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problems registering my drone on d-flight the Italian site. It says error after I filled all the brackets.

Welcome from the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, USA. We have a Member's Map in the Upper Right of the Title Bar. Click on "Members" and then Click on "Member's Map…" Check it out and you might find some new flying friends.


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


IF you were a "Super Spy" and you were tortured for your secrets and you said: "problems registering my drone on d-flight the Italian site. It says error after I filled all the brackets"

I would guess that your secrets would remain hidden. You are located in Canada and you make a referral to d-flight S.p.A., which is a company belonging to ENAV Group, the Italian company responsible for management and control of civil air traffic in Italy.

So, are you in Canada, Italy, or being held prisoner on board a "Unregistered Cargo Ship being used to extract secrets from super spies…" LoL

If you want help, I would imagine you might want to be a bit more descriptive…

In the meantime, if your Drone is not a "Super-Secret Attack Drone," here is some Good Old Fashion Advice…

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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, 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 kitten or puppy 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, 4-5 feet (1-1/2 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…
 
Welcome from the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, USA. We have a Member's Map in the Upper Right of the Title Bar. Click on "Members" and then Click on "Member's Map…" Check it out and you might find some new flying friends.


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


IF you were a "Super Spy" and you were tortured for your secrets and you said: "problems registering my drone on d-flight the Italian site. It says error after I filled all the brackets"

I would guess that your secrets would remain hidden. You are located in Canada and you make a referral to d-flight S.p.A., which is a company belonging to ENAV Group, the Italian company responsible for management and control of civil air traffic in Italy.

So, are you in Canada, Italy, or being held prisoner on board a "Unregistered Cargo Ship being used to extract secrets from super spies…" LoL

If you want help, I would imagine you might want to be a bit more descriptive…

In the meantime, if your Drone is not a "Super-Secret Attack Drone," here is some Good Old Fashion Advice…

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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, 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 kitten or puppy 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, 4-5 feet (1-1/2 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…
Thank you very much for all your time and effort to write from your experience. I actually had a Mavic Air 4 years ago. Unfortunately I crashed it inside a Portuguese seas cave. I learnt from that for sure. I bought the DJI refresh this time so I'm good for a while.
The details of my issue with the Italian d-flight registration form was , it tell me I have errors on the form but not telling me what errors there were. I just want to finish all the necessary steps and fly. We'll be down at Sorrento and the Amalfi coast. Positano and Amalfi are also my desired locations to fly almost all the time out over the ocean looking back at the area. Some say insurance is preferred but not needed. Well, I won't even fly over towns or beaches. It doesn't make much sense there.
I have watched many videos on Youtube as well about the fine settings for cinematic shooting. My wife is telling me to give up on the Italian government and not bring the drone. Safer this way, just take photos with our camera on land. I have a month and a half before we go. I'm gonna do my best to figure it out. Thanks for your time sir.
 
We'll be down at Sorrento and the Amalfi coast.
Now it all makes sense, But I am sorry that I cannot help with your dilemma... In the late 1970s, I was in the US Air Force and Stationed at the NATO Headquarters in Bagnoli, Italy (just west of Naples…). Many times my family and I with our friends traveled down the coast to spend the day in Sorrento. Back then, if you heard the word "Drone" it just meant that someone talked too long. LoL

Back then, we rented a huge Villa on the coast in Castel Volturno, about 40-miles north of Naples. The only thing between us and the sea was the beach… The Villa was so large (about 4,000 SF) that you could drive into the underground garage and turn around without backing up…

Whenever it rained or was cold, my son's friends all collected there and raced their bicycles or played soccer. They even built a club house there… Their Moms always knew where the kids were…

Please eat lots of Spaghetti Alle Vongole and have a Geloto or two…

PS: if you normally carry your wallet in a back pocket, put a big, thick rubber band around it. The rubber band makes it much more difficult to have your pocket picked. I started then and still do, carry my wallet in my left front pocket… I'm not worried about pickpockets anymore, but when I sit down, I'm not sitting a biggo lump…

Safe Trip.
 
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Now it all makes sense, But I am sorry that I cannot help with your dilemma... In the late 1970s, I was in the US Air Force and Stationed at the NATO Headquarters in Bagnoli, Italy (just west of Naples…). Many times my family and I with our friends traveled down the coast to spend the day in Sorrento. Back then, if you heard the word "Drone" it just meant that someone talked too long. LoL

Back then, we rented a huge Villa on the coast in Castel Volturno, about 40-miles north of Naples. The only thing between us and the sea was the beach… The Villa was so large (about 4,000 SF) that you could drive into the underground garage and turn around without backing up…

Whenever it rained or was cold, my son's friends all collected there and raced their bicycles or played soccer. They even built a club house there… Their Moms always knew where the kids were…

Please eat lots of Spaghetti Alle Vongole and have a Geloto or two…

Safe Trip.
My wife is looking forward to the Limoncello , popular there around Amalfi.
We've been to the north of Italy like Como, Milano, Lago di Garda, Verona, Venice and Modena to see the Ferrari museum. We also drove up to Austria and Bavaria in the same trip. It was great.
 

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