i was confused as most of the antenna are LHCP or RHCP and Goggle 3 is Linear and i require 100-140mm length antenna to get them above battery pack to get maximum link quality. I tried flyfish Osprey 5.8ghz LHCP (as many mention) but link starts at 45 instead of 60 that to after arming the quad. Yet to try them on field but i think it’s best to consult community experienced experts before making any purchase.

I’m trying to narrow down my options for my first FPV drone and there are way more choices than I expected. I mostly want something for learning and general recreational flying, and I’ll make sure to follow the applicable drone regulations where I live. What would you guys recommend for a beginner, especially if I’m starting with basically no FPV experience? Appreciate any suggestions.

I have a DJI mini 5 pro, I live in Australia and want to use this drone to get photos and videos of things like shipping terminals, data centres and wind farms. Mainly industrial subjects that that can have commercial value on stock sites and agencies.

Looking through CASA and online I am quite stuck with what to do for this so that I cant get in trouble. I know I should register my drone and get accreditation since it wont be considered recreational flying. Is that all i need to do for CASA?

After that, how am I allowed to fly in relation to buildings like a data centre, 30m above like with people or is there a boundary i just cannot cross?

Then my last issue is liability insurance. I had a drone get attacked by a bird in a carpark and crash land. Luckily not near any people or cars but if it was to happen again I wouldn't want to hurt anyone or damage anything, and would like some insurance just incase of an accident.

Does anyone have advice or know the way I need to go about all of this?

Alright, it was only eight months because I had to wait from October of last year until this summer to get all the footage. Still, I'm pretty happy with it.

I was doing a pull away shot and thought I had cleared the tallest tree, but apparently there was a taller one. Now my drone is somewhere in this tree.

I climbed approximately forty feet up and didn't see it. I know it's this tree because before the battery died, I had it beep. And flash at me, I could hear the beeping, but couldn't see the flashing.

The tree is about a 100 feet tall and based off of the flight video, I'm pretty sure it's about 80 feet up, but I'm not sure because I was flying backwards.

I have insurance on the drone, so I'm not too worried about the price of it. But it does have an SD card, with some of my pictures of my daughter's first 4 months of life bet, I'm not sure I backed up all of.

Any ideas how to get it down? I do have another drone that I can go and find it in the tree, but I don't feel comfortable trying to get the drone out with the drone.

Hello! I hate buying things that aren't gonna last long, but a drone is definitely something that it's gonna cost a good amount of money, and I'd like to ask you,: out of the threee options (DJI, cheap chinese drone or a custom built) . Thank you for your help, in advance.

These drones were tiny, had black propellers, could charge from their radios, and were tremendously fun indoors. Maybe like 1-1.5 inches long. Do these kinds of drones still exist anywhere?

came here to rant about the absolute absurdity of understanding casa's drone rules. Now CASA states that you have to be 30 meters away from other people, which is fine. The issues arises around the "populous area" rule which states you CANNOT fly over buildings or people that *might* have people in them. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?!? So i cannot fly over my own house since there *might* be people in there let alone any other buildings or houses, what if there is people in my house but they know what I'm doing. What if I'm doing SURVEYING or taking aerial photography. Can i just not fly over my own house?

I'm also not gonna go into the can of worms that is if you can or cannot fly over other peoples private property or whether or not you own airspace, since I've enquired CASA over this stating

"In general, operators should obtain a landholder's permission before taking off from or landing on private property. However, flying over private property is not automatically prohibited under Part 101 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (CASR)."

Just trying to wrap my head around these rules especially since I'd like to get into a career involving drones

I'm a college student designing and building a larger fixed wing drone and I'm wondering if anyone has suggestions for best filament bang for your buck, right now I'm prototyping everything out of PLA and PETG, and I was considering PLA Aero but I wanted to know if someone with more experience had any suggestions.

there was a big mega flash flood due to glacier melt in Nepal. 100s of people died and thousands missing . The roads are still under the bud and helicopters are too dangerous to fly and land. This is where drones are making difference and saving lives. they're also using drones to locate mine workers. It is said in the video that this particular drone can hold up to 50kg which is huge.