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Great info, thanks. Finally got mine ordered from DJI Oct. 1 (turns out the PayPal shipping address error I was getting occurred on the phone only. Tried again on the lappy and no problem. Only issue now is although I have a confirmation email, and PayPal has debited my US dollar Visa card...

Beautiful! Thank you. Figured it was related to lack of available memory on the phone internal drive. Much appreciated - love it when it's fixable with know how instead of hardware deficiencies. Sent from my SM-N910W8 using PhantomPilots mobile app

I was hoping for an easy answer to your Android SD card storage too. I use a 32 gig Note 4 for Osmobile and have to manually move files to the card when doing much in the way of shooting and I've been doing some light poking around looking for a way to default the initial storage to the card...

DJI store app won't complete my order - error message saying address failed?!?! I'm in Canada and have successfully ordered Phantoms/Osmos/accessories many times through their app. Is it because they're offering free shipping and that only applies to US destinations? If so how do I order and...

Excellent! If you think of it, let me know how that goes. Hope the experiment works. Up here above the 49th, Transport Canada recently gave their blessing for our RCMP to lend an operator and their heavy lift drones to search and rescue units for trying to find stranded mariners or hikers...

I will agree with Gingorio that over and above obeying laws that may or may not make sense, the 'do no harm' attitude that applies in scuba diving should be carried around in life generally and, by extension, applies to drone flying.

Not bad at all. Especially if as part of a video, this was augmented with conventional sea level boat shots. Thanks for sharing.

So like Trans Can to come up with the nice round number '183 meters' :-). As WetDog says, at least with 4k you can do some zooming in post. Of course 183 meters couldn't be straight up as then we'd be over the height limit for drones in Canada.

Thank you. Apparently my search skills are lacking too! Just found a bunch of previous posts on the subject too. The app version of phantompilots for Android is pretty clunky compared to the main site I find- so apologies for asking an oft asked question. So many answers of a somewhat...

Thanks all. Geographically it's interesting, as the orcas I'd be potentially filming cross back and forth between US/Canadian border all day long (not sure about their passports...). So GPS will be an important consideration. Complicating things further, this is one place where the 4th parallel...

That's a great idea too. I also am friends with one of the leading cetacean researchers at our local research facility, so I will get his advice also. Of course we call him the Prince of Whales. ..

That's about what my sense is too. I have a couple of friends who operate whale watching vessels, and want to offer flight video to them. They have very strict laws here regarding boat distance if engines are running (when they spot mammals from afar, they try to guess where they're heading...

Anyone know the safe and respectful distance to be above from whales and sea lions without interrupting their peace of mind and behaviour?

Anyone have experience with the effects of flying in proximity with high tension power lines? I have an incredible ocean/wildlife scenery location in mind to fly, but there are high voltage aerial cables strung up to service the islands within 200 feet of where I'd hope to fly. Would really...