Recent content by Manfred Waldmeyer

I currently took my mavic mini to Lanzarote. I would recommend taking the three batteries in a lipo-safety bag because the transport of the three batteries in the charger/powerbank makes them a POWERBANK, which are restricted. And to be save discharge the remote control battery and also the...

Hi, I have just been on Lanzarote for 2 weeks. Before going there I prepared myself and studied all available drone relevant information on how and where to legally fly my newest drone - a mavic mini - on the island. This preparation was already quite frustrating as there are only few areas...

Compared to a mavic 2 the mini is approx. half the size. So flying it under legal conditions (Line of sight) will bring it to the limit at approx. half the distance. I have, as my optician test results state, a 120% visual acuity and flying my M2Z I came to a safe limit of approx. 200 m where...

Total route was 2950 miles. Minimum per day 52 mi (Santa Fe ->Taos) Maximum 260 mi (Grove, OK->Weatherford,OK) average approx 150 mi. As a non US citizen 107 was not applicable and IMHO not necessary for me. The weather in April /Mai along the route was a major problem. Too much wind and rain...

I just came back from a 4 week tour traveling Route 66 from Chicago to LA. I had my M2Z with me. But to my disappointment I encountered many "No drone zone" signs and regulations on my way. Even in places (Grand canyon) where by definition drone flying is not allowed and rational I found...

I just returned from a 4 week tour driving Route 66 from Chicago to LA. Unfortunately the weather was inappropriate most of the time to fly my M2Z (rain and a too much wind) and too many no drone zones. I flew from Hamburg, Germany, where I live, via London Heathrow to Chicago and back from...

I am not so happy, because I dislike the IMHO too high update frequency that DJI shows but still has not fixed the firmware update problem using the GO4 App! So I am forced to use the DJI Assistant for Mavic, which needs a PC. I had everything set and thoroughly tested as I a preparing a trip...

Well Germans love fencing in their properties. ;-) with some kind of hedge, fence or wall. So it's quite easy to see the "border" and private roads are mostly clearly marked by a sign "Privater Weg" (private path) or signs like "Betreten verboten" (Do not enter) or "Durchgang verboten" (access...

Well it's not easy and you need some time of preparation but there are plenty of spots where you can fly. As a member of a local model airplane club I can practice freely on our clubs model airfield (here it is: 53.731574, 9.627236) The often demanded horizontal distance of 100m (328 feet)...

Well, I forgot one important information: To legally fly a model airplane UAS in Germany (and drones are categorized as such) the UAS MUST carry a FIREPROOF sign with the owners name and address / contact information. The size does not really care (not like the FAA registration, where LEOs...

As a German model airplane and drone pilot, flying MA for more than 55 years I will try to give you some detailed information. As stated by paulatkin73 you always need a liability insurance as a pilot whether you fly recreational or commercial. If your model aircraft / drone weighs more than...

I just flew a simulated mavic 2 zoom for more than an hour (it's real fun!) through a virtual city, a beautiful island that looked like Myst / Riven and a country side area with some buildings to explore and power lines to avoid and of course a lot of trees to fly around and over using the...

Forget 4K editing with Resolve on a non >= 5 core CPU! Even with an i5 3 GHz 8GB RAM and playing in 1920x1080 you get very slow playback for 4K unless you use optimized media and pre-render cache ALL clips plus audio plus any Effects, if you want to roll through the clip frames. As far as I...

Just read Federal Register :: Public Inspection: External Marking Requirement for Small Unmanned Aircraft It says nothing about the physical properties of the external marking. I live in Germany and the German Law requires an external marking of every model airplane including...

Although there is a hype around the world reporting drone accidents usually only the most dramatic incidents get international attention. Here in Germany there already have been several "near misses" of misdirected / out of control drones in the last years, where cars were hit or a drone...