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Multirotor, multicopter and quadcopter discussion - The Drone thread
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You've looked at mavic pics and asked if a tvl camera is good.
What are you using it for? a lot of people use anything based off of a hs1177 I believe. I have a runcam swift 2, I know a few people who love the runcam eagle.
Type it into YouTube also, they usually have a fair few comparisons.
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Took the Mavic on our European bike trip - this is why I originally bought it. Only ended up having 5 or 6 flights, as even with it's portability and ease of use it was still a hassle to get it out of the bike luggage, especially wearing all the bike gear in really hot weather.
Great to fly it somewhere else though, especially with scenery like that.
Great to fly it somewhere else though, especially with scenery like that.
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That's awesome 
I am now part of the Mavic Family after swapping my P4 for a Mavic Pro
I am now part of the Mavic Family after swapping my P4 for a Mavic Pro
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I know that area - well the bit just north east of Newport very well! I've flown my own F550 around that estate (Owned by relations!) and am hoping to fly my work P4 around the mere soon for habitat survey purposes
Thankfully around there it's clear of the main restrictions you've got although I have seen a chopper flying low over the mere once before so still not entirely safe!
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I was thinking about this as when at Santa Pod this weekend I saw a couple of helicopters fly over. Surely they know we have a 120m limit, so wouldn't the lowest they fly be 120m?
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A panorama i did yesterday from the Wasdale valley, 15 images stitched together from my mavic.
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wow that's nice I've only had a brief 10 min flight with my mavic, theres just too many darn seagulls around here and they go for drones 
I've only had a brief 10 min flight with my mavic, theres just too many darn seagulls around here and they go for drones What settings you using for the camera?
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If can't remember, it shoot raw+jag, this is from the jog, I'll have to check the settings when I get chance, I haven't changed them, I always shoot manual though.
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Wez I've just looked at that picture again on my 34" ultrawidescreen and all I can say is wow, if it wasn't for your watermark that would be my wallpaper
Don
Marvellous. Latest update for the Inspire 1 has killed my X5 camera. X3 and the craft itself are fine but the X5 is dead.
Contacted DJI support and they say I have to pay for a repair or replacement as it was user error! I've updated the X5 and Inspire tons of times and never had an issue before apart from the stupid process being annoying.
Probably not going to bother as I'm betting the X5 repair or replacement cost will be close to the price of a new X5 at £1200.
Contacted DJI support and they say I have to pay for a repair or replacement as it was user error! I've updated the X5 and Inspire tons of times and never had an issue before apart from the stupid process being annoying.
Probably not going to bother as I'm betting the X5 repair or replacement cost will be close to the price of a new X5 at £1200.
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Wez I've just looked at that picture again on my 34" ultrawidescreen and all I can say is wow, if it wasn't for your watermark that would be my wallpaper
Thanks, it was only a quick edit!
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How can you updating your inspire causing the camera to break be user error? Surely once you choose to accept the update that DJI prompt you to do, it's out of your hands, and in the hands of how the update progresses until complete, unless of course, you run out of battery mid update or something? If that never happened, i'd be fighting my case if it happened to me!
Don
Believe me, I will be fighting it. I've updated my Inspire loads of times before and besides the process being very clunky I've never had an issue.
I'm going to send it in and see what they say. If they charge me then I'm going to kick up one hell of a fuss on social media etc.
I'm going to send it in and see what they say. If they charge me then I'm going to kick up one hell of a fuss on social media etc.
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I'm pretty sick of this weather here now, only had one 10 min flight so far with the Mavic, too windy and wet all week, when it does clear up and die down its dark
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Parts have all arrived ready for the 250, just waiting on the frame/goggles now
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What goggles have you gone for?
I've got a bit hooked on the DRL program on Sky and as I already fly 450 size helicopters and have a little toy drone, I quite fancy giving it a go.
The DRL guys all have expensive looking fatshark goggles on but I'm not sure I want to drop that kind of cash on it straight off.
However the big boxy single screen viewers look awful.
Simon
I've got a bit hooked on the DRL program on Sky and as I already fly 450 size helicopters and have a little toy drone, I quite fancy giving it a go.
The DRL guys all have expensive looking fatshark goggles on but I'm not sure I want to drop that kind of cash on it straight off.
However the big boxy single screen viewers look awful.
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'Go to the family in the countryside' I thought. 'Fly the drone around a bit' I thought.
...maybe not.
Out of interest where are you looking at that?
I had a bit of a realisation yesterday that this hobby might not be for me - not flown my quad for a while and am definitely overdue digging out all the kit and having another go (had a bit of a flyaway scare last time so put me off) and as I was thinking I should really have another go the Red Arrows flew over my house and the field I normally fly in, they were very low and 100% within the height I usually fly at.
Don't like to think about it but wtf would have happened if I'd been flying my quad at the time (in what I think is unrestricted space) and caused an accident/had a collision with one of their jets. I imagine I'd be up a creek without a paddle but without a clear way it could have been avoided. The latter bit is what has really put the wind up me. I get that the odds of the Red Arrows flying over at the exact time I'm flying are very long but as I realised yesterday it's entirely possible
Edit: found it at noflydrone.co.uk and where I fly is completely clear of markers, edge of the closest is ~5 miles away
Edit2: for context I have a 215mm Quad which I've not long been flying in FPV having gotten used to it in LOS and I've also got a Phantom2 which I've not used much, intent is to use it on roadtrips but have been practicing controlling it at home
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That the problem I have there are helicopter pads around in the area but nothing saying on the drone assist that I cant fly yet I have seen Cessna type plane come low at same height as I would fly the drone.
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Surely no plain is coming over below 120m? Surely that would be shattering glass and such?