Recent content by NigelJF

I'd love it of we all acted like pilots and spoke the same and correct language; feet/metres are for altitude and miles/km (and Nm) are for distance.

it's really easy to hand launch/recover but at sea on a moving boat in gusty conditions it helps to have a lunatic as your assistant:-

I'm sure a drone won't bring a 747 down - but neither would a 747 be flying at 1500ft unless landing/taking off - , however a light aircraft flying at 120kts could have severe consequences hitting the windscreen or prop. If drone operators have not flown in a light aircraft they may not...

You wrote For sure I'm gonna do it over water. As not to put anyone in danger. I have no idea where you come from, but over here in the British Isles aircraft have been flying over water for 100+ years.................so entering even uncontrolled-airspace above water kind of matters. Unless...

Landing is about concentration and focus. Taking off is easy which is why so many 'drone pilots' screw up the landing (which is more technical) with their enthusiasm for going flying over-ruling their understanding of the whole flight plan. Hand catching is much easier than a touch down on the...

Cool video. My drone is never that stable even in nil-wind conditions. Always seems to be jiggling about a bit.

cheers for the comments!

Sailing Race: The 2015 Carey Olsen Inter-island Challenge (Jersey to Guernsey) last Saturday. Footage a bit bumpy and I could have flown better but was focused so much on battery power as my batteries get to 30% then take 10 seconds to drop-off to 8% and then straight into auto-landing; not...

Thanks for the feedback guys and the comments Meta4. Your photo is cool; they are probably the same dolphins! Sometimes they co-operate and sometimes they don't. Launching from a small boat is so nerve-wracking. The glare meant I could barely see the drone or the screen, the Go-Home is...

It's a wild place with 12m (40ft) tides, so most of what you see on the video is underwater at some point. And at low tide the beaches are amazing. The houses are for weekenders in the summer. We have 2 seals and loads of birds but no permanent humans. No real tourists apart from nature lovers...

Cheers Mad.

Thanks; it would be a pity if they are simply knackered but as I fly over water a lot I will probably end up buying a new one

Can anyone assist please, I have a V2 about a year old and I alternate 2 batteries which have therefore been used about the same amount. I commence landing with C30% battery always shutting down with 20-odd% left. Suddenly one battery at 26% reduced to 10% and the drone went into autolanding (or...

Thanks guys. I have resolved it - and it was the 4.3 instead of 16.9 situation. And regarding the CAA certification you mention...............I am considering that but the jurisdiction where I live does not require it until 2015. The director of Aviation confirmed to me that until the law is...