Recent content by SteveE

I'm now running V01.09.01.30 on X5R. After calibrations (IMU and Compass) but no radio re-link, I flew down a battery close-range to make sure things were going to be ok. No problems other than intermittent GPS signal as I was flying in a forest. Went uphill to fly at about 7000'. On the first...

Many thanks! Can't have too much information in the Folder.

We recently switched to iPad Minis for flight and camera control after suffering more and more frequent app crashes on Android devices. No problems since then (knock on wood). The Android devices were not high-end products, but worked just fine in cooler temps. The iPads are brighter than the...

Sounds pretty similar to Texas' law. Surveillance seems to be the key concept that will be debated in court.

We went to the Caribbean for work earlier this year with a hexacopter and it was confiscated for a couple of days, until the local officials decided it was ok for me to have it back, so I get a little nervous about traveling with them. The inspire is smaller and definitely less scary-looking, so...

Vittolesio, I'll be mostly in the vicinity of Isola del Cantone and would love to fly around the countryside while there. I'll bring the Inspire and hope there aren't any hangups coming in. It would be a shame to be there and not take advantage of the opportunity. Perhaps I can contact you when...

Thank you for the reply, Jeroen. I tend to fly very conservatively anyway and we will be out in the countryside, so it is easy to be well within even the strictest interpretation of their rules for flying. I just am not sure if, on arrival at the airport, they check for medical certificates and...

What about bringing an Inspire into Italy? Do they check for all the pilot qualification documents coming in?

Hi Jeroen, Have you flown into Italy before, and did you have to have documentation for ENAC of pilot qualifications? Thanks, Steve

Hmmm, the rules for qualifying as a pilot make me think I will not be able to bring the Inspire along to Italy. Does anyone know of an Inspire owner in northern Italy? Thank you, Steve

Hello ADM. Beautiful footage! Are you by chance in northern Italy? I ask because I am about to go very soon and not sure I can bring my Inspire along. I would like to find out more about access to a pilot and/or Inspire when there. Thank you, Steve

Hello Vittorio, I will be in the country between Genoa and Milan next week and would like to know if you are near there and interested in flying. I am not sure I will be able to bring my Inspire along, as I do not have all the documents required by the governing agency. Thank you, Steve

Thank you, Scotflieger. I'll be in the countryside north of Genoa, so likely no issues there.

I've also flown a couple of times and had no problems with batteries in carry-on in the US and once to the Caribbean. The airlines require them to be hand-carried. I have a trip coming up shortly to Italy . Any known issues with checking an Inspire as baggage going to Italy?

Hello. Thank you Vittorio for offering to help people. I'm also planning a photo shoot in Italy soon and am researching the ability to bring with me an Inspire and a Hex. The Document I found and I think Ollie is referring to was published in 2013. It sounds as though things are changing almost...