Recent content by ekrabappel

To all the people with negative comments, this is exactly what I want to do. Why? I want to undertake a video of student groups kayaking in mangrove estuaries while controlling the drone from a kayak. Wind and waves not a problem (would not fly under windy conditions anyway). Floats allow...

Meta4 - Totally agree. Unfortunately we have no ovals on site and our leased ovals are within the limits of the Brisbane Airport no fly zone. Other possible venues are simply too far away to be viable options. The students are doing this course after hours so we only get small windows of time...

stuka - we do have some AR Parrots that they started out with but wanted the students to get used to a hand held transmitter with joysticks similar to what they will have in the exam. Plus the ARs parrots don't handle breezes too well. Not a bad idea though. Do you know off hand of any drones...

Meta4 - Have been removing the cameras as a means to prevent damage more than a teaching aid. This is the first time we have run the course and got off to a late start so pushing it to get the students 5 hours flight time in before the test. Hence the battery issue. Next year we will run the...

Tevek - Yes, good (qualified?) drone pilots glance at the screen however so many people seem to buy drones and fly them using only the camera. I reckon most of the drone "fails" on youtube are caused by pilots flying FPV and running into things. Interested in the cage idea. At present...

Thanks Tevek. I think we are both on the same page re FPV. Sorry for misinterptreting what you were saying. Just got find the cable! Meta4 - sorry you decided to take my comments personally. There is more than one way to skin the proverbial cat (or teach drone flight).

Tevek, I never said it was illegal to have a camera view, but it is illegal to fly using the camera view (first person) and not have your eyes on the drone. As I said, you must be able to see any aircraft etc approaching your drone and you cannot do this if you only see what is in the camera...

Meta4 - Hmmm.. battery goes in fully charged. When one bar left (about 15 minutes) the transmitter emits an alarm. We can also see the leds on the battery during flight. Hardly a case of no idea what the battery charge is. Agreed running batteries low is problematic but we do it out of...

Tevek - I would not interpret the CASA regulations in that way. To fly a drone by using the camera view is first person regardless of whether the camera view is on a phone or in goggles. VLOS is in place because you should be looking at the drone when flying, not at the camera view. If a plane...

Tevek - Yes there is a small component in the coursework regarding telemetry but the licence theory is in effect the same as a plane or helicopter licence. I guess CASA is a bit behind the eight ball in terms of creating drone specific licencing course work. As to flying around the tennis court...

Mega4 - We are totally aware CASA does not prohibit having a camera view, but as stated, it is illegal to fly a drone using the camera (First Person). Visual Line of Sight (VLS) flying is specified in the CASA regulations. The pilot should be looking at the drone at all times (unless using a...

This thread has been posted at different times but I still have not seen a reliable answer so here goes. We have 3 P3S drones that are used for both multimedia studies and drone pilot paractice. We need the camera for the multimedia studies but do not want the camera for pilot practice (already...