HunterNW
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Well, now it's swimming in fish heaven. Cool idea of making a drop mechanism.
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Quadcopter/Drone Thread
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The rig gets in the way of the landing gear.
tRoN
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Ok. They sell those extensions. Are there needed for normal use?
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I've not needed the before now. It depends on what you'll be taking off from.
My insurance company would insure the drone for crash damage but not whatever I crashed into.
Segg
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Cant you get 3rd party as an add on?
3rd party insurance is a legal requirement for fixed wing / helicopters
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You can but afaik you need to be a qualified drone pilot and there are only about 70 of those in SA.
Drone Insurance | Specialist Sector Insurance | Hollard
Our drone insurance covers loss, damage and liability related to the drone itself, as well as premises, hangarkeepers and product liability.
www.hollard.co.za
genetic
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Check out dronecovered.com.
If you take a competency course (usually around R2.5k through DRA), you'll usually qualify for lower premiums too.
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Sweet.
This worries me: [Not covered for] Any loss, damage or liability whilst the drone is being used in contravention of the SACAA Legislation or Regulations.
Don't regs preclude you from doing anything that would require 3rd party insurance? Like flying over people, roads, or houses?
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I haven't been keeping up on current events wrt drone flying during kickdown;
Does anyone know what the current regulations are about flying in SA?
Want to go out to the local park and fly a bit this weekend but don't want to have issues if one grumpy is pissed off because they can't have their ciggies and whisky and decides to report me.
Does anyone know what the current regulations are about flying in SA?
Want to go out to the local park and fly a bit this weekend but don't want to have issues if one grumpy is pissed off because they can't have their ciggies and whisky and decides to report me.
Rocket-Boy
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It looks like a picture from the past! never seen it so quiet there before.
My maiden flight
tRoN
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It’s actually quite busy on the promenade in the mornings but yeah everything else is quiet
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Did you ever find out? I have to admit it's so sleepy where I live I pretty much fly when I want to. My neighbour has several drones so I just pretend to land there.
Are you shooting photos in 16:9?
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Yes, I am.
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It might help you with the framing if you shoot the native 4:3 and then crop to whatever aspect ratio you want afterwards. You're throwing away a lot of pixels that could be useful.
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Ok, thanks for the tip. I assume the same goes for video as well?
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I don't think you have any option but to shoot 16:9 when it comes to video, do you? Assuming you have a Mini the resolutions available are 1080p and 2.7k so unless you need the higher frame rate I'd stick to the highest resolution available.