Recent content by Planeview

When using Litchi (I've only ever used Android) it seems to be important that DJI Go is not running in the background. To this end I actually have a tablet with just Litchi (no DJI Go) installed. 100% for me so far.

Herefordshire looking fantastic from the air these last few days - sadly melting now (flood shots will be next!). Adam

On the Litchi mission hub you can add a structured box/rectangle around your POI using shift-click to add each waypoint (hard to explain, try it and you'll see clean 90deg corners as you add each WP) - then adjust curves to make the flightpath circular or eliptical. It's not perfect but the...

I think you have 90 days to complete the flight exam once you've passed the ground school theory part. I'll check and report back. My course was 3 full days plus flight exam (about 1 hour simulated client role play and flight competency). There was evening reading and some homework to do.

So, I completed the PfCO course - very much tougher than I had presumed. You really need to pay attention on the course. My advice to anyone considering PfCO training is to get your flying standards up as slick as you can - I've been flying since 1999 and flew quite poorly on my flight exam...

Interesting, thanks.

BMFA 'B' did give you the ability to get sports/commercial insurance back in the days before PfAW - I used a company called Perkins Slade for insurance (£5M or £10M, can't remember), they required BMFA B certificate (they did actually check) and a copy/example of process document that you...

Herefordshire not really known for much other than SAS and Cider ! An incredible area to fly (as long as you avoid some important NOTAMs), very picturesque and sparsely populated. I've been flying paid work for years using the old BMFA 'B' certificate but I'm doing the PfCO later this month. I...