HI all. I’ve been reading through this Drone Hacks App thread and I’d like to know the benefits and uses of using it. Forgive my ignorance but so many rules/regs covering drones and having done the A2CofC and almost finishing the GVC I was surprised to even see this. It grabbed me though as I find …

I started modding drones around four years ago when I got the original Mavic Pro, try a few searches in Modifications and you’ll find all sorts of guides that various members here have put together over the years on how to mod anything from the DJI app itself, to a Crystal Sky, to a Spark, right …

[image] Rich: how to mod anything from the DJI app itself There is a large app-modding scene too. You can download the source code for the DJI GO3 and GO4 apps, change whatever you like (eg, remove NFZs, enable FCC, etc) and roll your own app to suit your exact requirements. The DJI Fly app…

@PingSpike thank you so much for the depth there. Thank you for changing the title to something more suitable. It’s fascinating and all makes sense and I will be taking a deep dive in to the forum for whet my appetite for this. Is it “legal” or a grey area? I did notice that DJI’s areas are differe…

[image] gimbalflight: Is it “legal” or a grey area? The CAA recommend (yes, recommend - you know who you are :rofl:) you always fly with the latest firmware and OEM props etc, but it is just that, a recommendation. Lots of people just find a firmware version that works for them and they neve…

[image] Rich: Beyond speed, you’ve things like ascent and decent rates that can be changed, 101 other settings are buried in the parameters. Even little things like wind warnings and the speed at which they are triggered can be adjusted. For me it was living close to half a dozen WW2 airfiel…

I can totally see why that would be annoying @milkmanchris I imagine those places give great photos too! I have read about the time DJI forced everyone with a certain drone to update the firmware otherwise the drone wouldn’t fly. That’s not good form, and makes me wonder if DJI are going down the Ap…

Thanks again @PingSpike Really good concise input is helping me massively here. I appreciate the time. Andy.

[image] gimbalflight: That’s not good form, and makes me wonder if DJI are going down the Apple route Read the thread on DJI FLY updates, they have dodgy practices to say the least on how they update silently on Andoid. At least Apple is protecting us iOS users

Even some manufacturers know how pointless NFZ’s can be. In my collection I have a Yuneec Q500. Out of the box this has large NFZ’s. I contacted Yuneec and told them that even though LBA is my local airport I’m not in the boundary of their NFZ. Yuneec sent me an alternative firmware for the drone th…

[image] Nidge: They have gone after low hanging fruit by visiting dealers selling non-type approved equipment There’s another world of mods out there too @gimbalflight - hardware amplified antennas. Some of examples here and here - more elsewhere on this forum, keep searching :wink: You can…

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