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My updates are: 5 (1) No person shall operate a model aircraft (a) at an altitude greater than 400 feet AGL; >>400ft is the standard<< ... (f) at night; >>Without Anti-collision lights<< ... (5) No person shall operate a model aircraft (a) within 3 nautical miles (5.5 km) of the centre of an...

Has any government or aviation manufacturer actually conducted drone strike tests? For the life of me I don't see a a small drone that weights a couple of pounds taking down any aircraft, be it jetliner or Cessna. It will simply disintegrate. Laws of bloody physics.

When's this happening?

Dear DJI, I would have bought a P4A as seen in this thread (link below) however now, as many Canadians, I'm not in the market for a new drone over 250g. Sad. PHANTOM 4 ADVANCED，VISIONARY INTELLIGENCE. ELEVATED IMAGINATION

Looks great! I have a P2V+ and P3P and love them! Would have been interested in getting this new bird however I do most of my flying in rural Canada where there are animals, people, vessels, etc....

I suggest you all put aside 30mins to watch this. He is a Canadian POLICE OFFICER in a major city and he is an avid drone videographer. Very interesting points made!

Re: Revised UK CAA regulations for flying over Congested Are Link is not working for me... Any others?

I had my run in with a couple of hawks (don't know exactly which species) a few days ago. Location: Western Ontario over Lake Huron They both came in for a good look, I chose to avoid them by gaining altitude QUICKLY. Did this three times by roughly 30ft and they seemed to loose interest...

Hey there, Quick question: I set my V2+ in course mode and tried a flight in a straight line while rotating the V2+. The course was not exactly straight. is this normal? (All settings were checked, have the most up to date firmware, GPS lock and compass adjusted). Cheers, Red5 "Standing By"

Hi, Not GO PRO. Original cam on DJI Phantom 2 Vision + Red5

Greetings! I have to admit I have been lurking around for a couple of weeks, I only was introduced to quadcopter flying and The Phantom by accident a few weeks back, this is exactly what I have been waiting for and I will now be able to complete a video project I started late 2009.... FINALLY...