Recent content by Lozboz

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    This guy needs grounding - FAST !

    Next episode... Man arrested for filming Premier League matches with a drone. http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/18/drone-pilot-charged-premier-league-stadiums/?ncid=rss_truncated
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    Just some footage of a guy riding his bike

    Lec Park the photographer is amazing....http://uavcoach.com/lec-park-drone-pilot/
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    Revised UK CAA regulations for flying over Congested Areas

    Does anyone know the status of this revision? It is supposed to come into effect 31 October 2014 http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/Informatio%20...%20014115.pdf Would it be possible for someone to interpret the implications for unlicensed pilots flying Phantoms in the UK ? Thanks
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    This guy needs grounding - FAST !

    Flying over a football match can have unexpected consequences..... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-29624759 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29604464 Just trolling around....
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    This guy needs grounding - FAST !

    An interesting Wired article here relating to UK laws. http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-02/20/shoot-down-drones/viewall The legal turbulence hindering drones in the UK Sooner or later there will inevitably be a case when the privacy of a celebrity is invaded, a drone crashes and kills...
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    This guy needs grounding - FAST !

    Hmmm.... In 1997 the UK Government banned all handguns, after a school shooting in Dunblane, Scotland.
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    This guy needs grounding - FAST !

    Nobody died...true However, our hobby, which I am fairly passionate about, is most likely to be eventually banned on security grounds rather than those of safety. It is very easy to justify the prohibition of 'drones' (you know, the the ones we use against 'the enemy') when they are seen to be...
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    This guy needs grounding - FAST !

    I think that he's been caught and reported to the CAA already http://www.nottinghampost.com/Nottingham-Forest-s-City-Ground-ve-seen/story-22945644-detail/story.html and appears to be continuing to fly/film and post on YouTube.
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    This guy needs grounding - FAST !

    I agree that the London video isn't dangerous (the others are). However, it is the UK Parliament building and analogous to flying over the White House, Parliament in Canberra, the Reichstag building in Berlin etc. The media would have a field day with this.
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    This guy needs grounding - FAST !

    Does anyone know who this idiot is? https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQsyuN ... qdvl5ak9jg ? Flying over football matches: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISTc1mkoLaw Flying over large collections of people: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R44yjelG2S8 Flying next to Big Ben and the Houses of...
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    Would appreciate some help with video settings

    Thank you so much. Will give it a go and report back.
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    Would appreciate some help with video settings

    Hi, I've been experimenting with various resolutions and frame rates together with post rendering settings. Whilst I'm reasonably happy with the results, they don't seem to match some of the excellent results I've seen posted. I'm in the UK so PAL is my native environment, but I'm not sure...
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    Finaly my bird is gone ...

    Not sure whether DJI read this forum. I queried my experience with my dealer (Quadcopters UK) and received a response from Lee Roe: Hi Thanks for the email highlighting this issue, we have not heard this from anyone else yet, and have logged the issue with DJI tech, will update when we get a...
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    Finaly my bird is gone ...

    Hmmmm... You may want to read through this thread: http://www.phantompilots.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=22152 Your experience is not unique.
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    Finaly my bird is gone ...

    Sorry for your loss. Out of interest, which version of the firmware were you using?