KlooGee
Second Officer
Flight distance : 16783757 ft
United States
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Shusta Posted at 1-28 06:19
Would the best fix for this be to use a cell phone and controller? I love my SC but I'm looking to do work this year in controlled space. From what I'm seeing the easiest way around this is a standard controller. I have a regular controller (second hand) but never used it.
I don't currently have the RC Pro for the Mavic 3, but I've been using the Smart Controller with the Mavic 2 Pro, Air 2S, and Mini 2 for as long as all of those devices have existed. I personally choose to use the Smart Controller as the Remote Controller for flying and absolutely do NOT use it for anything else.
I do all of my authorizations for my business at least the night before I go onsite and many times days or weeks ahead. In my opinion, it would be irresponsible as a business person to wait until the last minute to get my authorizations and unlocks after traveling to the site. It would make me very nervous to do this last minute on site. As the saying goes, "Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance".
Before I submit a contract for a customer to sign, I do my research on the location to determine if I need to get authorizations from the FAA and/or unlocks for my DJI drones. I then use this information to help determine my pricing and language in my contracts.
Once the customer has signed the contract, then I will apply for any necessary FAA authorizations via either Aloft (on my phone or tablet) or the FAA Drone Zone website(depending on the actual airspace and job requirments) as well as any DJI unlocks via their FlySafe website (https://fly-safe.dji.com/unlock).
Then either the night before going out or the morning of the job, before I leave my office, I do all of my pre-checks to ensure all of my equipment is in proper shape to do the jobs for the day. This includes making sure all my batteries are fully charged, physically check the props and all hardware, and ensure all drones I'm using for the day boot up normally, don't get any errors, and have settings set to the most likely settings for the first job that drone will be used for. I also double check to ensure that all unlock codes that have been previously submitted are downloaded to the drone and are ready for use.
By following this proper preparedness routine, I'm much less likely to get onsite and be surprised by something not working appropriately. And as you can see, with this workflow, I only use my controllers to fly the drone. Nothing else! |
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