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Offline Rollingrock

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Re: Lake Tahoe Drone Footage
« Reply #60 on: February 18, 2018, 09:21:03 PM »
Mike

I had my first "no launch"  NFZ event today.   Was not able to fly b/c I was too close to an airport...albeit 4+ miles.    The little mofo wouldn't take off....

Been working my ass off to find a fix and work around. 

UGH 
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Re: Lake Tahoe Drone Footage
« Reply #61 on: February 18, 2018, 09:52:31 PM »
Quote from: Rollingrock on February 18, 2018, 09:21:03 PM
Mike

I had my first "no launch"  NFZ event today.   Was not able to fly b/c I was too close to an airport...albeit 4+ miles.    The little mofo wouldn't take off....

Been working my ass off to find a fix and work around. 

UGH
5 miles is the radius if I'm not mistaken?

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Re: Lake Tahoe Drone Footage
« Reply #62 on: February 18, 2018, 10:21:30 PM »
Quote from: Kitzy on February 18, 2018, 09:52:31 PM
Quote from: Rollingrock on February 18, 2018, 09:21:03 PM
Mike

I had my first "no launch"  NFZ event today.   Was not able to fly b/c I was too close to an airport...albeit 4+ miles.    The little mofo wouldn't take off....

Been working my ass off to find a fix and work around. 

UGH
5 miles is the radius if I'm not mistaken?

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Ok, first let me caveat this by saying, I am registered with the FAA, have a tail number and obey the law....that said the FAA 107 rules state that 1 mile is RED...NFZ...but outside of 4.5, it is "yellow/green" with exceptions.  The only way to get around it is to take a hot spot and ask for an instant (24 hour) pass.   

I would NEVER fly near an airport nor NFZ's but our Archery Range is exactly 4.5 miles  away from a RED NFZ.   How are we supposed to get legal photos under 250ft in those yellow/green areas.   (Class C, E Space)

Ugh

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Re: Lake Tahoe Drone Footage
« Reply #63 on: February 18, 2018, 11:09:28 PM »
I have to assume it's using GPS to locate you and restrict you.  Can you disable the GPS in one of the modes so you can fly?  You won't have the return to home but if you fly smart you should be ok.

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Re: Lake Tahoe Drone Footage
« Reply #64 on: February 18, 2018, 11:19:09 PM »
ooh, drone hacking...this is getting interesting.
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Re: Lake Tahoe Drone Footage
« Reply #65 on: February 19, 2018, 12:27:33 AM »
Quote from: Kitzy on February 18, 2018, 11:09:28 PM
I have to assume it's using GPS to locate you and restrict you.  Can you disable the GPS in one of the modes so you can fly?  You won't have the return to home but if you fly smart you should be ok.

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Yeah there is that but it has risk reward.  If you lose it...there is no return to home.   

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ooh, drone hacking...this is getting interesting.

yeah, working on it.    :) 
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Re: Lake Tahoe Drone Footage
« Reply #66 on: February 19, 2018, 08:09:01 AM »
So will it fly in sport mode?

I realize it might not be feasible but out of curiousity, what happens if you start outside of the NFZ and enter in to it?  Will you basically hit that imaginary wall when you get there?

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Re: Lake Tahoe Drone Footage
« Reply #67 on: February 19, 2018, 08:03:45 PM »
So I went back to the same spot in the "NFZ" this time armed with my hot spot, I did the submit check for knowing I was there and it did allow me to take off.

Now here is where the fun begins.  Every 30 seconds, it yells at you...something about verification ...I only flew to 202 feet b/c it was windy AF. 

Then trying to land...it would not.  I had to grab it out of the air. 

I packed my gear and got the heck out of there.
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Re: Lake Tahoe Drone Footage
« Reply #68 on: February 19, 2018, 10:32:04 PM »
Ok.....I get it.    This blue circle is a ATC tower.     Lol.   

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Re: Lake Tahoe Drone Footage
« Reply #69 on: February 19, 2018, 11:01:00 PM »
Haha.  Pushing your luck, huh?  I had mine refuse to land once while it was doing an RTH.   Had to manually override it because it was attempting to climb to 30 feet which would have put it in the tree I was currently flying under.  After a couple attempts it finally landed. 



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Re: Lake Tahoe Drone Footage
« Reply #70 on: February 20, 2018, 07:56:05 AM »
Just get it in the air again.  This time tape a note to it asking for permission to fly and go hover on front of the window of the tower.  Maybe at the end write "PS This is Jason Priakos... I'm kind of a big deal." I don't see what could go wrong.

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Re: Lake Tahoe Drone Footage
« Reply #71 on: February 20, 2018, 08:47:18 AM »
I was just out trying sport mode.  Definitely a lot faster.  Biggest thing is it turns a lot faster.  When it's a little bit far away and I start rotating it, I tend to lose the direction it's pointed in because of how fast it spun.  I took it out to about 2500 feet away from me.  That's the farthest yet.  It got there in a hurry though. 

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Re: Lake Tahoe Drone Footage
« Reply #72 on: February 21, 2018, 10:58:16 AM »
Sport mode is a patience saver.  It gets where it's going fast.  I do notice video issues on rapid declines in altitude.  Had it out over the lake today.



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Re: Lake Tahoe Drone Footage
« Reply #73 on: February 21, 2018, 12:27:20 PM »
awesome shots Mike

You are a pro now
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Re: Lake Tahoe Drone Footage
« Reply #74 on: February 21, 2018, 05:42:01 PM »
Quote from: Rollingrock on February 21, 2018, 12:27:20 PM
awesome shots Mike

You are a pro now
I don't know about that much but thank you. 

Look at this video.  Whenever I rapidly desend in sport mode I get this mini blind kind of effect. 



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