Multirotor, multicopter and quadcopter discussion - The Drone thread

Called insurance up today and they are replacing my TV with a new one at some point this week.

As for my mavic, it's fine just a few broken props which I've ordered extras. Also got my mavic put on my home insurance.

Alls well that ends well as they say. Won't be flying indoors anytime soon lol.
 
Called insurance up today and they are replacing my TV with a new one at some point this week.

As for my mavic, it's fine just a few broken props which I've ordered extras. Also got my mavic put on my home insurance.

Alls well that ends well as they say. Won't be flying indoors anytime soon lol.

did you tell them what you actually did to damage the tv?? Surely a £2k tv would have an assessor out to check the damage see if it can be repaired?
 
did you tell them what you actually did to damage the tv?? Surely a £2k tv would have an assessor out to check the damage see if it can be repaired?
Why do you care so much??:confused:

Honestly I would think you have better things to do than to ask such inane questions.

Don't worry your little cotton socks off fella, tv is being replaced simple as that.
 
did you tell them what you actually did to damage the tv?? Surely a £2k tv would have an assessor out to check the damage see if it can be repaired?

You not got new for old accidental damage on your house insurance. I dropped my mobile down the bog and they paid out no problem. I've dropped a tv before and that got paid out fine,
 
Finally grew some balls and flew my Mavic for the first time. Naturally, i took baby steps, trying to get used to the controls, and set it into tripod mode. Got scared as it got above 30m lol. I don't want it to fly away lol. My camera seems fine, nice and sharp. Shame about the weather. Got a high wind velocity warning though!

screenshot from video clip.

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nice pic, yeah i get bit scared of my x5c going off on its own, it actually happened once and i was gutted, 2 weeks later farmer knocks on my door with my drone, had flown much further than i thought!, modified aerial after that for better range, not that i push it now..

x5c is only 30-40 quid too!
 
Why do you care so much??:confused:

Honestly I would think you have better things to do than to ask such inane questions.

Don't worry your little cotton socks off fella, tv is being replaced simple as that.

Since you asked why I care so much - i'll tell you.

Insurance premiums continue to rise every year and silly claims like this are one of the causes. Flying a drone inside your house, injuring yourself and breaking a £2k tv in the process. Hardly learned your lesson about drone flying when the TV just gets replaced without any issues. I can almost certainly say you've been "economical" with the truth with the insurance company, as having worked doing insurance assessments/claims for some of the major insurers I can tell you that it would have been rejected on the basis of you being negligent/irresponsible when the damage was done, and would not have been covered under "accidental" damage.

But good luck to you, and I will my leave my comments at that.
 
nice pic, yeah i get bit scared of my x5c going off on its own, it actually happened once and i was gutted, 2 weeks later farmer knocks on my door with my drone, had flown much further than i thought!, modified aerial after that for better range, not that i push it now..

x5c is only 30-40 quid too!

X5C is really bad for that. I lost it on 1st flight over some houses when if failed to respond. Got it back. Did the same next day and didn't get it back. Gave me a nice warm up to loosing my first racing drone with a camera attached it to it - that took some getting to terms with...
 
I'm sure it wasn't funny at the time, yas but I did read that to the wife and we a little chuckle.
I can't say I've ever considered flying my P3 indoors and if I decided too I would buy the prop protectors.
We all make mistakes as beginners, I have a big garden and still managed to hit our swing last summer.
 
I'm sure it wasn't funny at the time, yas but I did read that to the wife and we a little chuckle.
I can't say I've ever considered flying my P3 indoors and if I decided too I would buy the prop protectors.
We all make mistakes as beginners, I have a big garden and still managed to hit our swing last summer.

No it wasn't funny at the time but after it happened, I do admit to having a bit of laugh after seeing the carnage that I caused.

As I said it was a silly thing to do, thought after seeing a few videos of people flying them in the house. I would be ok as long as I had it set up properly, which I thought I had after doing a lot of research via dji forums etc.

It's definitely something I will not be doing again anytime soon.

But yes lesson learnt, an expensive lesson to say the least.
 
Can't remember but I think it was in atti mode, from what I saw of the videos it said to switch to tripod mode. Tried it but said I had to take off, once I had I tried putting it into tripod mode but panicked when I saw it moving backwards even though I wasn't using the joysticks. So had no time to get it into tripod mode.

I took it off beginner mode as well, not sure if keeping it in beginner mode would have helped. I had the setting for controller set to hover if it lost contact.

Suffice to say I will not be trying that again unless I hadn't set it up properly

The drone being in Atti mode should have been a big clue, given that it isn't a mode that you can normally select but which the drone defaults to if it can't do something else. Indoors really is just a big no, especially for the first flight. I don't think you'd really properly prepared to use it, as you turned off beginner mode without understanding that it wouldn't really have made much difference in such a confined space apart from perhaps slow down your crash.

