Setting up a 'no-fly zone' within your backyard

[supcarlos]

Hello Mavic pilots!

I recently came across a YouTube video where someone was talking about how some drone mnf. is able to set up a virtual ' no fly' zone, as to avoid a section within their property. As I heard, this is only applicable to his own drone, and not others.

Does anyone know if DJI supports such a feature?

Also, how does everyone feel about such feature? I have some trees in the back of my yard, I have gotten my Mavic stuck up there in the past, I'm thinking it would be nice to have such a feature.

discussion.. GO!

 

[Unknown Pilot]

Wouldn't it be easier to just not fly your drone into the trees?

 

[Thomas B]

Wouldn't it be easier to just not fly your drone into the trees?

Situational awareness is definitely required when flying.

 

[WithTheBirds]

It seems DJI doesn’t offer this feature for Mavic or Phantom models. If they did would you trust it? GPS accuracy can vary enough that you would need to leave a healthy margin for error in defining the extents of the zone. I can also imagine many in dispute with DJI over liability if you still manage to crash.

 

[Thomas B]

It seems DJI doesn’t offer this feature for Mavic or Phantom models. If they did would you trust it? GPS accuracy can vary enough that you would need to leave a healthy margin for error in defining the extents of the zone. I can also imagine many in dispute with DJI over liability if you still manage to crash.

Latter is probably the strongest point in DJI’s logic to avoid product liability.

 

[WithTheBirds]

Latter is probably the strongest point in DJI’s logic to avoid product liability.

Not hard to see why- it isn’t rare to see the “its not fair my drone is ruined because I managed to fly sideways into a power wire in total darkness because the obstacle detectors didn’t work- I’m starting a class action lawsuit if I don’t get a brand new one immediately”....

 

[old man mavic]

flying a drone requires concentration, observance, and a certain type of skill to do successfully, it is possible to set a distance limit in the app so that the drone will geofence at that distance, or just fly in learner mode ,or better still you could set up a waypoint mission that stayed within your boundary area, but really just learn to fly the darn thing or get another hobby

 

[OnTheRopes]

Yuneec had user defined geofencing in the H I had. Tried it once to see how it worked but never used it again. Never felt the need tbh

 

[charliej]

Wouldn't it be easier to just not fly your drone into the trees?

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[KirkVoclain]

Wouldn't it be easier to just not fly your drone into the trees?

HAHA My thoughts exactly.....seems so much easier to just say, look, a tree, do not fly into it.

 

[DanMan32]

GPS and general navigation deviation is why waypoints make me nervous.

 

[Classic flyer]

Wouldn't it be easier to just not fly your drone into the trees?

Who'd a thunk...lol...be smart fly safe