Hi and some help please from Melbourne

[cinan]

Hi all, I have previously built a drone from scratch using a DJI NAZA brain and a now about to step into the world of Phantom drones with a pending purchase of a P4P. The main question I have is how automated is the no fly zone logic in the P4P and what do the different colour zones mean.

Where I live is outside the 5km radius from our local small airport (Morrabbin) but from looking at the maps from apps like Hover I am still covered by a larger orange zone, when I click on the orange zone it says "Airports (recreational rules)". I will be doing all of my flying below 400ft and mostly within 20m of sea level across some cliff edges. So the question I have is will the P4P still fly in these zones or will not even let me take off ? I also notice that there are blue zones which are "restricted Special use airspace".

I am assuming that if you are flying that accidentally go into a restricted zone that the P4P won't just land if it is over water ?

Andrew.

 

[With The Birds]

Download the new flight app from CASA and drop a pin on your intended flight location.

 

[tevek]

Hi all, I have previously built a drone from scratch using a DJI NAZA brain and a now about to step into the world of Phantom drones with a pending purchase of a P4P. The main question I have is how automated is the no fly zone logic in the P4P and what do the different colour zones mean.

Where I live is outside the 5km radius from our local small airport (Morrabbin) but from looking at the maps from apps like Hover I am still covered by a larger orange zone, when I click on the orange zone it says "Airports (recreational rules)". I will be doing all of my flying below 400ft and mostly within 20m of sea level across some cliff edges. So the question I have is will the P4P still fly in these zones or will not even let me take off ? I also notice that there are blue zones which are "restricted Special use airspace".

I am assuming that if you are flying that accidentally go into a restricted zone that the P4P won't just land if it is over water ?

Andrew.

Try downloading the new CASA app 'can I fly there'. If you set up your location on the app it will advise you of any restrictions in place, max height etc.
There is a stack of information on the DJI Australia FB page, join up and you can ask more specific questions that are quickly answered by locals in the know.

 

[cinan]

Thanks, so what is the difference between the orange and redish zones ? My interest is more from a software perspective in the P4P, does the P4P have logic to limit it's usage within the red or just within the orange ? Ie is the red just a warning area and the orange a hard no fly zone controlled through logic ?

 

[dirkclod]

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I hope you will find our site helpful and look forward to any input , photo's/video's you might post .
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[roosta]

Welcome cinan, look forward to your first flight video!