New owner from the Uk

[damaff]

Hi.

I own a Spark and now the Mavic Air.

New to drones and enjoying flying.

With regards to the footage, is there a way to watch it back on my tv instead of on my phone.

Any help appreciated.

Matt

 

[deltamike]

Welcome to the forum Matt,

I suggest you make a new post in General discussion for your question but I hope you find the following information useful.


To protect yourself in the case of an accident, insurance is a good idea. e.g. (BMFA) British Model Flying Association (UK). It costs £33 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.


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.

 

[deltamike]

A bit more info in the PDF that will help.

 

[Njoro]

Hi.

I own a Spark and now the Mavic Air.

New to drones and enjoying flying.

With regards to the footage, is there a way to watch it back on my tv instead of on my phone.

Any help appreciated.

Matt

Hi Matt, regarding play back it depends on your TV. If your TV has USB, SD ports at the back you are good to go. I’ve a new Panasonic 65” 4K TV which has both ports, I just pop in the Mavic SD card and play.

 

[damaff]

Cheers for that. I will have a look to see if it has a sd card slot..

 

[waylander]

Ha Ha yes add location it might help, a bit like deltamike did

 

[dirkclod]

Hi.

I own a Spark and now the Mavic Air.

New to drones and enjoying flying.


Matt

Welcome to Mavic Pilots .
I hope you will find our site helpful and look forward to any input , photo's/video's you might post .
Don't be shy and ask anything if you can't find it by searching .

 

[deltamike]

Ha Ha yes add location it might help, a bit like deltamike did

Ooops. Thanks

 

[Bunny Too]

Hi.

I own a Spark and now the Mavic Air.

New to drones and enjoying flying.

With regards to the footage, is there a way to watch it back on my tv instead of on my phone.

Any help appreciated.

Matt

Howdy from Wyoming @damaff , welcome to the community, plenty of fine folk and excellent information here.

 

[ICHOTT]

Re”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 relevantagencies. Their number is Low Flying Ops 0800 515 544.”

Wow, so I nip out for 30 mins to fly 20-30 metres high around a local lake and I have to inform the RAF ?

I know 20-30 m is low flying but how high does low have to be before contacting thes ‘agencies’

Gobsmacked but a genuine question nonetheless!

 

[msinger]

Welcome to Mavic Pilots!

 

[LuvMyTJ]

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!
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[deltamike]

Re”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 relevantagencies. Their number is Low Flying Ops 0800 515 544.”

Wow, so I nip out for 30 mins to fly 20-30 metres high around a local lake and I have to inform the RAF ?

I know 20-30 m is low flying but how high does low have to be before contacting thes ‘agencies’

Gobsmacked but a genuine question nonetheless!

Helicopters have a nasty habit of sneaking up on you sometimes at below 100 feet and such examples are the electricity, RAF, air ambulances, private owners to mention just a few. Helis can do whatever they want to and however low too.

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 always 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 we do have lots of helis flying around here.

It does make me shudder when I think of what might happen if one of the helis hits my P3. Probably nothing but then again .......

 

[ICHOTT]

Helicopters have a nasty habit of sneaking up on you sometimes at below 100 feet and such examples are the electricity, RAF, air ambulances, private owners to mention just a few. Helis can do whatever they want to and however low too.

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 always 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 we do have lots of helis flying around here.

It does make me shudder when I think of what might happen if one of the helis hits my P3. Probably nothing but then again .......

Thanks, all makes sense with relevance to awareness too, not blindly flying all over.

 

[Tommytucka]

Hi from Manchester!

 

[Aerial-Pixel]

Welcome to MavicPilots from Dayton Ohio! Fly safe and have fun!