Recent content by NG Phantom

I took this video a while ago but have only just put some music to it. This is a flight from Arnold, near Nottingham UK up to and around the wooded area of Bestwood Park and then back again. Bestwood Park used to be part of the medieval Sherwood Forest. In the 17th century King Charles II gifted...

Sorry you feel this way. I had been hoping to upload some pre-Christmas footage of Gatwick airport for you to enjoy ;)

With DJI Go my longest distance was 1685 metres - just over a mile. Most of the time it was up to 1000m

Apart from the distance between 6 and 1 being over the max 2km, I can't see what else might be wrong. As you said you've already tried placing another waypoint between 6 and 1 but that didn't work. The only thing I would suggest is to program it slightly differently. I've never tried the "return...

Hi, I once had a similar issue where my 1st and last waypoints had exactly the same GPS co-ordinates. There was no warning about it, it just refused to upload the mission. When I changed the co-ordinatesof my last waypoint by a few digits then the problem was resolved. Not sure whether or not...

Geodude, I bought the same one you've pictured for my P3 standard but it didn't fit. Nearly all the sellers say it does fit the standard but the camera slightly scrapes against it when the gimbal does its "dance" and also when you move the camera to look straight down you can see the guard in...

I don't know at what altitude manned aircraft fly at in the US but over here in the UK they do not fly as low as 65 metres (214 ft) so I was not endangering any aircaft. The footage shown in the news article you refer to does not show any video that indicates how high the drone user was flying...

I have never denied that I flew out of VLOS. My argument was that I had done everything possible to keep any risk to the public to a minimum once I had flown out of VLOS. You have posted 2 still images from the flight where you are presumably trying to show that I was breaking the UK drone laws...

Being a user of the FlightRadar24 app, I have often checked the altitude of manned aircraft in that area. I have not observed any aircraft flying below 400 mtrs (1300 ft). The maximum altitude for flying a drone in the UK is 120 mtrs (400 ft). As I flew no higher than 65 mtrs (214 ft) throughout...

Followed the UK regulations regarding legal maximum height (max is 120m, I was flying at 65m). I was not within any airport restriction area or no fly zone. Drone registration in the UK is only mandatory from November 2019. Anyway, its getting late here in the UK so off to dream about my next...

If you check IslaJim's post again you'd realise that he's flying offshore. Unless there's a regatta taking place, I'm sure he'd be putting the public at minimum or no risk.

Just wondering, what is your opinion regarding the flying of drones over built-up urban areas well within VLOS ? Surely this is far more risky to public safety and we see drone pilots doing this in many videos both recreationally and commercially. I know that you could argue that the pilot has...

Does flying within VLOS mean that there's no risk of a drone suffering motor failure and dropping onto someone's head ? Does VLOS prevent a bird strike ? I've seen many videos where drone accidents/malfunctions happen well within VLOS. I've just watched a video on this forum where a guy had his...

Adrenaline levels were not too bad during that flight but this changed about 25 minutes later. I ran the same mission 3 times in a row, leaving what I thought was my best battery until last. 1st mission came back as "going home" but wasn't sure at that time if it had made the max distance...

A personal best range and distance that was achieved a few weeks ago. This was a waypoint mission using Litchi. Farthest waypoint was 3.5 miles or 5.7 km away. Total distance was 7 miles or 11.4 km or 37,400 ft.