Just got my new mavic

[buzzlightyr]

Can I fly in my back yard, about mayb 5ft high , just to test my mavic and not get in trouble for being in a no fly zone? And how do they track you?

 

[Top Hat]

Welcome and yes you can.

 

[TrayBoz]

Welcome. I believe the maximum height for backyards is 6.5 feet, so you should be good.

No one is tracking you.

Your maximum height is determined by 2 things:
1. your desire to do the right/safe/smart/legal thing.
2. your ability to not get caught if you disregard rule #1.

 

[buzzlightyr]

Thanks guys[emoji106]

 

[james_mav]

Can I fly in my back yard, about mayb 5ft high , just to test my mavic and not get in trouble for being in a no fly zone? And how do they track you?

You can but you shouldn't. Learn to fly in an open field. Flying indoors & backyards is where a lot of newbies crash.

 

[GetDatMoney]

I live in a NFZ as well but the problem for me is upon booting up the controller is in Atti mode until GPS locks in then drone won't initiate the motors.

 

[droneworx]

You can but you shouldn't. Learn to fly in an open field. Flying indoors & backyards is where a lot of newbies crash.

this...lol, i remember when i first got my P3Pro about 2 years ago, i put it all together and at the time, didnt differentiate between my P3Pro and my little cheapo Frys drone. started it up in my office in my house of all places, it just went nuts, so much power, bounced off the walls, my desk, took out my computer monitor. didnt know anything about CSC at the time, by the time i stopped it, i had put huge gouges in my walls, took out my computer monitor, a shelf, and broke an arm on the P3. All in the span of about 3 minutes of having the box open...

 

[james_mav]

this...lol, i remember when i first got my P3Pro about 2 years ago, i put it all together and at the time, didnt differentiate between my P3Pro and my little cheapo Frys drone. started it up in my office in my house of all places, it just went nuts, so much power, bounced off the walls, my desk, took out my computer monitor. didnt know anything about CSC at the time, by the time i stopped it, i had put huge gouges in my walls, took out my computer monitor, a shelf, and broke an arm on the P3. All in the span of about 3 minutes of having the box open...

I had a similar story with my Phantom 3 Standard. I was used to flying small helicopters in my house & thought that it wouldn't be a big deal . I crashed it into a wall within a minute & almost cut my finger off trying to save it. Getting hit with a Phantom blade is a bigger deal then the Mavic.

 

[BluesDragon]

this...lol, i remember when i first got my P3Pro about 2 years ago, i put it all together and at the time, didnt differentiate between my P3Pro and my little cheapo Frys drone. started it up in my office in my house of all places, it just went nuts, so much power, bounced off the walls, my desk, took out my computer monitor. didnt know anything about CSC at the time, by the time i stopped it, i had put huge gouges in my walls, took out my computer monitor, a shelf, and broke an arm on the P3. All in the span of about 3 minutes of having the box open...

I'm so sorry... but the visual I had while reading your post just made me literally lol!

 

[duelingglove]

Man I walk outside, place it on grass and launch it as all the peanut gallery is swooning and ahhhhing. Lap the neighborhood a few times and go have a few cold ones. That's my PLEASHARRRR [emoji851]