Here goes a question that's probably been discussed, but I wanted to start a more recent topic on it.
I'm trying to figure out what the point of an altitude limiter on this thing is aside from covering DJI against liability. My Karma had no altitude limit. I understand that the Mavic 2 has a way longer range and could likely go a lot higher, but lets take a step back to legal altitudes. A ceiling of 400 feet seems pointless given that if I really wanted to get it into the air more, I could go somewhere that has high elevation. For example: if I wanted to get it into the clouds (I'm in Albuquerque this week), I could simply drive up a mountain and fly it 200 feet in the air and I'd be above them. Now what if I decide to fly it off of the mountain a couple thousand feet. Now I'm well above the altitude limiter compared to if I was on the ground.
I understand that this probably going to have people asking why I even care if I'm a responsible flyer. My answer to that is 1: It's more just the point of it that I'm trying to figure out and 2: I think you can (depending on location) get higher than 400 feet easily without harming anything.
I'm going to assume that this is more for areas where air traffic is busy or populated areas so we just have to follow the rule everywhere.
Anyone's thoughts?
I'm trying to figure out what the point of an altitude limiter on this thing is aside from covering DJI against liability. My Karma had no altitude limit. I understand that the Mavic 2 has a way longer range and could likely go a lot higher, but lets take a step back to legal altitudes. A ceiling of 400 feet seems pointless given that if I really wanted to get it into the air more, I could go somewhere that has high elevation. For example: if I wanted to get it into the clouds (I'm in Albuquerque this week), I could simply drive up a mountain and fly it 200 feet in the air and I'd be above them. Now what if I decide to fly it off of the mountain a couple thousand feet. Now I'm well above the altitude limiter compared to if I was on the ground.
I understand that this probably going to have people asking why I even care if I'm a responsible flyer. My answer to that is 1: It's more just the point of it that I'm trying to figure out and 2: I think you can (depending on location) get higher than 400 feet easily without harming anything.
I'm going to assume that this is more for areas where air traffic is busy or populated areas so we just have to follow the rule everywhere.
Anyone's thoughts?