Recent content by Martin A. Brooks

Hi Yes, I've done all of the above and got a ticket reference back. The 3DR support person (Gio) was very helpful and said that they have seem this before and it shouldn't be happening so often. I'll report back when I have more information. Martin.

This is a short snippet from a session in the grounds of the Château de Chambord near Blois, France. It's a stunning castle, dating from the mid 16th century and kept in wonderful condition. I'm hoping to get permission for some up-close or overhead filming.

Hi On each of my last 4 or 5 flight sessions I have at some point been asked to perform a manual level calibration. This happened again today despite doing a manual calibration before leaving my house. It's more annoying than anything else as it's often difficult to find a hard, clean, level...

In the UK it's a legal requirement to be in direct visual contact with a UAV at all times during a flight. Are the rules different in other parts of the world?

My experience of flying in public parks is that you end up with people coming to talk to you. If you take a look at my video here: At 1m24s you can see two figures on the ground centre who turned out to be an elderly couple absolutely fascinated with drones. Spent quite a while talking with...

A lunch-break flight at another of my local parks. My first play with 4k footage, as the jerkiness shows!

I just got a Solo last week. As yet I've not had a great deal of flying time, but I was delighted with my first few flights, I've only flown drones without GPS stabilisation before. After just 15 minutes or so experience, I captured this little orbit: Would have been almost impossible in my...