First Flight today with my Air - Some questions
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So i had my first flight with MA today and it was really something else from me.

I got a 427m distance and a max height of 200m for this first flight.

I flown on a remote area with almost nothing around.

  • I got 2 aircraft disconeections for 1.3 secs each. the distance was around 300m and the aircraft was in sight. This is strange. Also i looked at the band and was always at 5.4Ghz (i DONT have it in custom).
  • I got 15-16 minutes per battery with mixed mode (P-MODE and S-MODE)
  • I set it up for 16:9 photos but after i got home to see the footages (videos and pics) i got almost all of them at 4:3. How come? Does this setting gets resetted somehow?


These are my first impressions and here are my first photos:






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Congrats and very nice first shots. Did you mean max height of 200 feet?
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A CW Posted at 2018-4-9 11:08
Congrats and very nice first shots. Did you mean max height of 200 feet?

Thanks! No feet , meters , i got her to 200 meters.. I did not want to push more. Maybe next time after i check the Wifi...
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Nice shots.
I don't own the Air, but I'm sure others will help
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earthdog Posted at 2018-4-9 11:10
Thanks! No feet , meters , i got her to 200 meters.. I did not want to push more. Maybe next time after i check the Wifi...

Interesting - what is the legal max flight altitude in Greece? it's 400 feet in the UK and I could be sent to prison for 5 years if I place manned aircraft at risk with my drone by flying it in manned airspace - 200m is in manned airspace.
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Very cool shots you got there!
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Not to sure when you added in settings for 16.9 but if aircraft and RC weren’t turned on then changes won’t take effect.
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If you wish us to have a look at the disconnections please upload the relevant flightrecord to this site and share the link with us: http://www.phantomhelp.com/LogViewer/Upload/
With regard to altitude I can only echo other posts above reminding that in most countries the maximum permitted altitude is 100 meters. I would encourage you to make yourself familiar with the regulations in your country.
You pictures are nice and clearly not in 4:3 format. Where did you take them from, the internal memory or SD card of your Mavic Air or from your mobile device? And what kind of mobile device are you using? iOS or Android? On iOS 4:3 is the standard as far as I know and I really feel sorry with the users for this limitation ;-)
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hallmark007 Posted at 2018-4-9 11:32
Not to sure when you added in settings for 16.9 but if aircraft and RC weren’t turned on then changes won’t take effect.

I had both of them on and adjusted the settings before the takeoff... I was switching between taking videos and photos and i wonder if that resets anything...
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A CW Posted at 2018-4-9 11:14
Interesting - what is the legal max flight altitude in Greece? it's 400 feet in the UK and I could be sent to prison for 5 years if I place manned aircraft at risk with my drone by flying it in manned airspace - 200m is in manned airspace.

Its 400 feet also in order to be at least 100ft below minimum VFR. For flying above that and when NOT in restricted area you need to file a flight plan which i had.
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earthdog Posted at 2018-4-9 11:35
Its 400 feet also in order to be at least 100ft below minimum VFR. For flying above that and when NOT in restricted area you need to file a flight plan which i had.

I see mate - interesting to know - will have to take my drone to Greece one day for sure
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Wachtberger Posted at 2018-4-9 11:33
If you wish us to have a look at the disconnections please upload the relevant flightrecord to this site and share the link with us: http://www.phantomhelp.com/LogViewer/Upload/
With regard to altitude I can only echo other posts above reminding that in most countries the maximum permitted altitude is 100 meters. I would encourage you to make yourself familiar with the regulations in your country.
You pictures are nice and clearly not in 4:3 format. Where did you take them from, the internal memory or SD card of your Mavic Air or from your mobile device? And what kind of mobile device are you using? iOS or Android? On iOS 4:3 is the standard as far as I know and I really feel sorry with the users for this limitation ;-)

They were cropped atfer i downloaded them from the SD Card...I am using a Nokia 8 with Android.
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A CW Posted at 2018-4-9 11:37
I see mate - interesting to know - will have to take my drone to Greece one day for sure

In Greece you need to consult with this site:
https://dagr.hcaa.gr/#map_page

and this:
https://uas.hcaa.gr/

Although i dont know exactly what one has to do when visiting Greece at the second site
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earthdog Posted at 2018-4-9 11:37
They were cropped atfer i downloaded them from the SD Card...I am using a Nokia 8 with Android.

To where have you downloaded them from the SD card? To a Windows PC?
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Wachtberger Posted at 2018-4-9 11:41
To where have you downloaded them from the SD card? To a Windows PC?

Yes that is correct. I got them to my laptop and there i saw that they were 4:3.
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earthdog Posted at 2018-4-9 11:40
In Greece you need to consult with this site:
https://dagr.hcaa.gr/#map_page

Thank you very much for the links.
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earthdog Posted at 2018-4-9 11:42
Yes that is correct. I got them to my laptop and there i saw that they were 4:3.

This is strange. You should check your settings then once again, this does not happen with my Mavic Air.
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A CW Posted at 2018-4-9 11:44
Thank you very much for the links.

And here is the link for visitors in Greece:
https://dagr.hcaa.gr/docs/HCAA_UAS_FLT_request_editable.pdf
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earthdog Posted at 2018-4-9 11:47
And here is the link for visitors in Greece:
https://dagr.hcaa.gr/docs/HCAA_UAS_FLT_request_editable.pdf

Good man      
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Wachtberger Posted at 2018-4-9 11:45
This is strange. You should check your settings then once again, this does not happen with my Mavic Air.

Yes i will and observe when the settings change....Thanks
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earthdog Posted at 2018-4-9 11:47
Yes i will and observe when the settings change....Thanks

Thank you for your update and sharing the beautiful photos with us, if there is any further issue, please feel free to let us know, we'll here for help.
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