Exactly! Same as increasing the parameter value of the triggering speed for the incessant High Wind Warning messages from 5mph to 20mph. Using the manufacturer's own software to make a few parameter mods that increased the usability of the aircraft when flown legally, is not "hacking" anything! They left the door open, but later closed it. Values can be restored at will to the default values. Why weren't the users given access to the high wind warning speed setting in the GO 4 app in the first place???
DJI no-fly zones
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Dave Pitman
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Yep. This in no more “hacking” than changing the value used for battey warnings in DJI Go. The only difference is that DJI has hidden that switch. Those promoting the idea that since the switch is (now) hidden you are somehow illegally modifying an otherwise certified system are simply incorrect. It's totally fine though if they are not comfortable flipping it on thier craft.
If provisions are made for user alteration I see no reason for those that understand their effects not to make changes as appropriate to the task. Anyone that has used APM, Pixhawk, PX4, and Vector systems has such ability.
To block access where it had been previously accessible is nothing more than a demonstration of maintaining power and control.
To block access where it had been previously accessible is nothing more than a demonstration of maintaining power and control.
(Mod Removed ) I'm on my laptop...re: manufacturer geofencing.
A. To be guilty of breaking a regulation (FAR), the regulation must first exist. None now exist for manufacturer marketing based geofencing.
B. Changing a parameter setting for reading a DJI NFZ database does not have any effect, adverse or otherwise, on any other craft performance. (I have personally tested and proven this extensively)
If a manufacturer believed that your uav should be blue and you skinned it orange, would that also make folks uncomfortable? The same folks that state changing a parameter is in and of itself "reckless operation" will happily strap on lights, parachutes or other equipment to their craft. Yet the NFZ parameter change has no other effect on flight performance while the other add-ons might.
The FAA is considering having manufactures or DIY builders certify certain aspects of the UAV, especially in regard to flying over people. Someday, maybe the FAA will mandate that manufacturers or builders certify aspects of flight control software. For now they have not. Facts still matter. (for now)
That's my opinion on this. @LUIS MARTINEZ can now post his picture of beating a horse.
IMAGINE PIC OF BEATING A DEAD HORSE [HERE]
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Dead horses are so 2018, I've moved on...I thought I saw him still moving! Are you sure he's really dead?
Well apologies for stirring up something with this - and it was MUCH easier than I realised. I now know the procedure to obtain a self-unlock code from DJI and unlock the Geo-zone that I need to fly in.
Flight in a restricted undertaken safely today, so I’m happy again!
Flight in a restricted undertaken safely today, so I’m happy again!
