Recent content by norfilm

I am very sure someone will correct me quickly if I am wrong, but in UK, do not public parks come under the classification of 'congested areas' in CAP393 article 95 2a(1)? If so, no flying within 150m, unless you hold a PfCO. Its a CAA (i.e national) regulation. If you hold PfCO, it is a...

I contacted (regional) airline first and got email confirmation that it could be carried as hand (NOT HOLD - fire risk) baggage. Saves arguments at airport. Get proper LIPO bags for spare batteries - good practice anyway. I find aviation authorities in foreign counties usually very happy to...

Found exactly the same - I have an iPad which I use exclusively with my Mavic.

I hate to disagree with sar 104. If he consults the British Civil Aviation Agency CAP722 (unmanned Aircraft System Operations in UK Airspace- Guidance) - no doubt the FAA has something very similar - on page 119 it states 'Radio Frequency (RF) interference. Pilots must take into account of the...

A drone flying at the height of the antenna would be in a field strength of many volts per metre. The link transmitter for a drone is +20 dBm, or 0.1 watts at 2.4 gHz, the total output of the radio tower is of the order of 26000 watts. The intermodulation products from the different transmitters...

IPad air 2 with cellular. I dropped it just before the PfCO flight test, smashing the glass. Not good for my underwear!!!!

Think the problem is the sheer volume of data going between the controller and the phone or tablet. It takes so little for the phone to give up the struggle. Much as I hate saying this I found the answer was to go the Apple route. I sweetened the pill by buying a refurbished tablet (check on DJI...

iKenndac, do you know - does this rule apply to the rest of Scandinavia?

This is a common problem, I had it too. Even worse when the software crashes in flight. I am told that the problem is that Android software is 'doctored' by individual manufacturers, whereas Apple devices are not. Despite being anti Apple, I bit the bullet and got a DJI approved iPad, which...

As a tv transmitter engineer I can tell you that your mavic suffered severe Radio Interference. Somewhere in this thread i saw you were in Reigate, in which case the white cylinder at the top of the tower is pumping out twelve kilowatts of TV power. An additional fifteen kilowatts of radio...