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We hold a national standing SFOC for complex operations in Canada. Our pilots have also passed the online TC advanced exam. The exam knowledge base is clearly stated in "Knowledge Requirements for Pilots of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems" published by Transport Canada. If you are planning to...

LOL no - our airspace is categorized differently than EU. We operate from SFC to 400AGL usually. Class G is "uncontrolled" e.g. no tower coordination. Most operations are covered under the Special Flight Operations Certificate. This new issue with DJI prohibits uncertified aircraft from...

Yes it is a huge problem! Canadian airspace regulations prohibit flying without CAA authorization in all classes of airspace except class G (uncontrolled). So anywhere within 5Nm of an aerodrome and most urban areas are affected. This ban on DJI equipment includes 90% of the airspace that...

To date, DJI's official response is that they support the new regulations are will ensure that DJI Enterprise customer equipment will meet the standards. The "enterprise" equipment is the DJI M210 and larger aircraft, not the Phantom, Inspire 1 or 2 nor the Mavic.

In simple terms, SAFE is a declaration by the equipment manufacturer that the flight system will perform in a predictable manner with all testing performed to ASTM F.38 standards. This testing includes airframe structure, propulsion systems, power/fuel systems, C2, pilot interfaces, etc...

I registered several DJI aircraft today at the TC website. None of my DJI equipment will be permitted to operate in any controlled airspace after June 1st, unless DJI issues a SAFE compliance declaration for each aircraft. If this is not done, then virtually every commercial operator in the...

The CeeVisor is a lightweight sunshade and clipboard for the DJI controllers. The design is simple, foolproof, robust and it keeps the tablet much cooler than the traditional hood type sunshades. It clips on instantly, without any mods to the controller or tablet - no more fiddling with a...

In Canada, radio licensing is managed by Industry Canada and the airband licence is called a Restricted Operator Certificate - Air (ROC-A). Anyone operating commercially in Canada must hold an ROC-A to transmit. No license is required to listen on the airband frequencies. The ROC-A is a...

@Ivanhoe Unfortunately "converted" rgb images are of little to no value when it comes to actual crop health measurement. RGB cameras produce images which can be visually interpreted of course and there is some value in that, but the plant health is indicated by a very specific spectral range...

The gimbal initialization will cause the lens hood to touch the ground, unless the add-on raised landing gear is used.

Absolutely! You don't want to be in a position of providing professional growing advice if you are unqualified. A grower spends thousands on specific inoculants, pesticides, fertilizers and the wrong advice can be disastrous. Work with an agronomist!

We fly P4P aircraft for crop health surveys in British Columbia, generally for high value crops such as blueberries. Pricing is based on $$/Acre. Winter Bare surveys are around $3/Ac (RGB images) and the full Sentera dataset is $5/Ac. The difference accounts for the investments in the sensors...

So would you like to see what your friendly DJI GO4 app is doing on your cell phone or tablet? Take a look at these screen images:

You are kidding, right? My P4P has been in for repair 3 times because of Air Encoder Errors, Gimbal Errors, failware updates that brick the aircraft, etc, etc. No way I am putting any more cash into DJI's wallet until their aircraft actually work, reliably.