Recent content by Reverend Ron Gunn

Just thinking aloud ... If there are no vehicles in the area that will be within 50m of the UAV as it ascends then possibly, just possibly ok but I would hate to argue that in a court of law. Given that you have to land somewhere and your launch site is the only place not under NT or EH control...

I go back a few years, to the days of the world before it was in colour. I remember as a kid when I was first told "No Photographs!" when I took a camera to a museum I was royally pissed off when I found the museum shop selling postcards and slide sets of the items that I had wanted to take...

I've just looked at ownership. Stonehenge is owned by the Crown and is administered on their behalf by English Heritage. The National Trust owns most of the surrounding land. NT have a land ownership map and this is a screenshot of the Stonehenge area. The orange and purple areas are NT land...

Sorry, didn't make myself clear. It's certainly not the subject of rational discussion by EH and NT but they are claiming on their websites and, presumably, elsewhere that they have banned overflying unless they get paid by a commercial operator. working out of hours. I think they are worried...

I am British and my understanding is that your security guard (who is not a Law Enforcement Officer with powers of arrest) was sort of correct. Both English Heritage, who administer the Stonehenge site and the National Trust, who have a large number of properties and bits of countryside in their...

I'm sitting at home with a Force 6 wind gusting to Force 9 rattling my windows But I've still got my fix of flying thanks to your extension.. In the time it would take to unpack, prepare and launch a Mavic Air I've added your extension to Chrome running on Linux Mint 19, exported a Litchi...

Ok, ignore this thread. Confused user, non technical. I read the litchi manual that I had stashed on the tablet but, in a mild panic to get things working because I had an audience, misunderstood and kept trying to activate calibration by tapping the eroor message instead of going into the...

Sorry, not making myself clear. Yes the missions save but so far I haven't found a way of saving the google map or using offline maps if the tablet is rebooted to stop Litchi and DJI apps fighting.

Hi, I had checked and rechecked the settings in mission planner for my first overwater flight and then set off with freshly charged batteries in controller, tablet and drone. Wind 10mph, no gusts. Set up and everything was fine except - Litchi told me compass calibration needed and the Mavic Air...

I am old enough to have seen most of the films since the invention of sound when they first came out :)

Huawei Mate 5 for me but, in common with all tablets, the screen could be brighter. Wide-brimmed hat, black T-shirt and a shade for the tablet helpful!

I write a daily blog post - strangely enough in the dailies section at filmmakeriq.com - look at the right-hand sidebar and click on Today in History. Each day is a different actor, director, producer or event and each introduces a whole multiplex of diverse films only a very few of which are in...

Thanks for the welcome guys!

I bought a second hand Mavic Air a couple of weeks ago but only got to try it out today. A combination of work, winds and cowardice kept me grounded apart from playing with it indoors (I know - don't do this at home kiddies!). So today batteries were charged for aircraft, controller and tablet...

From the pictures illustrating the article, it looks as though the authorities flying the drones are paying WAY too much for their kit. If anyone from them is reading I've got a nice DJI 550 that should clean up nicely, a snip at two grand, Has anybody heard if the gull is ok?