I got a drone!

Some great shots there...really beautiful scenery, and as you get more expert in drone control i'm sure you will create some fantastic videos.

Not that many years ago to have filmed that you would have had to hire a helicopter and god knows how many thousands of pounds/dollars worth of photographic equipment. Now for not a crazy amount of money anyone can have a go and achieve truly remarkable results.
 
as400 said:
Some great shots there...really beautiful scenery, and as you get more expert in drone control i'm sure you will create some fantastic videos.

Not that many years ago to have filmed that you would have had to hire a helicopter and god knows how many thousands of pounds/dollars worth of photographic equipment. Now for not a crazy amount of money anyone can have a go and achieve truly remarkable results.
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Thanks! It was fun, too :)
 
There were drones flying above us on Thursday evening at Sturton-le-Steeple car meet. I wonder where the "footage" will end up?

Tony.
 
That’s amazing, really good , if you can do this with your drone now , just think of the video in a few weeks time :)
 
I got such pretty shots last evening, I don't know what music to pair with them. Once I figure out what fits, I'll post an update :)
 
Good stuff. Believe it, or not, you wouldn't be able to do some of those flights in the UK without CAA apporoval :arghh:.

In the first video, was there a reason why you didn't land on the road / track?

For a first flight, you seem very competent. Were you flying FPV, or by line of sight?
 
Pingu said:
Good stuff. Believe it, or not, you wouldn't be able to do some of those flights in the UK without CAA apporoval :arghh:.

In the first video, was there a reason why you didn't land on the road / track?

For a first flight, you seem very competent. Were you flying FPV, or by line of sight?
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In the bad landing flight, I had the propeller guards on so the Mavic goes into a special mode for overweight flight, that has range and altitude limits set really low (50m range in this case). On that flight, I didn't wait for the unit to acquire GPS signals, and it did so as it was flying. This caused it to set its Home Point where it was when it got GPS signals. So when I flew toward home, the Mini got back within that 50m circle and wouldn't leave it. The driveway was just a couple meters outside the max range. smh

In Canada, there is a 500 foot ceiling for drones, and a corresponding floor for aircraft. There is some restricted airspace for airports and military bases near me, but my little neck of the woods is free for flight.

I was waaay out visual contact for most of my flying time, but line of sight is required for the radio signal (5.8 Ghz). The controller works with a smartphone as it's display, so most of the time you can see what the nose of the craft "sees."
 
Jess Wiseman said:
In Canada, there is a 500 foot ceiling for drones, and a corresponding floor for aircraft. There is some restricted airspace for airports and military bases near me, but my little neck of the woods is free for flight.

I was waaay out visual contact for most of my flying time, but line of sight is required for the radio signal (5.8 Ghz). The controller works with a smartphone as it's display, so most of the time you can see what the nose of the craft "sees."
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We use 2.5GHz and we used to be able to fly behind (and through) buildings.

Unless you have a CAA commercial licence, in UK, the limit is 400ft above the ground directly below the drone. You can't fly within 50m of any person, property, vessel or vehicle (150m if the drone has a camera). You cannot fly within 150m of any gathering of more than 1000 people. The last one wouldn't have affected you, though :D.

Also, FPV (first person view) flight can only be done with a spotter who has "line of sight" vision of the drone. Ideally, they should also be on a "buddy lead", but the law doesn't require this.

All drones over 1.5kg have to be registered with the CAA and have their registration number displayed. The pilot also needs to have passed an on-line test.

The country is also overlayed with NATS (Air Traffic Control) red, amber and green sectors. Red is no fly. Amber is fly, by with permission from CAA. green is free to fly. There isn't very much green where I live, as it's near an airport (5km exclusion zone)!! It's not too bad out in the countryside - the main problem is people. It's very easy to get within 50m of a person unintentionally. Property doesn't move - people can pop up from almost anywhere!!

Sales of drones have gone through the floor in the UK since these laws have come in. The Government really have taken the fun out of it.
 
Pingu said:
We use 2.5GHz and we used to be able to fly behind (and through) buildings.

Unless you have a CAA commercial licence, in UK, the limit is 400ft above the ground directly below the drone. You can't fly within 50m of any person, property, vessel or vehicle (150m if the drone has a camera). You cannot fly within 150m of any gathering of more than 1000 people. The last one wouldn't have affected you, though :D.

Also, FPV (first person view) flight can only be done with a spotter who has "line of sight" vision of the drone. Ideally, they should also be on a "buddy lead", but the law doesn't require this.

All drones over 1.5kg have to be registered with the CAA and have their registration number displayed. The pilot also needs to have passed an on-line test.

The country is also overlayed with NATS (Air Traffic Control) red, amber and green sectors. Red is no fly. Amber is fly, by with permission from CAA. green is free to fly. There isn't very much green where I live, as it's near an airport (5km exclusion zone)!! It's not too bad out in the countryside - the main problem is people. It's very easy to get within 50m of a person unintentionally. Property doesn't move - people can pop up from almost anywhere!!

Sales of drones have gone through the floor in the UK since these laws have come in. The Government really have taken the fun out of it.
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The restrictions have (necessarily) too onerous and are the reason I haven't invested in a drone for video work. It's becoming all but impossible to fly at any scenic spot because of people wandering into the restricted flying area. Still quite a few though that simply don't follow the restrictions anyway.
It's sad that people are simply unable to do what they're supposed to do and so end up causing additional and more draconian conditions to be applied. Just the same with speed limits etc and likely to be the consequence with COVID controls.
 
Pingu said:
We use 2.5GHz and we used to be able to fly behind (and through) buildings.

Unless you have a CAA commercial licence, in UK, the limit is 400ft above the ground directly below the drone. You can't fly within 50m of any person, property, vessel or vehicle (150m if the drone has a camera). You cannot fly within 150m of any gathering of more than 1000 people. The last one wouldn't have affected you, though :D.

Also, FPV (first person view) flight can only be done with a spotter who has "line of sight" vision of the drone. Ideally, they should also be on a "buddy lead", but the law doesn't require this.

All drones over 1.5kg have to be registered with the CAA and have their registration number displayed. The pilot also needs to have passed an on-line test.

The country is also overlayed with NATS (Air Traffic Control) red, amber and green sectors. Red is no fly. Amber is fly, by with permission from CAA. green is free to fly. There isn't very much green where I live, as it's near an airport (5km exclusion zone)!! It's not too bad out in the countryside - the main problem is people. It's very easy to get within 50m of a person unintentionally. Property doesn't move - people can pop up from almost anywhere!!

Sales of drones have gone through the floor in the UK since these laws have come in. The Government really have taken the fun out of it.
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The Goverment hasn’t taken the fun out of drone flying, people have, by using them in unsafe ways and in restricted areas. I’ll bet that all those people affected at airports as flights were grounded for days would say the same too.
I have nothing against drones either. Just another case of the many affected by the few.

Tony.
 
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