Finally got the guts

idbl_fanatic · Mar 27, 2018

It was a nice day out today, so I took her up to 397 feet, and 750 out man she was a speck, lost orientation once but no big deal. Didn't have any fear either

GearHead83 · Mar 27, 2018

Awesome, did you have something in particular to shoot or just doing it for the kicks?

idbl_fanatic · Mar 27, 2018

GearHead83 said:
Awesome, did you have something in particular to shoot or just doing it for the kicks?

Just for kicks

GearHead83 · Mar 27, 2018

idbl_fanatic said:
Just for kicks

A reason as good as any. Happy flying!

MannyCAM2001 · Mar 27, 2018

Good job!

DesertWindAero · Mar 27, 2018

idbl_fanatic said:
It was a nice day out today, so I took her up to 397 feet, and 750 out man she was a speck, lost orientation once but no big deal. Didn't have any fear either

If you lose orientation, look at the red triangle in the lower left map of the app to see which way the aircraft is pointing.

Vilco · Mar 28, 2018

idbl_fanatic said:
It was a nice day out today, so I took her up to 397 feet, and 750 out man she was a speck, lost orientation once but no big deal. Didn't have any fear either

My top height has been 150m, circa 450ft, which is the legal limit here for registered RPAV. Talking about distance, I never went beyond 200m, circa 600ft. And I'm using sport mode a lot, it's freaking fun

JoostGT3 · Mar 28, 2018

That’s cool man!
I remember the first time I took my drone up up and away... felt liberating! Nowadays, I often fly shots where I basically only know where the drone is because I am looking at the camera footage, and it doesn’t bother me at all anymore... it’s only when the connection becomes weak that suddenly you realize how much you are depending on the cideo feed...

charliespark · Mar 28, 2018

Well done you - i still nervous when the sparky gets too far away! Was up highish yesterday and had no idea where the view I was looking at was!! Only when I re-ran the footage did I recognize the places.
Am looking for a place that I can test the limits but get the Spark back if I loose it.

Vilco · Mar 28, 2018

charliespark said:
Well done you - i still nervous when the sparky gets too far away! Was up highish yesterday and had no idea where the view I was looking at was!! Only when I re-ran the footage did I recognize the places.
Am looking for a place that I can test the limits but get the Spark back if I loose it.

To test the Mavic I found a road along some recently mowed fields, and made it fly on the fields but always near the road, so that if it fell I always could drive very close to it and see it well. Then at 2 kilometers I pussied out and called it back

idbl_fanatic · Mar 28, 2018

DesertWindAero said:
If you lose orientation, look at the red triangle in the lower left map of the app to see which way the aircraft is pointing.

For some reason that wasn't there

Spark 317 · Mar 28, 2018

I fly with a mini4 and have a larger display than a phone and displays both at the same time.

I believe if you tap your map screen, it will toggle to the radar screen?

It saves space on the display if flying with a phone .

idbl_fanatic · Mar 28, 2018

Spark 317 said:
I fly with a mini4 and have a larger display than a phone and displays both at the same time.

I believe if you tap your map screen, it will toggle to the radar screen?

It saves space on the display if flying with a phone .

Yeah, it shows there, but for some reason this flight I wasn't showing up on the map

Stevan · Mar 28, 2018

idbl_fanatic said:
It was a nice day out today, so I took her up to 397 feet, and 750 out man she was a speck, lost orientation once but no big deal. Didn't have any fear either

Nice one, it's always fun pushing the limits of what the little drone can do. Wait till you try 400ft in FPV!

John MacAulay · Mar 29, 2018

I wouldn't want to admit how many times (in my beginning days) I put one of my drones up, stood there nervously looking at it and then brought it back down. Now, I'm more comfortable and go for longer flights. It's all fun and (for me) part of the learning process.

idbl_fanatic · Mar 29, 2018

John MacAulay said:
I wouldn't want to admit how many times (in my beginning days) I put one of my drones up, stood there nervously looking at it and then brought it back down. Now, I'm more comfortable and go for longer flights. It's all fun and (for me) part of the learning process.

I hear that! I did the same thing, since this flight I have done it 3 more times

Skynet HK Aerial · Mar 29, 2018

DesertWindAero said:
If you lose orientation, look at the red triangle in the lower left map of the app to see which way the aircraft is pointing.

+1000! Best advice. Took me a few flights to realize this but what a difference in psyche!

idbl_fanatic · Mar 29, 2018

Skynet HK Aerial said:
+1000! Best advice. Took me a few flights to realize this but what a difference in psyche!

I figured out why my maps wasn't showing, I installed the modded app as well, and it disabled off line maps

bmarlowe · Mar 29, 2018

A few days ago I reached 300m distance for the first time. I could actually see the Flytron strobe lights I attached (a cloudy day made it easier), though I used the map and arrow when I flew it back. The most difficult part was looking down at the iPad screen to check signal strength, battery, and FPV, and then looking up and finding it again. I have to take careful note of landmarks so I know where to look to re-find it.