Recent content by PhilD

Whilst test flying in my yard sometime ago, I thought our cat would be scared of the drone......WRONG....it thought it was a bird and nearly caught it. Lesson learnt...don't fly too low around cats.

My son took delivery of my new MP2 drone and tried to have a play inside his apartment unit which was not very far from Sydney airport. He thought the drone was faulty when it wouldn't start for him. He and I learnt fairly quickly about the new firmware and NFZ's

35 years in the RFS

How are you getting on PhilD? We’ve been getting daily reports on the news here about the fires and heat. Looks horrific. Hope you and your family are all OK. Things here aren't real good, the fires are widespread. Each fire ranges from 200,000 - 900,000 hectares. Temperature here in Sydney hit...

The thought is that we're not putting drones up any where near a fire but doing recon around a redetermined area...WELL clear of any aircraft and no fly zones..possibly 5km ++ in front a fire. Is there software etc that can help me program a flight?

Hi, I'm new to this concept of drones. Here in Australia it's illegal to fly drones around any bushfire activity..i.e. fires and/or hazard reductions. With the current fire activity in my state (At the moment we're heading towards 1,000,000 hectres burnt)...there's nothing stopping me from...

Just bought my first MP2...went to update the controller firmware via my phone and wifi....the controller died. The supplier replaced it without question but advised to do all future updates...i.e. controller, drone and batteries whilst plugged into the PC. I did that second time around and it...