Flying at the Airfield in Corona Park Flushing Meadows for the First Time

[~Remy]

Im going to be flying for the first time at the Air Field in Corona Park Flushing Meadows. Anyone ever flown there before? Anything that I should be made aware of? I reached out to the club email and they seemed friendly. Just want my flight to go as smoothly as possible so any tips would help. Thanks a bunch.

 

[JP_CACIKE]

Im going to be flying for the first time at the Air Field in Corona Park Flushing Meadows. Anyone ever flown there before? Anything that I should be made aware of? I reached out to the club email and they seemed friendly. Just want my flight to go as smoothly as possible so any tips would help. Thanks a bunch.

Remy, I went there once during a weekday a couple of years ago and it wasn't what I expected. There were so many incoming and outgoing flights out of LGA that it wasn't enjoyable for me, Now, that's not to say you will not enjoy it, if I recall there may be a 100 ft. altitude limit. I heard weekends will find more pilots flying their drones and planes. Please don't take this the wrong way, it was just my experience. You'll probably have a great time. I was working in the area and decided to see what the area was like. I live out of NYC and get to fly in much wider open spaces without the audio alerts that DJI sends every time a plane comes near. Best wishes! HFTA

 

[~Remy]

Thank you so much for the response and heads up. I’ll definitely taper my expectations. I checked i can toggle the air sense if the audio warnings become persistent. But we’ll see. Might just power through for the extra safety.

Cheers!

 

[~Remy]

Remy, I went there once during a weekday a couple of years ago and it wasn't what I expected. There were so many incoming and outgoing flights out of LGA that it wasn't enjoyable for me, Now, that's not to say you will not enjoy it, if I recall there may be a 100 ft. altitude limit. I heard weekends will find more pilots flying their drones and planes. Please don't take this the wrong way, it was just my experience. You'll probably have a great time. I was working in the area and decided to see what the area was like. I live out of NYC and get to fly in much wider open spaces without the audio alerts that DJI sends every time a plane comes near. Best wishes! HFTA

Just wanted to let you know that I flew yesterday at the park and it wasnt that bad. I definitely enjoyed myself. I had one scare where a huge hawk came at my drone and i was already at the altitude limit so i couldnt fly up anymore. Luckily I think the way i moved my drone might have scared it off. lol.

There was one other person there flying a model A10 and he was pretty chill. He wasnt there that long though.

Im not sure if the 3S AirSense has been tweaked or not but I got the notification once per plane and that was it. It really wasnt that much of an issue. But I will say this, after reading your initial post, i went and googled to see how to turn the AirSense off incase it did get annoying and i came across people that were posting about a glitch on the Mavic Air 2 in which the AirSense wouldnt stop going off. Apparently it was some bug. Not sure if that might have been what you were experiencing or maybe it was just a busier day. But id get one low notification with a little yellow message in the top left of my screen and that was it.

All and all it was an enjoyable first flight. I didnt do too much just flew it around and tested out some shoot modes. Its an interesting area and you can get some interesting shots but i was more focused on just trying out stuff. Im going to read up more camera settings for next time. Can't wait to fly again. I may try a different park or I may just go back.

Cheers!