First off, I know about FAA rules, have registered, etc. I consider myself proficient and safe. I am normally extremely conservative. Based on this one flight, I realize that I seem incompetent and crazy. Listen to this if you want to.
I finally powered up the phantom today. Very nervous. Fortunately, it worked perfectly. The video feed looked great (except for the fact that all i saw was the inside of there gimbal ). I revved up the motors, and they seemed to spin fine. I have never started the motors without props on, so I don't know if they are supposed to sound how they did. I couldn't post the video I took. (Let me know if I can do that)
AS to the GEO thing- Ive done a lot of research. The aircraft has constant no fly zones (airports, etc.) set in their drones from the time of shipment. The GEO technology is what sends the drones information about temporary no fly zones (VIP movement, etc.)
Now for the intriguing part: I took it to the same flying location because I wanted to see how it would react. The aircraft warmed up, and I got the same "Cannot take off" warning that I had before the fateful flight. This rules out for sure the obama theory, as he is long gone. I found that there is a setting to turn off GEO, which I did. The status now read "safe to fly, GPS" The aircraft clearly thinks that there was and still is a temporary no fly zone in my area. There is clearly no NFZ on DJI's GEO map.
Does anyone have any more input as to why this could be? Thanks for your help. Sorry for the radio silence.
I finally powered up the phantom today. Very nervous. Fortunately, it worked perfectly. The video feed looked great (except for the fact that all i saw was the inside of there gimbal ). I revved up the motors, and they seemed to spin fine. I have never started the motors without props on, so I don't know if they are supposed to sound how they did. I couldn't post the video I took. (Let me know if I can do that)
AS to the GEO thing- Ive done a lot of research. The aircraft has constant no fly zones (airports, etc.) set in their drones from the time of shipment. The GEO technology is what sends the drones information about temporary no fly zones (VIP movement, etc.)
Now for the intriguing part: I took it to the same flying location because I wanted to see how it would react. The aircraft warmed up, and I got the same "Cannot take off" warning that I had before the fateful flight. This rules out for sure the obama theory, as he is long gone. I found that there is a setting to turn off GEO, which I did. The status now read "safe to fly, GPS" The aircraft clearly thinks that there was and still is a temporary no fly zone in my area. There is clearly no NFZ on DJI's GEO map.
Does anyone have any more input as to why this could be? Thanks for your help. Sorry for the radio silence.