Recent content by Darren Gahan

What is missing is the ability to "fly near people" with any DJI product. Hopefully they will submit more documentation

Don't worry about it, at the moment the new regs don't come into effect till June and it is tool cold to have instructors do flight tests. The flight test I booked isn't until April, but the instructor said I would be ok with my Phantom 4. What concerns me is TC pulling the certificate for a...

I'm in Canada and the new regulations that are coming into effect in June will eliminate anyone from doing commercial operations "near" people unless they have a $20,000 or more "approved" drone. There are no reported incidents of commercial drone operations harming the public. I can understand...

I agree. There are far more death and injuries on a daily basis on the roads and highways in a single hour in the US then there have been in the world since drones were invented. Yes, there needs to be something done. Airports have to deal with bird populations, wind shear and other safety...

I did a background check in CADORS for death and injury for UAV related deaths and or injuries in Canada, specifically relating to commercial operation. The result also brought in some reports form other countries. My intent was to find out if there was something of which I should be aware when...

I bought a 12V car charger to charge my Phantom batteries in the car. The one I got wasn't the OEM DJI model, but works just the same. The "Intelligent" battery means it is the battery that controls the charging for the most part. The biggest problem is getting 12V when the car is not running. I...

Welcome to the forum! As you are in Canada, I would be focusing on Canadian stories. I do real estate photography, mostly outside Toronto and have talked with the head of Nav Canada in charge of the southern Ontario airspace and asked him late last year about commercial drone pilots (sUAS...

Join COPA and get your drone insurance through Magnes, you'll save a lot of money

I use Litchi and find it useful. Some settings can only be changed in the DJI app, however I have found on Android the DJI app is prone to crashing. Litchi is great for doing pano shots and if you want and are allowed, also do pre programmed missions. Litchi was also the first to use VR which is...

Hey Jack, we should go for coffee if you're in the southern Ontario area! Yes it is not just weight, but potential energy. Maybe I should apply for a grant to do testing and see the results from dropping a 1.8kg drone from 300 feet. As I have stated in my many letters to TC, that would be...

I guess I'm looking at it from a different aspect. TC has been all over the map about what they consider a "safe" or non dangerous weight. They now have a category ranging from 250g to 35kg. As I said in more than one letter to TC, drop a 250g bag of potatoes on your friends head. Drop a 1.8kg...

I have a battery that has less than 100 charge cycles, but is giving me low voltage warnings when I fly in strong winds. It says it is healthy, 96% life left. Aridata says all the cells are in acceptable limits. Not sure I want to take a chance and find out if it fails and my drone falls from...

Thanks for the link! I'm supposed to trust a government who can't even operate a payroll system, and Transport Canada "officials" (students) who are approved a SFOC for a flight in Toronto, but told me I couldn't take off or land in a built up area, but he approved my SFOC, and was serious...

One of the first things I did when I started flying my P4 was to try out all the "safety" features of the drone. I did it in a safe remote location. I powered off the RC let it fly till it got to the low battery setting, even changed the low battery setting to verify what it would do, tried to...

I was told by a guy at a repair place that in your situation you would need to originate your flight from within the restricted zone. That would allow you to fly in and out of it. I think it takes a while for the software to recognize the zone, probably why it didn't work the first time. When...