Recent content by Phil_C

Yep, definitely a drone - couldn't be anything else :) Kudos to the guy who was stood outside though, picked himself up and went to get the firefighting equipment in case it was needed.

The other thing that interest me is that there is no mention of whether or not you have the landowners permission or have control of the site or not. For example I regularly monitor the ecology and breeding birds at a number of sites and protected areas for the landowners, at one the site that...

Even areas in the UK with no 'high rise' buildings, which to be honest is most UK towns and villages outside of the town centres, the building density is usually such that it isn't possible to be more than 50m horizontally from buildings. Although interestingly it appears to suggest you could...

Thanks - :) thankfully not in the least bit shy, I also used to Moderate on another international forum, (scuba related), so hopefully will find my way around. - P

Ah- thanks, I did try a search but obviously missed it, I'll go hunting again. It definitely doesn't work at the moment as I have just tried :) Software loads, controller connects to the drone and works, but the App shows the drone as 'disconnected' and doesn't show any metrics for the drone or...

Does anyone know if there are any plans to make this compatible with a Mavic Air. A comment on the app store seems to suggest that this won't work with a Mavic Air, which is a real shame as it seems this could do what I want with photo mosaics for geo-referencing into a GIS. P

I've just flown British Airways last week with a drone and three batteries in hand baggage. UK to Cyprus.BA stipulate no more than 4 'spare' batteries, must be in carried in hand baggage, not the hold, and must be in original packaging or packaged separately so they can't touch/short out...

Hi another) new Mavic Air owner/pilot here, ok, title a little misleading, but had to get it in. I live in the UK but come to Cyprus and the Middle East most months to do research, and am here now. I'm looking forward to learning from you guys, I'm mostly interested in ecology and natural...

Learning to fly !