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Flight distance : 388642 ft
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CCPD Pilots Posted at 2017-7-6 02:37
Thanks for your help. Unfortunately, I work for a company, and we've already purchased the 4 Pro. We're trying to use the Phantom to monitor crowd activity during protest activities in town.
Spark will have too short a battery life for that anyway.
It is a job for the police helicopter with it's twin engines and proven reliability record.
You wouldn't actually need to be flying directly above the crowd, but you would need to be high enough to avoid all obstacles and all buildings otherwise there is too much risk of a collision. Probably much easier to get permission if you are always going to be 300ft+ from the crowd, even if that may involve passing directly over them at times. The really difficult bit is how do you avoid hitting police or press helicopters? I don't see a reasonable answer to that, you will never have good visibility and line of sight if trying to follow crowds in the centre of town. Plus, how do you land it in an emergency when the crowd has just surrounded the pilot?
Not sure what your rules are, but it is fairly common to calculate the impact force from the weight and maximum speed so even if you can't get the required statement from DJI you can still calculate it. |
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