Newbie Question... Taking off from a cliff...

[old man mavic]

I'm guessing mavic air head was poking fun at the posts

thats fair enough no one likes a joke better than me ,but sometimes newbies ask questions that need a responsibly reply

 

[Mavic Air Head]

you obviously got out of bed on the wrong side today there was no holier than thou comments in my responses , once you take off in mountainous terrain and fly out then the actual height shown on the app screen has no bearing on the actual AGL that the drone is at we all know that, if we have been flying for some time,and believe me where i fly a lot of in Wales it is nothing but mountainous terrain if you really want to try and be good and not fly to high,then i recommend an ordnance survey map which shows the relative elavation above sea level of different points so it is possible to know how high you are, relative to lower terrain from your take of point

You aren't taking my tongue in cheek comments personally are you? If you fly at 400' over virtually any terrain, I guarantee you that you will be out of compliance 100% of your flights. It might only be 1-2', but you are evil and undermining the safety of the entire planet. If the terrain is undulating you will be even more evil and will be casting drone pilots in a dim light. Stop flying over kneecapping heights now!

 

[Mavic Air Head]

For the record my max altitude is reasonably set below 400'

 

[old man mavic]

You aren't taking my tongue in cheek comments personally are you? If you fly at 400' over virtually any terrain, I guarantee you that you will be out of compliance 100% of your flights. It might only be 1-2', but you are evil and undermining the safety of the entire planet. If the terrain is undulating you will be even more evil and will be casting drone pilots in a dim light. Stop flying over kneecapping heights now!

guess we are even now, happy flying at any height

 

[old man mavic]

yes so is mine its 120m or 396 ft but i rarely fly much above 250 ft the 400 ft reference was the max set in the drone code in the UK, and that comes preset when you first turn on the drone