Altitude limit

[Gonzo66]

How do increase the altitude past the legal and preset limit?

 

[jason38]

I know that it was easy to do on previous firmware versions on the mavic Pro, but I tried to do this mod since newer versions apeared , but it does not works anymore ..from what I saw on tutos or threads about that..

 

[Mrclaude]

Do a search on this forum for Super Patcher and follow instructions to enable breaking through restrictions.

 

[Meta4]

How do increase the altitude past the legal and preset limit?

Your drone has a hardwired altitude limit of 500 metres and a user-configurable Max Altitude Limit that you are able to adjust in the app settings.

 

[RadioFlyerMan]

Take a look here... Read the attributes of this patch and consider if you want to do it.

brett8883/DJI_Super-Patcher

 

[deleted member 877]

How do increase the altitude past the legal and preset limit?

Or better still, ALWAYS fly at or below the maximum legal height!

 

[razoraerial]

Or better still, ALWAYS fly at or below the maximum legal height!

No offense but maybe Just maybe that’s what they are planning to do. Fly up a mountain once. Lol

 

[RawRock]

How old is this site when did this become available? What is the newest version of DJI Assistant?

 

[Milo187]

Or better still, ALWAYS fly at or below the maximum legal height!

It’s the old 400 foot above a tower, building or mountain scenario. 400 above anything is legal as long as you’re not entertaining an airspace that’s above your location.

 

[ajkm]

The OP asks how to exceed the “legal” AGL limit. With my lawyer’s hat on I would advise people not to respond.

The other point, of course, is that it’s exactly this kind of behaviour that has led to all the restrictions and regulations in the first place.

If it’s illegal, don’t do it. Very simple really.

 

[deleted member 877]

No offense but maybe Just maybe that’s what they are planning to do. Fly up a mountain once. Lol

Or probably, most probably, not.

 

[TxArch DroneGuy]

It’s the old 400 foot above a tower, building or mountain scenario. 400 above anything is legal as long as you’re not entertaining an airspace that’s above your location.

The 400 foot rule only applies to Part 107 Certified UAS pilots. Max of 400, above take point for all others

 

[ecutech]

For MP root first to downgrade fw if you been on the latest fw. Plenty of tutorials around.

 

[Meta4]

The OP asks how to exceed the “legal” AGL limit. With my lawyer’s hat on I would advise people not to respond.

He asked how to get past the preset limit which happens to be 400 feet.
But being >400 feet higher than the launch point is not necessarily breaking any rules at all.
Not everyone lives on a pancake-flat prairie.

 

[BillyRay777]

I see many posts about increasing altitude limits but few if any on obtaining waivers for doing so. High altitude waivers have been a thing for many years in the model rocketry world. They routinely hit 100-200 thousand feet at some events. In fact there is a NOTAM in effect today in Blackrock for "Surface up to unlimited" for a yearly event. I would think drone waivers would actually be easier to obtain since a drone is infinitely more controllable in flight than a model rocket. Anyone actually have experience obtaining high altitude waivers for drone flights and how difficult was it?

 

[brett8883]

I see many posts about increasing altitude limits but few if any on obtaining waivers for doing so. High altitude waivers have been a thing for many years in the model rocketry world. They routinely hit 100-200 thousand feet at some events. In fact there is a NOTAM in effect today in Blackrock for "Surface up to unlimited" for a yearly event. I would think drone waivers would actually be easier to obtain since a drone is infinitely more controllable in flight than a model rocket. Anyone actually have experience obtaining high altitude waivers for drone flights and how difficult was it?

No but looking at the FAA list of granted waivers it looks like it’s fairly common

 

[superstarpup]

The 400 foot rule only applies to Part 107 Certified UAS pilots. Max of 400, above take point for all others

Where is 400’ above take off point referenced?

 

[BigAl07]

The 400 foot rule only applies to Part 107 Certified UAS pilots. Max of 400, above take point for all others

Your post is 1/2 right.... yes only P107 operations allow for heights higher than AGL within 400' of a structure.... not hobby/recreational operations.

It's not Take Off Point (even though that's the only thing we have in our telemetry to go by)... the rule is 400'AGL which is the ground under the aircraft regardless of where the takeoff point is.

On flat ground this is fairly easy to compute but over uneven terrain it's a lot more difficult to estimate and maintain. Try to error on the side of caution.