Question about new firmware and NFZ

[JoeG729]

I live 4 miles from an airport that is class E starting at 700ft. So I am in class G airspace up to 700. The airport manager gave me his email address for notification purposes so I simply email him with time and place of flight (that is usually within 2 to 5 miles of the airport) and he always replies with "thanks for the advance notice" with a reminder to stay below 400ft. The question is will the firmware update allow my drones to fly without a hassle. I don't want to update and do not want to purchase a new drone until I know. Will appreciate any advise.

 

[Apilot101]

All Phantom 3 have at least a little NFZ in them. Older FW like 1.3 was less invasive. From 1.4 to around 1.7 it got a little worse, and 1.8 up is the most aggravation with them............just my opinion.

 

[JoeG729]

Thanks for the reply. I have no problem with Xing out a notification, notifications are a good thing. What I don't want is to be in legal air space and not be able to fly because of software not discriminating between class G surface to 700ft and class E 700ft.overhead.

 

[Apilot101]

Early versions only had a notification. Later versions forced you to log in to your DJI account, and get ok from DJI to fly in NFZ even if you had permission.

 

[JoeNewbe]

There is no permission required just notification for recreational pilots which is not reqiured for 107 certified pilots. Class G is not controlled air space. So from what I gather is Dji still requiers their permission because it cant tell one fromthe other. I guess this is what I a tying to find out.