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Aloha remi_rl,
Living in or near mountains has its own challenges. I live next to 2000 feet of near vertical cliffs and ridges referred to in Hawai'ian as Pali. My P3 and P4 are set to 500 m now and I have started to fly up the mountain to 1643 feet above my take-off point.
Next to the mountain, it is an insane view and it is also in the scenic circle island path of planes and choppers. I stay well within 400 feet of the mountain (structure) I am required to stay within because the manned aircraft regularly violate their flight restriction of 500 feet from structures. I will be getting Lume Cubes through RedHotPoker so the extremely bright strobe can alert the violators that a drone is present within the law, (but ready to take a dive).
When the world gives you lemons, make lemonade! If I need to get above the 2000 feet of the mountain top, there are ways to do it but they require more effort. As you can see form the responses here, many Phantom operators are very concerned about users getting out of control of their birds. At 500 m, I could not see my birds if it were not for the contrast with the clouds (the white hull becomes a black spot). In the US, we are limited to within 400 feet of a structure no matter what altitude; and Visual Line of Sight to our bird. At that extreme, it is full of danger to human flight because there are pilots that regularly violate their own regulations.
Most of the members of this Forum would probably prefer that you strap on a Phantom Hard Shell backpack and hike up a few thousand feet to earn the safety of flight at the altitude you want to work. Do be aware though, that as the air thins, the flight characteristics of your bird change. Even Vortex Ring State can return as an effect of certain types of flight even though DJI has designed it out under normal flying circumstances. Get high in the mountain and out of sight of your bird and then enter VRS. Well, shall we say, you have just lost your bird. And you will never hear its screams of despair (no microphone).
The DJI limitation on altitude is a well thought out policy. It is reasonable for customer and manufacturer. Like RedHotPoker said, get a professional grade drone that does not have altitude limits. If you use a Phantom, you actually threaten us when you fly in extreme conditions and we like flying our birds.
Aloha and Drone On! |
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