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Not available for the UK......perhaps DJI not aware that Brexit hasn't gone through yet?

Lots of councils say they have banned drones or you cant fly them on their land. The problem is there are no signs saying this on the parks, no bylaws, nothing on their website and the parks & recreational don't respond when challenged. I fly from my local park sometimes and get challenged. I...

I've never heard of it happening for flying in a park. Police in the UK generally don't give a monkeys about illegal drone flying even when it is people flying BVLOS, over congested areas, over motorways/railways or flying over 400ft. Various forces talk the talk about clamping down illegal...

Nice one Ian, good interview!

This started off when Surrey Live ran an article on drone footage of the Flying Scotsman going through Surrey. It is one of those websites where the article gets copied/shared to other news sites so lots of people will have seen it including me. A still from the video is at Drone footage of...

I did my PFCO with UAV Academy. I would highly recommend them. Good training course and lots of support to write the Ops Manual to get it approved by the CAA first time.

Someone else with the same dilemma! I have been thinking about the M2Z too as the zoom will be a lot more useful for what I need but the MA is so practical. I have been waiting for the P5 and it's rumoured interchangeable lenses but I've also heard it is going to come with a hefty price tag so...

I use my MA for commercial work. I like it as it is small, portable and quick to get up flying. The camera does the job for what I need it to do and I don't always need the distance so the control link quality is not usually a problem. If I am doing a map in something like Drone Deploy then I...

Might be worth using a pre-flight checklist so this doesn't happen again? It soon be becomes a habit to check before taking off and hopefully less stress thinking you won't see your drone again! The batteries self discharge as protection, if you are going to store them full then turn them...

I did the Pfco with UAV Academy. They were very good and I can't sing their praises enough. The course pre read was good quality along with the online learning. The 2 day ground school was presented very well. I went to Cotswold Airport but I believe they run the courses at other locations...

You can't force the MA into ATTI mode. It is not an issue on the flight test as they give you additional manoeuvres to fly to demonstrate you can control the aircraft and observe the stick inputs you make. The main issue I noticed was that due to its small size it was hard to see the leds for...

I thought I replied but doesn't look like it posted....doh! Yes I did my Pfco using a Mavic Air. Are you going to give it a go or do have any concerns about using it?

In my experience it really depended on the density of the tree canopy and it can take longer to get a GPS fix. Loss of Wi-Fi signal is more of a problem so it is worth changing the settings for what happens if the connection drops. If I am flying in heavily wooded area then I change the loss...

Hello! There are some nice places to fly. The Surrey Hills and North Downs are good places. St Martha's hill gives nice views of the church and countryside, Pewley Down gives a view of Guildford. Newlands Corner has good views too. National Trust are arsey so don't take off from one of their...

Where I live in the UK it is the Red Kite (bird of prey) that seems to take an interest in drones. They don't seem to like white DJI Phantoms and circle them before going in for an attack. They watched a red DJI Mavic Air at the same location, circled it and then kept a distance away from it...