Now I've had my Mavic a while and taken it on quite a few flights, I try and perform a mental checklist every time before I fly, along the lines of:

- where am I going to fly
- what do I want to do when I'm flying (photo, video etc)
- what are the obstacles and height of them (to set a safe RTH height)
- wind conditions (I always try to fly route that returns with the wind rather than against it)
- are there birds (been attached once, don't want to try that again)
- are there people
- where is the best secondary landing point that's also accessible
- battery charge level on everything
- remove the gimbal lock!
- check the memory card is in (been caught out by this a couple of times in the early days)
- don't take off until GPS mode is activated (I normally like to get the satellites into double figures)
- launch but don't fly off until the home point has been updated

Apart from a recent overly curious seagull, just thinking through stuff like that has kept me largely out of trouble.

I've seen much longer, more complex lists, and some overly paranoid stuff about checking apps for solar flare activity that could damage the connection between the controller and drone, but I just want to be safe rather than pretend I'm a pilot.
 
X5C is really bad for that. I lost it on 1st flight over some houses when if failed to respond. Got it back. Did the same next day and didn't get it back. Gave me a nice warm up to loosing my first racing drone with a camera attached it to it - that took some getting to terms with...

yeah the default aerial on the transmitter is tiny, replaced it with a 9 or 12db wifi aerial and its much better :)
 
I am at a loss as to how someone thinks it's OK to fly a drone inside, especially when new.

Not meaning this to be too personal but as it has been said, the reason insurance premiums go up and up is due to silliness like this. I have insurance 'in case' bad things happen. Not to look after me when I make really poor judgement calls.

Glad you're getting a new TV and you've already had one for dropping one... AND you've dropped a phone down a toilet. I am 37 and have never done these things.

wow, just wow!
 
The drone being in Atti mode should have been a big clue, given that it isn't a mode that you can normally select but which the drone defaults to if it can't do something else. Indoors really is just a big no, especially for the first flight. I don't think you'd really properly prepared to use it, as you turned off beginner mode without understanding that it wouldn't really have made much difference in such a confined space apart from perhaps slow down your crash.

Now I've had my Mavic a while and taken it on quite a few flights, I try and perform a mental checklist every time before I fly, along the lines of:

- where am I going to fly
- what do I want to do when I'm flying (photo, video etc)
- what are the obstacles and height of them (to set a safe RTH height)
- wind conditions (I always try to fly route that returns with the wind rather than against it)
- are there birds (been attached once, don't want to try that again)
- are there people
- where is the best secondary landing point that's also accessible
- battery charge level on everything
- remove the gimbal lock!
- check the memory card is in (been caught out by this a couple of times in the early days)
- don't take off until GPS mode is activated (I normally like to get the satellites into double figures)
- launch but don't fly off until the home point has been updated

Apart from a recent overly curious seagull, just thinking through stuff like that has kept me largely out of trouble.

I've seen much longer, more complex lists, and some overly paranoid stuff about checking apps for solar flare activity that could damage the connection between the controller and drone, but I just want to be safe rather than pretend I'm a pilot.
I keep meaning to print myself one if these checklists to keep in my bag.its something everyone should consider, especially rth height if near big hills, Rocks or mountains.
 
Anyone traveled abroad with their drone? Off to see Family in Iceland and would love to take my Phantom2 (depending on hand luggage space!) but can't find anything on how gatwick security would be with the drone. Imagine after the recent events in Manchester it may be even more risky to try take it through security.

Most of the stuff I find say it will be fine as long as lipo's are in hand luggage, can't see anything regarding how it's stored in the hand luggage though.
 
Anyone traveled abroad with their drone? Off to see Family in Iceland and would love to take my Phantom2 (depending on hand luggage space!) but can't find anything on how gatwick security would be with the drone. Imagine after the recent events in Manchester it may be even more risky to try take it through security.

Most of the stuff I find say it will be fine as long as lipo's are in hand luggage, can't see anything regarding how it's stored in the hand luggage though.

I have flown with my P4 a number of times as hand luggage.

No issues at all.
 
Just the reply I was hoping for, thanks :) My bags quite small so hoping to fit it in (probably taking off the landing legs) but was just worried about the batteries as don't have lipo bags or anything. Normally keep it all in a large blowmoulded case but that'd be far too big
 
So I got a Parrot bebop 2, I loved the form factor and the controllability shame they attract seagulls and don't mix well with water....... short lived drone experience
 
I have a P3A and seriously considering a switch to the Mavic - purely are I'll be taking it abroad and the Phantom is a bit of a pain to lug about. I have the Manfrotto bag which helps a bit.

One thing that puts me off is the transmitter. I have an Ipad mini and it looks quite uncomfortable with the tablet being under the sticks. I race RC cars so kinda used to a certain feel to transmitters.

Just don't want to take the plunge and be disappointed.
 
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