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Howdy from Wyoming @Pedrostan , welcome to the community, plenty of fine folk and excellent information here.
LuvMyTJ
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Hello,
It is a pleasure to welcome you to the Mavic Pilots forum.
I hope that you will be able to use the forum to further your safety knowledge and for the exchange of innovative ideas and as a resource for current developments in Mavic quadcopters.
Enjoy!
*MAVIC PRO/PLATINUM MANUAL: https://dl.djicdn.com/downloads/mavic/Mavic Pro User Manual V2.0-.pdf
*MAVIC AIR MANUAL: https://dl.djicdn.com/downloads/Mavic Air/20180213/Mavic Air User Manual_v1.2.pdf
*GO 4 APP MANUAL: DJI Go 4 Manual
It is a pleasure to welcome you to the Mavic Pilots forum.
I hope that you will be able to use the forum to further your safety knowledge and for the exchange of innovative ideas and as a resource for current developments in Mavic quadcopters.
Enjoy!
*MAVIC PRO/PLATINUM MANUAL: https://dl.djicdn.com/downloads/mavic/Mavic Pro User Manual V2.0-.pdf
*MAVIC AIR MANUAL: https://dl.djicdn.com/downloads/Mavic Air/20180213/Mavic Air User Manual_v1.2.pdf
*GO 4 APP MANUAL: DJI Go 4 Manual
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deltamike
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Welcome to the forum Pedro,
I hope you find the following information useful if you have not read it elsewhere yet.
To protect yourself in the case of an accident, insurance is a good idea. e.g. (BMFA) British Model Flying Association (UK). It costs £35 at the time of writing. Click on the link to view their web site :-
Members Insurance
You can also insure your UAV against damage : -
Drone Insurance - Phantom Flight School
The next thing to do is join a flying club to learn the ropes. Its more than likely there will be members only too glad to help out with advice or find someone near you who has a Phantom.
After some time, something to aim for is :-
Multi-Rotor –
You might like to try the following apps. The first one shows UK airspace and includes NOTAMS.
UK AirspaceAVOID for Pilots – Android Apps on Google Play and :- No Fly Drones
One item that I have found to be of great help is a clear coloured strobe light. I affixed mine to the rear of my P3 and it is easily seen in daylight for some distance. It helps greatly to determine orientation.
STROBON Cree® Standalone - Flytron
If you are going to carry out any flights you can register the area you will be operating at with dates, times and the grid reference to the RAF who will issue a NOTAM to relevant agencies. Their number is Low Flying Ops 0800 515 544.
This might sound OTT, but helicopters have a nasty habit of sneaking up on you sometimes at below 100 feet. Such examples are the electricity, RAF, air ambulances, police and private owners to mention a few. Helicopters can do whatever they want to - where ever at altitudes from 0 - 3000 feet.
Even though I do advise the LFO of my flights above 150 feet you still have to keep your ears in radar mode. I don't advise LFO of flights below 100 feet because it does not take long to descend in an emergency.
With my P3A I practised an emergency descent at 200 feet by cutting the motors with the left stick hard back, and then at 100 feet, three quarters throttle. It worked well and recovered normal flight. Nice to know it works though. Real brown trouser job the first time. You might think I am paranoiac but I do have lots of helicopters flying around here.
It does make me shudder when I think of what might happen if one of the helicopters airmisses my P3. Probably nothing - but then again ....... Anyway, the grid reference can be found on :-
Grid Reference Finder
If you haven't already done so, consider adding your LOCATION to your forum profile to help us know where you are when you post suggestions or ask for assistance. It helps a lot more than you might think especially because this is an international forum with members are from all parts of the world.
If you have any questions try doing a search first by clicking the magnifying glass top right. You might find your question has already been asked and it will save you a lot of time. If you can’t find an answer, then just post the question. If you want to check your spelling, put your cursor over the word with a red line under it, click once right and choose the correct spelling.
The golden rule :- Always get permission from the landowner to take off and land.
Enjoy the forum.
I hope you find the following information useful if you have not read it elsewhere yet.
To protect yourself in the case of an accident, insurance is a good idea. e.g. (BMFA) British Model Flying Association (UK). It costs £35 at the time of writing. Click on the link to view their web site :-
Members Insurance
You can also insure your UAV against damage : -
Drone Insurance - Phantom Flight School
The next thing to do is join a flying club to learn the ropes. Its more than likely there will be members only too glad to help out with advice or find someone near you who has a Phantom.
After some time, something to aim for is :-
Multi-Rotor –
You might like to try the following apps. The first one shows UK airspace and includes NOTAMS.
UK AirspaceAVOID for Pilots – Android Apps on Google Play and :- No Fly Drones
One item that I have found to be of great help is a clear coloured strobe light. I affixed mine to the rear of my P3 and it is easily seen in daylight for some distance. It helps greatly to determine orientation.
