Recent content by JamesB

Unless I'm missing something here, why is the Mavic only good for those who use an iPhone or small, Android for the screen. OK if you have 20-20 vision, but there there others who don't have that ability, so a larger screen is better like those used with the P3Pro and Inspire 1.I think DJI is...

Mavic, huh? Just another new toy to fill the consumer driven cash flow basket of DJI. Look at Apple iPhones. Every 6 months or so, they bring out a device with a new add-on, and millions of young'ens rush to buy it. Those who are happy with their phone, drone, camera, etc,will stay with that...

In Australia our CASA (same as the FAA) says you should not fly above 120m (400ft) AGL which is added to your ASML height as depicted by a GPS. This means once you know your site height as shown by a GPS, you add 400 get to that figure and that is the Max. height you can fly. A licensed UAV...

Cost for drone course re relevant to those who are on a fixed income (pension my case) but it was worth it. At the moment, CASA allows an operator to fly a drone under 2kg MTOW without a License, as long as it's for hobby and entertainment. If it's for commercial use, you need a CASA issued UAV...

Agree, but.... the paperwork is horrendous! and CASA takes a shine to those who actually go out and do CASA approved Drone training courses. The guy who runs this course is qualified pilot/trainer ~2500 flight hours in both fixed and rotary wing, and is a CASA delegate. What he has shown and...

Our 5 day full time training course paid for the manuals and aLL. $5K AUD. CASA will come out in a few months time to asses my ability to fly a drone, answer some questions and do various manouvers. Once passed to get my UOC license to go commercial CASA will ask for the fee... $5K. So no, it's...

CASA only needs some ID of the UAV. Mobile numbers might be the way to go! Not a bad idea. I will suss this out when I meet up with them for my two-day UAV flight training this week then fill in my UOC application.

Thank you for this! From what I seen here and other forums, the M1 and M2 are a personal choice. If M1 suits the op for their flight then so be it and vice versa. Could it could also be whether the op is left or right hand which can dictate which Mode they feel comfortable with, to Pitch...

Can you please enlarge on this? I just can't understand why RC aircraft have two Modes. I mean it's not like driving on the left or right is it? Airspace is airspace, eh?

Hmmm.. this is interesting. The trainer said most of the UAV's he knows of, fly in M1, but another said a lot of users prefer M2. Personally, I like M2 but to conform to all the others, we used M1. When it came to do a 'Circuit', using M1 seemed a bit daunting so they said, try M2 and found it a...

Yes I have, much to my embarrassment. It's been a learning curve. Mind you, some others were also in the same boat but now its all sorted. Aside, do you know why DJI has Mode 1 & 2 in their UAV's and does this apply to ALL UAV's or just DJI? Thanks for the reply!

Ah hah! That explains it. I was in Mode 2 before... doh... Will try this now. Thanks,

New battery is full charged, The bird has been working well until now. Mode 1 and throttle stick is at left. After Calibrate and power up, there is not enough revs for lift off. Nothing has been changed in the DJI Go app or on the RC. I bought this PH3Pro at Xmas - a few months ago and i has...

I'm on iOS and Mode 1 is for 'south of the border' I've been told by my CASA flight instructor its M1 for OZ and M2 for USA. Even where you get Real Flight 7.5 or RF Drive simulator make sure you get the Mode 1 controller which matches up with the DJI RC. Swap over to Mode 1 on your DJI RC and...

Hi guys, Just got the Litchi AP app for my PH3Pro and since this list is for PH quadcopters, is there anything from your experiences with this app, one should be aware of, hints, do and don'ts? I'm in Australia and we use Mode 1 here (we fly on the left side of the sky.. lol) Thanks guys, Jim