I am not circumventing any rules or fly outside of the law and dont appreciate you posting that I do. Geofencing is not required by the FAA or anyone else that I know of. I have NoLimitDronez on my
M2P and could set it down in the middle of a runway at Ohare Airport and take off no problem. Does that mean I will, of course not. I was flying it in my own backyard when I first purchased it and DJI's geofencing allowed it. Since then it has changed four times and now I live in a restricted area and cant even start the props inside my house (where the FAA has no jurisdiction by the way). I could now fly in my own backyard again but still dont. I follow the FAA's rules and just refuse to be told what I can and cannot do with a piece of property I own (not DJI), and have improper guidelines forced on me by a Chinese Monopoly. If all drone manufacturers were doing it and "forced geofencing" was the law I could see your point. But that isnt the case and its posters like you that keep me from participating here much. You know what happens when you assume...
I have three areas within 5 miles from me that DJI's geofencing is wrong. One wants an unlock code for a area around a old grass airstrip that hasnt been used for crop dusting in many decades and the FAA has no restrictions there. As someone else here mentioned, I had no idea of the rules and regulations assosiated with drones or all the places you are not allowed to fly when I purchased my
M2P. Its not in any literature or even talked about before the sale. I purchased it for photography and after the sale find out most the places I want to use it they are not allowed. If I would have known of all the restrictions and how little places there is to fly it, I would not have bought it. I now fly sub 250 quads because I have found actual flying a quad (no gps, auto hold, geofence crap, ect) quite enjoyable. I can fly it in the park by my house and places where I could never fire up the
M2P. Now when I do fly the
M2P it feels more like driving a tractor versus a sports car. It just dosent handle like the little FPV quads do. I will say the
M2P holds rock solid for taking pics wherever I "float" it.
If you read the original post, the OP was having trouble with DJI's forced geofencing when they had LAANC clearance. They also asked twice how many here have had the same problem and only a couple replied to the actual post. I am quite familiar with the geofencing problems so I posted to help the OP out. You will notice that I also followed the forum rules (without forum fencing) and did not discuss how they can solve the problem here, I sent a PM.
They were not asking advice on why they couldnt take off or how to fly legally, they seem to have that under control or would not have LAANC clerance. Most of this thread has nothing to with answering the original post and there is nothing illegal about removing the forced geofencing. Quit assuming that being able to make the proper choice as a PIC is breaking the law!
Most of this thread is why I dont come here much (or maybe its because Im out breaking the law)...
