Thread: What Drones do you own?

Yep, there are certainly times and areas where common sense and a complete lack of the civilised world would apply. Go have some fun - and try not to drown it! If you're flying over water, be very conservative with battery life and don't use return to home - seen plenty of footage of drones landing nice and carmly into the drink when people do this - not only do boats move - even at anchor, but home points are not accurate when only the GPS is relied on and there are no distinguishing features it can lock a home point to. Practice grabbing it out of the air from underneath - on dry land - there are some good youtube videos showing how this is best done.

Most of all - go have fun, that's what they're for.

Yes I have to master the hand retrieve before I take it out to sea

Originally Posted by timax

Tim Robinson Photography
Click on the travel page for what i like to shoot.
Or the instagram logo at the bottom of one of the pages. If you scroll all the way down you will see some car shots which is my other love.

Thanks Tim,,

Nearly all of those pics make me want to spend my dollars!!

Originally Posted by trout1105

I got NO info regarding Australian drone rules when I bought the drone and just looked up "What is the max height you can fly a drone in rural wa? " on Google.

Yes I did mean 400 foot not 400m

Australian Drone Laws: What You Need To Know Before Taking To The Skies | Gizmodo Australia

How is the 120m rule applied? Is it 120m above sea level or is it 120m above the area you are flying the drone.
Also the "flying a drone out of visual line of sight" rule how is that defined?, If I fly the Mavic Air more than 100m away I am buggered if I can see it as it is very small but my line of sight is to the horizon and on top of a hill that can be several kilometres away.

do you call up the QNH before you use it?

do they have an altimeter to tell you the height?

I think I'd rather fly a model aeroplane or helicopter though.

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

do you call up the QNH before you use it?

do they have an altimeter to tell you the height?

I think I'd rather fly a model aeroplane or helicopter though.

No, QNH is not relied on but yes, the units we are discussing here have an altimeter - and stop you from flying higher than legal too - although this can be over ridden but for how long who knows. Each update to the app used to fly DJI drones has more data relating to where you can and can’t fly - they are starting to automatically lock down certain functions.

If you just want to fly, then yep there are other things that are better but as a camera platform, they are unbeatable. Non GPS controlled drones in full manual are fun to fly and I started by flying one first stabilised, but then full manual. Most people can’t fly this way though and buy these drones that basically fly themselves - while it sort of takes the fun out of it, I do still like to fly my ‘hacks’ to keep my eye in. You may like the racing drone scene - that’s where the skilful pilots are rather than us wannabe weekend camera drone pilots. 👍😊

Check out the video below - the wind is howling through the campsite but the little 700 gram drone still takes perfectly stable footage. At about 1.00 onwards the trees can be seen swaying a lot - it was very windy the day I shot this.

Yes I watched some racing drones recently at a club open day.

I don't know how they fly them like that as some of the manouvres cannot be seen by the naked eye.

running them through those tubes is amazing.

I remember sending my dog into tubes during agility competitions and wondering if he was going to come out the other side.

Not quite the same

Originally Posted by Homestar

Nice. Play with it as much as you can, you’ll soon get the hang of it.

I’ve said it before but the biggest trap new flyers fall into is flying too low and crashing into trees. Put it up 50 or 60 metres so you’re clear of everything, that way if you fly it in the wrong direction, you won’t wreck it. 👍

Wish I'd read this first.

I have a cracking video of my brand new Mavic Air 2 smashing its way down through a tree.

Originally Posted by mekon76

Wish I'd read this first.

I have a cracking video of my brand new Mavic Air 2 smashing its way down through a tree.

Were you in Sport mode? The sensors usually protect it

I had mine out the other day in seriously silly wind. 45km/h gusts at ground level.
Took it up and it wasnt liking it, it did hold its own though.

I use it to assist with my site work.

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