Recent content by Lyndon5

Thanks for that. The battery gets very hot, very quick, in the 33 degrees C sun, so I have been wary of flying in that heat. It's a great idea to go higher than usual - it might be cooler up there!

I live near the New South Wales-Queensland border in Australia. The last several months have been extremely bad for for many Australians, with huge bushfires, floods, strong winds and very high temperatures. Luckily, my home has been largely unaffected - but I haven't been able to fly my drone...

I’ve had my Mavic Pro drone for less than a year - and never thought much about them before I received mine as a 70th birthday gift, but, surprisingly, I have found my friends are quite critical of them. I absolutely love flying it and think drones are magnificent photographic tools, exciting...

I went down to a deserted beach to do a bit of long fast low-flying along the beach, just for fun. After a few passes backwards and forwards overhead, a guy comes out of the dunes about 100 metres away and walks towards me. He says please go away, i'm up here with my girlfriend. Oops. I didn't...

That is a very good idea - i will get a foldable one.

New Australian pilot checking in. My wife threw me a wonderful 70th birthday weekend, with friends and family flying in from everywhere. Her surprise gift was a DJI Mavic Pro. I am really enjoying learning how to fly. I read the manual and watched some YouTube – I found Ed Ricker’s videos the...