Recent content by mavic_minis_fly_away

It's the last time I trust dronesafetymap.com.

Thanks for the screenshot. I opened a private tab and the big red area I saw covering Birmingham magically disappeared. I cleared my cookies and now I see the same as you. Someone doesn't want me flying in the Birmingham area. Either that or it's a very craply written website.

It is pretty concerning that the official drone safety map is wrong. Is it worth me reporting them to the CAA?

I know of numerous people who are p***ed off with drones overflying their house and hovering, loitering and watching. People don't like this. It is not about weirdoes but loss of privacy. People *will* contact their MP to complain and eventually the law will adapt.

The whole of Birmingham is a red area. Did you click on the Drone Safety Map link? Clearly not.

For me, the issue with sub 250g drones is not safety but privacy. As far as I'm aware, there are no provisions in existing legislation to protect privacy. IMO there must be some rule that specifies a maximum "pixels per square metre" for cameras mounted on drones to prevent detailed filming of...

Illegal flight. Brum is in a no-fly zone: https://www.dronesafetymap.com/#loc=52.4653582,-1.7194795,12.113223040398774 Also probably flying FPV as others have mentioned.

Thanks a lot for the correction. I had no idea the regs were so lenient for small drones. I edited my post slightly to clear things up. Pages 13 and 16 clarify this: https://register-drones.caa.co.uk/drone-code/the_drone_code.pdf So you can fly a 249g drone all over the place basically, except...

This is insane. New legislation is not needed, just enforcement of existing legislation. So many people are going to get caught up in this 4km thing. I had no idea about it till you just mentioned it.

Page 16 of this: https://register-drones.caa.co.uk/drone-code/the_drone_code.pdf If you fly a Mavic Mini in the UK you must have a flyer ID and so must register with the CAA and so must have taken the drone test at https://register-drones.caa.co.uk/ The BMFA is the best place to join because...

The rules in the UK are basically this (EDIT: ONLY FOR DRONES >250G): -do not fly within a 150m radius of a built up area -do not fly within 50m of an uninvolved person -do not fly over 120m altitude. The police station is in an urban area and is clearly "built up" as there are numerous...

Well spotted. The video was uploaded 12 hours ago. Completely illegal overflying a built up area. He deserves a fine and a caution at least. I was thinking I'd report this to the police but he's literally talking to them!!! What is really disturbing is that every YT comment is clueless about...

This bloke is a class A plonker. In a different video he is clearly flying FPV with no informed observer within 150m of a built up area, and in fact flying over buildings. Oh, and then uploading the footage to Youtube!!!

Update: I seem to have fixed this. All I did was follow this video: I ran a Python script twice as soon as the Mavic Mini boots (otherwise it goes into mass storage mode) and although the gimbal buzzes like heck still, the image is perfectly stable. Bizarre, but saved me £100 for a new gimbal!

As title! When I fly I have to keep adjusting exposure time and ISO to get the light correct. It is so annoying. I went to settings and the camera section but even under "advanced" all I get is the option to make the screen stripy if overexposed, and to enable a histogram. :-( Thanks.