flying club learnt to fly and still fly fixed wing aircraft and helicopters without any electronic assistance just using my fingers and eye's, we fly all types of models including the Mavic there are several in the club some members are dedicated to a particular...

If it is done in collaboration with the BMFA and flying clubs should not be to much of an issue it could be easy to take the test at your local flying club, could be lots of applications for club memberships comping up

Thanks for the reply's fortunately I will not be going it alone as I have been a member of a model flying club for some years and a few of the members are very experienced with multi rota aircraft even several Mavic's down our flying field

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As I fly fixed wing models and dabbled in helicopters and basic quads I decided to combine it with my interest in photography and now have my own Mavic Pro I have only flown it twice so far but found it very easy to fly now the hard part getting to grips with the software and camera set up but...