Parachutes
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I dont use a parachute, but click the link below for several dozen posts about that brand you noted.
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Parazero on P4P. No effect on functionality, may take a little longer to lock in enough sats. Is it worth it? Only you can answer that...
Allow around 1.3sec per gram for flight time reduction. Handling may be compromised to a small extent.
If your flying in situations where failure of your phantom might result in injury/damage to persons or property it’s worth considering.
If your flying in situations where failure of your phantom might result in injury/damage to persons or property it’s worth considering.
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It's the newest and one of the few available. While it will help reduce/prevent damage to people/property, many people are finding the Phantom is damaged after landing. So, it's probably not something you'd want to use if your only goal is to protect the Phantom from damage.
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Besides the damage that is happening on the landing, is the fact that the drone trajectory coming down is heavily comprimised by the wind. Thus if you are flying safely over an area and the drone motors stop it will fall straight down in a safe spot, however if you have the chute because of the drift , you can end up with a drone drifting into a highway, or group of people, this for us is really the drawback for the Parachute products.
There is also the issue of GPS Satellites being somewhat compromised on longer flights, but that has been addressed with keeping the flights much tighter.
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Gear for flying in and out of the storm.
Surprisingly good point- almost enough to largely defeat the purpose of having one (if the genuine intent is to protect other persons safety/property).
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The parachute is the compromise in all points and even you may never actually activate it. But and this is very big 'but' the same is with the fall on somebodys' head. I really dont want this happen ever.
Maybe I'll buy one.
Meanwhile I use MavicAir where is a lot of people as I beleive that small Mavic won't do much harm. At least less than the Phantom.
Maybe I'll buy one.
Meanwhile I use MavicAir where is a lot of people as I beleive that small Mavic won't do much harm. At least less than the Phantom.
A Mavic Air, falling from 200 feet is definitely going to hurt someone pretty badly if they are hit. Probably not much different than a Phantom.
Parachute is, IMHO for SMS (Safety Management Systems) which is good for the industry in whole along with liability insurance. As in any planned flight you have check weather including winds and the effects on your bird should a mishap occur. It does take a little longer to acquire satellites but any endeavor in aviation should always consider the consequences. If you are considering it you are someone that truly cares about the future of sUAS industry. I have a ParaZero parachute and never fly without it. The reason most sUAS PIC’s don’t practice SMS is because they are safely on the ground and their only worry is recovering monetary funds should anything happen to their bird should a mishap occur. IMHO we should we should be classified as operators and not pilots.
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