Disabled Pilot Question

[Brahma]

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Since you live in Scotland, there are specific laws and rules for you to follow, please check to ensure these are current.

Overview : Flying drones and model aircraft | UK Civil Aviation Authority

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I will not get preachy about the legality of flying a drone from inside your home, where you cannot see the drone. But you should know…

But as has been mentioned, your location, inside a building, will be a hindrance to the signal strength, not only will the building interfere, but every tree, power pole, and the neighbor's homes will all serve to weaken the signal…

Not only will the intervening structures cause and issue, so will you… the antenna are directional and if you are facing the back yard while you wife is walking the dog down the street in front of your home, you are pointing the wrong way…

Good Drone Antenna signal and you will get a better idea of what I am writing about…

Next as has been mentioned, the drone needs to be launched from outside and in a clear area with no trees directly overhead, else if the drone does an uncommented Return to Home (due to signal loss), it could wind up landing in a tree if the landing location is not clear.

So, here is some Good Old Fashion Advice…

You paid a lot of money for that Drone, put your phone number on it. If your drone gets lost or stuck in a tree and it finally comes down when you are not around, give the finders an opportunity to contact you so it can be returned.

Now, for the Fun Part, But do not let the excitement of the moment get the best of you. When you are going out to fly, do it slowly and deliberately. Get used to a set procedure and even practice it.

There are so many things I could write but these are the highlights that I feel need mentioning.

Plug in your phone/tablet into your controller; turn on the Controller and DJI Fly App (if it does not start on its own…). On the Drone, open the front legs, then open the back legs, and then remove the Gimbal Cover.

The Gimbal is the most delicate item on the Drone and banging or bumping can damage it. I also fastened a short "Remove Before Flight" ribbon to the cover so it's more noticeable and I do not forget to remove it…

Turn on the drone and watch it come to "life." Watching the Gimbal go through its self-check is almost like watching a puppy or kitten opening its eyes for the first time…

Place the drone down (preferably on a Landing Pad) while it finishes its self-test (collecting satellites, etc…).

Check your battery status (Phone, Drone, and Controller), check the Signal Strength, by now the Controller should have reported it updated the Home Point.

Lift off, 6 feet (2-meters) or so, hover a bit, check the controls (move the drone a bit forward, back, left, right, yaw left and right). By now, your Controller will probably report again, "Home point Updated."

If you go out in a rush and race thru your start up and take off before the drone has finished it prep, it may update its Home Point over that pond or that old tree you are flying over and in your excitement, you'll fly the drone long past it Low Battery point and when it engages Return to Home and lands in the pond or in a tree; it will be all on you…

Now go have fun, learn to fly the drone by sight before you try to fly it out a distance depending on the video feed, FPV.

I would also advise you to use YouTube and watch a lot of the Videos on flying and setting up the Drone. When it is too dark, too cold, or too wet, you can "fly it vicariously" through YouTube. Also watch some of the Blooper Drone Videos and learn how not to fly your "New Baby."

Fly On and Fly Safe…

This is real good Thunder - thank you

I really like the idea of setting up a “launch routine” to make sure the drone and controller have established full connectivity with each other and the satellites. And then checking Home Point is set. I’ll definitely be doing this, thank you

 

[LoudThunder]

I really like the idea of setting up a “launch routine” to make sure the drone and controller have established full connectivity with each other and the satellites.

Good for you, the final advice is again, when your turn everything on, place the drone on a hard surface, (not the ground, dirt, or grass) with the drone facing away from you and take a deep breath, and be patient. Be sure to put the drone in Cine Mode (things will move a bit slower then… Let the Drone acquire enough satellites to report the Home Point is set (turn the volume up so you can hear the alerts. And then when it says the Home point is set, lift off and just hover a few minutes, and relax. Listen to way the drone sounds. If there is a little breeze, you will hear the drone's motors surge a bit to keep the drone in place.

Now that your heart rate has slowed down a bit, give it a bit of forward and see how the drone responds, turn it around (Yaw), a bit of Up and a little down, just to get the feel or it…

You get my meaning, do not go off at high speed and crash it into a tree, house, pole, etc…

But Have Fun!