Recent content by DJI_PilotIndy

So far so good. One close call. 110 flights and 12 hours of flight time on three birds, Phantom 3 Pro, Mavic Pro, Inspire 1 Ver. 2 The key is pre-flight planning and situational awareness. My demo:

If you don’t update the firmware and software flight height and distance will be limited. It is their new policy, and I don’t like it

The prices are too low, but this where it is going, it’s a race to the bottom Iin many markets. In every industry, professionals should hold to the market rate and not dramatically undercut colleagues, thus hurting the profession. As has been said, A hobbyist with a Part 107 won’t be able to...

There's nothing vague about the FAA rule regarding flying height. It is 400 feet AGL, with the exception of the need to fly over structure which an additional 400 feet is allowed .

That's why I don't fly where people can see me or flight at times when people are not present. I'm not "hiding" but don't want to invite attention and distraction. I like to stay focused on flying.

"Land Now" and "Return to Home" behave differently. Almost crashed my Mavic Pro with "Land Now" thinking I had tapped on RTH. It began to descend straight down towards a canal. Tried to cancel but the cancel command failed! Had to force the Mavic to ascend, while fighting the descent, and then...

Almost crashed my Mavic Pro with "Land Now" thinking I had tapped on RTH. It began to descend straight down towards a canal. Tried to cancel but the cancel command failed! Had to force the Mavic to ascend, while fighting the descent, and then fly it to safe landing area.