Recent content by blackd1964

I have confirmed that the Lightbridge and 2.4GHZ Groundstation (BT to IPAD App) are not compatible I was using the GS with my S1000/A2 for accurate waypoint flying for aerial work and had a GS installed on the P2 as well. So is LB technically capable of supporting Waypoints? If so does anybody...

I am getting an intermittent Overscan type issue with the latest LB firmware (outputs OSD to HDMI) and the Black Pearl. It did not occur when I initially upgraded but 1st appeared in the field today and i have not changed any settings, I have tried a few different settings on the Black Pearl...

UK remote pilots might want to familiarise themselves with the following document released yesterday by the Civil Aviation Authority - http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/InformationNotice2014081.pdf Whilst some of the document refers to CAA permissions the document as a whole is a useful summary on...

http://daveblack.me/?video=89252077 Mangapps Railway Museum is a privately owned working railway and museum established on a farm at Burnham on Crouch, Essex. It features a ¾ mile standard gauge passenger carrying line, with restored stations, signal boxes and ancillary equipment removed from...

The flytrex acquires the data onto an SD card in the field, upload the file from the SD card up to their site, then export it as a CSV into software from Dashware, link and sync the video and the output contains the data & video.

http://vimeo.com/91856235 I have uploaded an edited video showing waypoint flying using the DJI iPad Ground station and Ground station link; I am also running a Flytrex Data logger. I am in a "DJI defined restricted zone" but well in excess of the 2.5 mile ATZ at Southend, the software warns me...

Caitlin there are some good shots in the mix; a couple of comments: From a composition perspective think of a story you want to tell, take the user on a journey through the medium of the film, perhaps through linked scenes using dissolves to show transition in time and space I like time...

http://daveblack.me/?video=89870899 In August 2012 Hadleigh Farm hosted the London 2012 Olympic Mountain Bike events where over 40,000 spectators flocked to the farm over two days. In March, 2014 members of the GB Mountain Bike squad returned and I was ready with my Quadcopter…….

Have you looked at http://www.skydemonlight.com/ ? You are in the Bournemouth CTR SFC - 2000 feet, however there are no rules restricting you flying if you are under 7k, you don't need to talk to ATC but it may be sensible to do so and as long as you don't compromise safety like fly under the...

Has anybody challenged DJI about the No Fly zones built into their Waypoint software? For instance they have set an arbitrary 5 mile exclusion radius of "major" airports. This does not align with the UK Air Navigation order which allows us to fly in class G airspace (and inside other zones if...

thanks for the great comments :) Yes, I enjoy the planning, flying and getting the footage out in the field. But there is a real buzz when you plug in the SD card, load the video into FCP and see what you have got. Its rare for a hobby to exercise both the left and right sides of the brain. /DB

http://daveblack.me/?video=89041698 This is my Nephew Adam Hickey who is a Team GB Athlete running on the beach at Thorpe Bay, Essex, UK /DB

http://daveblack.me/?video=88539712 Very windy and wrong position for the sun, but it gave my mate a nice view of his house

Thanks Simon, yep the weather has been atrocious, trying to coordinate a weekend and good weather to fly has been impossible, today wasn't bad but all change tomorrow. Did you get any good aerial videos of Cayman? Would be interesting to see how much its changed since Ivan

I had spoken about getting a bigger craft (S800 or S1000) and mentioned if their weight went over 7kg I'd need to talk to ATC at Southend. The proposed enlarged ATZ would mean I would need to talk to them more often as it extends beyond the current 2.5 miles. This was distilled into the phrase...