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For the eye to resolve anything above HD then on a 55 inch screen you need to be sitting closer than 3ft6 or 4ft2 for a 65 inch TV. A lot of people just dont realise this and fall for 'the higher pixel count the better picture quality'. It all relates to what the human eye can resolve. The main...

Nope none of that- a very easy one. You had the IMU the wrong way round in the software- that's my bet.

The 4014s were always more tolerant with different ESCs. The U7s are known to be fussy so I would seriously stick to the TMotor ESCs.

Tiger U7s are pretty fussy about which ESCs they are paired to. Tiger recommend their 80A ESCs and given problems with other ESCs I would go with the Tiger recommendation. The last thing you want is to see a Red Epic equipped drone going doolally.

Er, it can't. You want more functions then you need more channels.

Last year you had two NQEs to look at, this year there are now 14! Best thing to do is get in touch with them all and see who is doing anything in Belfast. You can find the list of NQEs on the CAA website here: click on pilot qualification.

Spot on! Just make sure you are happy with hovering in manual mode- it is quite different from the other modes.

Firstly and biggest thing is to just relax about it- it's not a quarter as bad as you think it is. Secondly, dont bother spending any more just turn up and go for it. Thirdly, you will find the examiner is likley to be very chilled and great at making you feel relaxed, they are not there to fail...

Get a good sim like Real Flight of Phoenix. Even if you fly the single rotors in these rather than the quads, you will learn the skills perfectly on the sim and then go and fly.

What about the X8 fix? I heard that DJI were working on it but it would be nice to have the loss of height issue solved.

eCalc wont determine vibration at all. All you can do is minimise the sources which is simply ensuring good balance of both motor and blades. Balancing motors is a real pain in the butt which is why quality motors are worth buying.

Your props need to match your motors. That's the critical thing. Too large a prop on too small a motor and you get over heating, loss of efficiency etc. Too small a prop and efficiency also goes. What I have found works well is to guestimate your all up weight and then look at motor spec charts...

Nice one Ben!

KPI alarms are done through an APP called solar monitor. I am one of those sad geeks with an Apple watch and the alarm comes through on my watch with a vibrating alert which helps, especially if flying close in and I cant hear the phone.

Either the battery is higher than the other or one has been placed further forward than the other (more likely IMHO). More of an optical illusion.

"Operators in Europe or wherever that crap went down, read the first bullet-ed statement in the right row of bullet-ed statements. Try and do that.....OK?" Easy tiger. You can easily apply that to any country ie there are people who fly dangerously and there are people who plan meticulously for...

Ahh, just seen that that was my 1000th post in these forums. Is that good, bad or sad?

We check the KP before every op and have alarms set to sound during an Op if there is a solar storm. Bearing in mind that high KP wont affect the number of sats you can lock onto but it will affect the quality of the signal. It will also affect your compass and the A2 has a habit of flying away...

I think you guys are perhaps missing the point about maintaining line of sight. It has nothing to do with seeing the path your aircraft is taking directly but everything to do with what you are seeing around the craft. The purpose of maintaining line of sight is for the prevention of accidents...

You can always crank it up so assume 2 jobs a day for the first 6 months/year etc. Depends how deep you want to get into it. Always remember that what you plan for and what you will get are often worlds apart! 121 days a year filming may or may not be too many- largely depends on the weather in...