STROBON Cree® Standalone - Flytron
If you are going to carry out any flights you can register the area you will be operating at with dates, times and the grid reference to the RAF who will issue a NOTAM to relevant agencies. Their number is Low Flying Ops 0800 515 544.
This might sound OTT, but helicopters have a nasty habit of sneaking up on you sometimes at below 100 feet. Such examples are the electricity, RAF, air ambulances, police and private owners to mention a few. Helicopters can do whatever they want to - where ever at altitudes from 0 - 3000 feet.
Even though I do advise the LFO of my flights above 150 feet you still have to keep your ears in radar mode. I don't advise LFO of flights below 100 feet because it does not take long to descend in an emergency.
With my P3A I practised an emergency descent at 200 feet by cutting the motors with the left stick hard back, and then at 100 feet, three quarters throttle. It worked well and recovered normal flight. Nice to know it works though. Real brown trouser job the first time. You might think I am paranoiac but I do have lots of helicopters flying around here.
It does make me shudder when I think of what might happen if one of the helicopters airmisses my P3. Probably nothing - but then again ....... Anyway, the grid reference can be found on :-
Grid Reference Finder
If you haven't already done so, consider adding your LOCATION to your forum profile to help us know where you are when you post suggestions or ask for assistance. It helps a lot more than you might think especially because this is an international forum with members are from all parts of the world.
If you have any questions try doing a search first by clicking the magnifying glass top right. You might find your question has already been asked and it will save you a lot of time. If you can’t find an answer, then just post the question. If you want to check your spelling, put your cursor over the word with a red line under it, click once right and choose the correct spelling.
The golden rule :- Always get permission from the landowner to take off and land.
Enjoy the forum.
Thanks Delta.
This is very helpful info there.
I'm considering getting care plan but would rather insure myself somewhere else to be honest so I will explore "photoguard" tomorrow.
Talking about the liability insurance, what is the real difference between BMFA and FPVUK ( apart of 25m vs 5m), any other cons and pros?
I'm located in Peterborough and love to travel with the family all over the planet so restricted areas map is a must so thank you for the clue.
I would like to stick to rules and don't break the law at any point but registering the flights is something that I never considered and it sounds like a good idea actually. My plan is to eventually get myself a licence and maybe do it commercially but for now is a song of the future, will see.
Thanks a lot for bunch of great input.
Oh and little clarification, I have upgraded from phantom to mavic
This is very helpful info there.
I'm considering getting care plan but would rather insure myself somewhere else to be honest so I will explore "photoguard" tomorrow.
Talking about the liability insurance, what is the real difference between BMFA and FPVUK ( apart of 25m vs 5m), any other cons and pros?
I'm located in Peterborough and love to travel with the family all over the planet so restricted areas map is a must so thank you for the clue.
I would like to stick to rules and don't break the law at any point but registering the flights is something that I never considered and it sounds like a good idea actually. My plan is to eventually get myself a licence and maybe do it commercially but for now is a song of the future, will see.
Thanks a lot for bunch of great input.
Oh and little clarification, I have upgraded from phantom to mavic
deltamike
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I have not had any dealings with FPVUK so I cant help you there but I hope the rest of the info was helpful.
Best of luck.
Best of luck.
I think I'll go with BMFA anyway.
As for insurance I've contacted photoguard and they offered me insurance with extras covering £900 for £65 p.a. so I believe it would be better choice than dji care.
On top of that I've ordered 2 batteries for £59 each from maplins. From time to time they opening Web orders so worth to have a look.
One thing I would like to mention, my mavic was ordered from gearbest for £617 delivered from EU warehouse. I had bad experience with them before (PayPal helped) but couldn't resist the price really.
As for insurance I've contacted photoguard and they offered me insurance with extras covering £900 for £65 p.a. so I believe it would be better choice than dji care.
On top of that I've ordered 2 batteries for £59 each from maplins. From time to time they opening Web orders so worth to have a look.
One thing I would like to mention, my mavic was ordered from gearbest for £617 delivered from EU warehouse. I had bad experience with them before (PayPal helped) but couldn't resist the price really.
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Hello again, thank you for warm welcoming.
Finally I've get my mavic up and it the air yesterday for the first time, what a great thing that is.
I'm struggling a little bit with the camera settings and overexposure but will get there eventually.
I get two small cases instead of the one big case so I can throw the drone into my backpack along with other stuff.
Portability is just amazing when switching from the Phantom.
Generally I'm super excited and impressed with the Mavic.
There is a ton on threads an almost every subject in this forum which is absolutely amazing.
Thank you all again
Finally I've get my mavic up and it the air yesterday for the first time, what a great thing that is.
I'm struggling a little bit with the camera settings and overexposure but will get there eventually.
I get two small cases instead of the one big case so I can throw the drone into my backpack along with other stuff.
Portability is just amazing when switching from the Phantom.
Generally I'm super excited and impressed with the Mavic.
There is a ton on threads an almost every subject in this forum which is absolutely amazing.
Thank you all again
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