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doctrrf Posted at 2015-4-28 09:52
No. Firmware enforced No-Fly-Zones is a DJI invention. Same as the 500m altitude limit. DJI has added No-Fly-Zones primarily to placate government policy makers and the general public too.
I heard DJI is thinking about adding an alcohol breathalyzer test function on the controller next, flashes warning: “You’re Too High To Fly” if you fail the test and then locks the motors (kidding, at this time).
if an accident takes place police have to file a conclusion, impose fines for breach of air space (example flying too far, too high in zone a,b,c,etc), if DJI can not explain why their aircraft did not RTH, did not obey the remote and it is not the pilots fault (as in my case) they are responsible not only for replacing or refunding the customer but addressing the issue for public safety.
If the pilot is not at fault and the drones fly away the manufacture faces investigation into the reasons it did so, for example in my case with the DJI spark where my remote stopped communicating with the drone only 134m from me over a lake on a perfect day with 64% battery leaving the drone in autopilot mode flying away and obviously disrupting the flight log which show a perfect flight with no warnings, which is actually normal since the issue was the remote un sycned itself and caused the issue, DJI refused to discuss what the alert from the remote meant and resorted to using the flight log to only inform me and the local military police that they did not know why the RTH function did not work.
A manufacture selling a product that does not know why a vehicle they sell goes astray is a deep concern for public safety and is subjected to fines https://www.lexology.com/library ... c-bfde-ed40088fb961 replacing the product is not going to fix this s he mavic air also uses wifi and could possibly result in a glitch to faulty firmware updates or signals interfering with the remote itself coming from other wifi boxes near by leaving the public at risk.
The fines for violating airspace are the same for the subject above as in this link https://www.recode.net/2017/1/17 ... es-illegally-skypan and i am told pilots should not be responsible for renegade drones, cars or motocycles and authorities such as the FAA and the EU do conduct investigations also for deceptive practices on all levels when the companies try to cover up responsibility., so wether it is GoPro, Apple, Google and Microsoft etc all of them where finds in the past for cyber bullying customers talking about issues online to avoid been accountable at the risk of the public's safety, just read how GoPro customers where treated before the recall.
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