Recent content by graham lindsay

I have flown at this spot since 2013, now I'm told by the Rangers that I'm not allowed to fly here anymore, what's changed?

That's such a great story, I think it is a responsible thing to put your phone number on the craft, I have both my quads tagged with name and number but hopefully it will never be needed.

If you just want to learn how to fly, then I would suggest buy cheap and save the risk of trashing a new phantom 3.

It has for me...

I have had two successful flights out of four with Pix4D. The two failures were to do with the pix4D file failure, both at the landing stage after a very successful flight. My problem is the descent speed, it seems too fast and the phantom has been too fast to catch by hand. The first time it...

Great opportunity, good luck. Meta4 is right when he mentions 5 minutes to learn how to fly but it is really the unknown that you need to be ready for. What other quad experience do you have? If this is your practise run with a drone then concentrate on orientation and never let it out of...

Hi all, I have tried the pix4D mapper app on iOS 9 twice so far and have a couple of questions. Can you change the descend rate at the end of a mission? At the end of the first trial I regained control about 10m off the ground and this caused problems with the pix4D file showing an error. The...

Good question, I'm curious myself. I guess it depends a lot on the client and how much they can save using your services. I spoke with a surveyor recently who said his company love the new technology because now they just subcontract their work to a drone company. An example he gave involved...