ABeardedItalian
lvl.4
Flight distance : 1063107 ft
United States
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What's everyone's Flight Routine?
Pre Flight
1. I look outside to check the weather, look at the tree tops (100ft) any wind, what's the Spanish moss doing (Natures Windsock).
2. Check UAV forecast for winds, cross check it with Air Data UAV, and Ventusky Premium (With Ventusky I check 10m, 100m, and guest speeds).
3. Look at FlightRadar24/7 and check aircraft in the area (This is what DJI want's to do with drones btw).
4. Start DJI Fly and load the map.
5. Switch to Airplane mode.
6. Mount phone into controller, attach thumb sticks.
7. Unfold antenna and Turn on the Remote.
8. Walk over to take off area, unfold drone arms, remove gimbal cover.
9. Pinch the drone with my thumb and index finger on the power button, place the drone on the ground and powering at the same time. (I try to keep it as still as possoible, I've seen IMU error when walking with the drone powered)
Take off
10a. Open phone and start screen recorder, switch back to dji fly.
10b. Connect to drone and wait for GPS.
11. Check the "I accept liability for flying in Enhanced Warning Zone" check box and confirm.
12. Pull sticks down and take off to hover (I don't use auto takeoff) and wait for the home point to be updated.
13. Bring the drone close, observe hovering, check all stick response, land if I notice any anomalies.
14. Start recording and my flight.
After Landing
15. Fold antennas and walk back to the drone.
16. Pick up and turn off, fold arms back, put gimbal cover back. (I'll fold it before powering down sometimes)
17. Turn off Remote and remove phone.
18. Unscrew thumb sticks and tuck away into remote, fold up it up.
Inside
19. Unfold and examine drone, clean lens if necessary.
20. Remove sdcard and upload footage to my pc.
21. Open phone and sync flight information, I don't check every flight log but I do sync them.
22. Remove Battery and dock to charger, charge batteries. (I have my batteries labeled 123 so I can track its use and location in the dock)
23. Charge Remote.
This is the routine I follow when flying, It's served me well so far.
UAV Forecast is close but often wrong for my area, I like to check it against other weather apps to know for sure. If UAVF say's 33ft is okay then I'll look at Ventusky and others as the speeds are often exaggerated in UAVF, when UAVF says it's okay up to 5kFT then it's a calm day to fly and same if it says it's bad at all heights then it's not going to be a flying day. I paid for AirData's web plan to see In Flight Wind and my Mini hasn't experienced anything stronger then 20.8 mph, I don't know how many people trust this information but It's yet another point of data to look to.
I have a flight pad I'll put down if it's getting dark for high vis/contrast starting point, also have one of those range boosters but I'm still undecided if it's doing anything and often don't fly with it. Flying with an S9 and one of those silicone cases, using "screen recorder - no ads" with minimalistic recording settings. I also have music pre-saved to my phone that I'll have playing offline in the background sometimes, flying to the tune of the music can be fun.
I was hoping to share this in the other thread but I thought It would be better to start another with an open question to the community. We all have different routines and procedures and I think it would be helpful for new pilots to see what flyers are doing.
None of what's shared should be looked at as sworn word, this is just what I do when flying and if you see something you could addopt into your own practices then this thread will have done it's job.
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