no fly zone

  1. K

    NO Fly Zone?

    Just crashed my drone in the water under a bridge. Flying was fine, lost connection and within 1 second the gimbal spend out of control and went and the drone went straight down. Before I contact DJI with my flight details, is flying my drone UNDER a bridge a no fly zone?
  2. I

    No Fly Zone(s) Question

    Hello pilots, I have a problem that would change a lot about where Im allowed to fly. So basically I live about 3/5km (2/3 miles) away from Schiphol (Amsterdam airport) and on websites such as these 2 (examples): 1. Drone Wetgeving en Regelgeving 2016 in Nederland 2. Wet- en regelgeving rond...
  3. R

    Q: No Fly Zones and DJI Asst2 and DJI GO apps

    Can someone tell me after I alert the local tower to my intent to fly within the 5-mile NFZ, how do I "unlock" my Phantom 4 to let me actually fly it? I have called the local FAA tower and everyone is cool with me operating my P4 at about 4miles from the airport - I agreed not exceed 100 feet...
  4. R

    GeoFence 1.7 fw & NFZ work around?

    I love the phantom 3 pro, but this NFZ is making me want to sell it and convert to Blade Chroma 4k. Is there a work around to this NFZ? I heard a guy said, he installed the Beta FW 1.7 for geo-fence, and re-install the IOS Go-app without a wifi so the map won't download. I tried that but...
  5. jhcheung

    No Fly Zone & Phantom 3 Standard

    Hello, I'm an owner of the phantom 3 and notice that many places I go have a "no fly zone" warning and therefore all flights are disabled. Recently my friend (phantom 3 Standard owner) brought me to a place and I was surprise to see that he could fly his drone at many places where I have the no...
  6. M

    ESC error related to firmware update P3

    the P3 initialization would not permit launch when a update firmware popped up. the required firmware was loaded and the initialization verified and proceed to the launch. but then a new error ESC error appeared. the firmware has been reloaded a new board has been installed motors replaced...
  7. A

    Where are the "Heck Yea" Fly Zones :-)

    Yesterday, I was flying around a small reservoir in Burlingame (California) and a park ranger asked us not to fly because my 3 lb electric drone could damage the environment, meanwhile the park ranger had pulled up in a rather large gas guzzling pickup truck. While there are so many places we...
  8. S

    Downgrade to 1.8

    Hello All, I'm just within 5 miles of an airport (4.2 miles), but not under the single runway's line of approach or departure, so a recent upgrade capped my ceiling at 130 feet. I'm considering downgrading to 1.8 in order to address a NFZ issue in my area. I see there have been several posts...
  9. 4

    Chicago Drone Company Fine 1.2 million For fly no fly zone

    WHAT I DONT UNDERSTAND :( IS WHAT PART OF NO- OR DONT DO IT THAT PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND. I know were persecuted for this hobby- cant fly here- cant fly there. but yet the internet loves our pics - video's. but this past week we hobbyist took a big hit again for flying were not suppose to. I...
  10. B

    New undocument 1.4 firmware restrictions / additions and no fly zones.

    Hello.. In typical DJI fashion regarding their lack of proper documentation and change logs. There are at least two new restrictions / changes that are not documented or mentioned in the 1.4 firmware update that some of you may be interested in knowing about. First one is new no fly zones...