DJI Phantom 3 drone
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@Bellbirdweb @dagree @davemc @Tone
Fresh water stream in Litchfield. Fished it out and put it on the van roof (through the roof hatch) for 4 days in the hot sun to dry it out. Then had to pull the camera apart to clean the scale off the lens. One motor bit suspect, so ordered a factory replacement from Sydney, posted to Darwin. Pulled it apart, soldered in new motor and seems to be ok
Its range seems to be effected, but other than that I dodged a bullet with it
Fresh water stream in Litchfield. Fished it out and put it on the van roof (through the roof hatch) for 4 days in the hot sun to dry it out. Then had to pull the camera apart to clean the scale off the lens. One motor bit suspect, so ordered a factory replacement from Sydney, posted to Darwin. Pulled it apart, soldered in new motor and seems to be ok
Its range seems to be effected, but other than that I dodged a bullet with it
Hi Tone,
Couldn't help but notice the seeding rig video. you in the agriculture game??
Cheers Max,
First holiday with the new essential item. Lennox Head. Our camping group playing beach cricket (that's only half of them....!). Shark attack (hear he'll be ok) today meant no swimming in the ocean.
Pretty happy with my work. 6th flight. Pretty windy but this bit of gear is verrryyyy cool.
(And.... Out of airspace, 20 metres up, 30 metres+ away from people).
Pretty happy with my work. 6th flight. Pretty windy but this bit of gear is verrryyyy cool.
(And.... Out of airspace, 20 metres up, 30 metres+ away from people).
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Trees ... near water, aghhhhhhhh. I cant look at those great pics too long
A fellow reader of the rules ... nice work.
Speaking of reading the rules. Funny story .... not everyone is required to follow the rules, and not in the obvious way you may initially think.
Read on.
Kakadu and Uluru are militantly patrolled drone free areas as you may well be aware. "Drone Free" signs are plastered everywhere, and layered threats of arrests, massive fines and the like handed out to those stupid enough to question it.
Long story short, after requesting a "permit" and being summarily told, no way Jose, not in a million years, nick of idiot, i had a bit of a search of the applicable legislation ... guess what. No legislation. Our trusty bureaucrats have just invented some serviette written bush law, and theres absolutely nothing to back it up.
I flew my drone around Kakadu with wanton abandon. Shame we've already been through Uluru. I naively believed them there rules, and missed out on great footage. After the insult of being deceived by "the man", next time ill hike up that giant stone and launch the drone from the bloody top
A fellow reader of the rules ... nice work.
Speaking of reading the rules. Funny story .... not everyone is required to follow the rules, and not in the obvious way you may initially think.
Read on.
Kakadu and Uluru are militantly patrolled drone free areas as you may well be aware. "Drone Free" signs are plastered everywhere, and layered threats of arrests, massive fines and the like handed out to those stupid enough to question it.
Long story short, after requesting a "permit" and being summarily told, no way Jose, not in a million years, nick of idiot, i had a bit of a search of the applicable legislation ... guess what. No legislation. Our trusty bureaucrats have just invented some serviette written bush law, and theres absolutely nothing to back it up.
I flew my drone around Kakadu with wanton abandon. Shame we've already been through Uluru. I naively believed them there rules, and missed out on great footage. After the insult of being deceived by "the man", next time ill hike up that giant stone and launch the drone from the bloody top
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Nice, didn't expect to see too much AG related stuff on here, I work in the AG industry in WA but still trying convince my wife I need a drone.........
Cheers Max,
Right, so who's now looking at upgrading to the DJI Mavic Pro.
That would make me fly it a lot more if I can be up and going in a couple of minutes and can carry it in the pockets of a pair of cargo pants...(almost...lol)
That would make me fly it a lot more if I can be up and going in a couple of minutes and can carry it in the pockets of a pair of cargo pants...(almost...lol)
On a recent visit to Scotland I came across this sign at one if the Castles
Being a licensed drone pilot, I quizzed the staff at the Castle what their definition of 'innapropriate use' was, and they told me when people are there.
They were happy for you to use them outside of visiting hours.
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I have been working with the SES for the past week flying our work Phantom 4 at Forbes and Hay.
This is some of the footage
This is some of the footage
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Agree, great footage @Bellbirdweb .... Do you reckon you would take more risks using the work one! Like flying over water! 
Agree, great footage @Bellbirdweb .... Do you reckon you would take more risks using the work one! Like flying over water!
Haha, I'm probably braver with my own, because I know the crap my work mates will give me if I ditch it.
But given this job was all about the flood water, I did start to get braver as time went on.
After a while I kind of forgot about the water and was flying right on the edge of line of sight.
You definitely become more confident the more you fly, that could be good or bad.
Check out this doco on SBS...a guy gets busted flying his DJI P3 flying around a museum. He then goes on to getting a licence.
http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/program/2850
http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/program/2850