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1000 m high altitute flight - Buying Advice

benjolino

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Hello everyone,
I´m flying drones since 5 years. From the mavic 2 pro to the mini series. In the moment I'm working on a project filming a vulcano in the Philippines. The volcano is active and I have to keep distance but the 500m limit of the Mini 4 Pro is way to low to reach the crater. Now I want to buy a new drone but I'm not sure which one can really fly higher then 500m. We would get a permission form the local authorities but before buying a Mavic 4 Pro for example I need to be sure that it can fly high enough. 1000m would be the absolute minimum. 2000m would be more realistic. Can someone help me decide? Best option budget wise would be the Air3s. I definitely need a tele lens and 1000 + meters from the point of departure. Also the volcano is 45km from the next airport. In the drone map attached it says 500m limit. Mount Canlaon is the place.
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Ben
 

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I believe the Mavic 3/4 models will go up to 1000M if you're more than 30 miles/50KM from an airport. I'm not sure if DJI would allow a waiver in the fly app to go higher

I believe the limit on Autel drones is 800M
 
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I believe the Mavic 3/4 models will go up to 1000M if you're more than 30 miles/50KM from an airport. I'm not sure if DJI would allow a waiver in the fly app to go higher

I believe the limit on Autel drones is 800M
Air 3S also is capable of 1000m, when more than 50km from the nearest airport.
However, the location clearly is not, based upon the map.
Needs an altitude hack, only available on older aircraft.
 
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Looks like your about 30km from nearest airport.
What elevation are you operating from?
 
What app is that Geozone map screenshot from? (I'll be heading to the Philippines next spring and would like to look at airspace restrictions...).

Thanks and good luck.
 

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