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!

 

[fcy]

I went to the same location in 2020 during Covid when I just purchased the Mavic Mini. I was told that flying in the parking lot was permitted toward the lake. I am not sure how it is now. Thank you for your update and I will bring my mini there again to fly a little.

 

[JP_CACIKE]

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!

Remy, that's great news, I'm happy to hear you had a good time because that's what it's about. We all have to help and support each other in this community especially when there are forces looking to take away our hobby in more ways that we know of. I wonder if that's what happened to my MA2's air sense? I'm kinda' heart-broken that I needed to sell my 4 year old MA2 in order to purchase the Air3S. Note: I had to return the Air3S once I opened the box, It was due to faulty batteries, so I have not received the replacement. I only mention this in case others experience the same issue. DJI has been very supportive in getting my Air3S back. I have never had a problem in all the years I have purchased DJI products.
Well, glad you had a good experience and you can rely on going there to fly now. HFTA!