Recent content by Brutalwarpig

I often fly well past 120 meters (roughly 393 feet) when doing skyscraper fly overs which is completely legal. You must be within 400 feet of the structure horizontally but at that point you can increase your altitude to 120 meters above the tallest point on the building. So there are certainly...

I think the 120 meter altitude limit is a EU restriction. I don't know why that would affect someone in Virginia though.

I finally received my X8 Pro larger capacity battery today. Unfortunately heavy rain and winds prevent me from flying today but I'll post an update when I've had a chance to test the new battery.

Oh I see. I've never had to unlock a DJI before.

Have you tried getting a LAANC approved? You would probably be limited to 100 or 200 feet AGL though. I use the FAA aproved Aloft app and usually get clearance in just a few minutes.

A closed airport would be a great location for an AMA club. However I've heard the FAA basically is not approving new AMA applications.

I'm curious why you have chosen a Mavic 2 Pro to start with? For a few hundred more you can get a Mavic 3 Pro which has 3 great cameras and more functions than you'll ever use. Plus drone tech changes rapidly and DJI will stop supporting the Mavic 2 platform in the next couple of years. Not to...

As others have stated, what you intend to use the drone for will dictate the type of drone you should buy. I tend to support smaller companies but you can't go wrong with DJI brand drones. Autel, Anafi, Yuneec, Powervision, FIMI all make good to great UAVs also. Now the type of drone is...

I am in no way suggesting that you should ignore any FAA regulation but there are some drone brands that do not use geo fencing. Autel is probably the best known high quality brand but there are others. FIMI drones are near DJI quality and do not have Geo Fencing. I'm sure there are others as well.

Welcome from the mountains of Tennessee USA! My first "real drone" was a first generation DJI Mini. I can tell you from my own experience that DJI drones set a high standard that you will compare every future drone to. DJI drones are very refined in their performance and control. So far the only...

Yep I posted something similar. The X8SE 2022 received the Declaration of Compliance 7 days ago.

Welcome from Tennessee. There's a lot of knowledgeable and helpful people on this forum.

The FIMI X8SE 2022 has finally received a FAA Declaration of Compliance. Hopefully the X8 Pro will be next.

I actually haven't ever used the HDMI output on my TX10A. I'll check and let you know.

+UPDATE+ I performed a factory reset on my TX10A Remote Controller and ignored the firmware update prompt. Unfortunately the results were the same. The drone/RC link kept cycling on and off over and over. I was prepared to ship drone and RC back to China at a cost of over $80 which is...