Potensic Atom 2 Eve app now limits height to 120m from take-off, has since late 2025. My Eve app updates as does every other app on my phone when needed through the Android Play Store, a setting of my choosing so I wouldn’t say silent.
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A few days ago on Mini 4 Pro I had option to update but declined.
After reading this thread I went through step by step.
RC2 with drone not powered up.
Selected Not now.
Drone powered up, went into settings and 120 max
So yes a backdoor intrusion (fnarr fnarr)
Current un updated info
Also a Flysafe update, again not installed.
Not a huge issue for me, but as many have said, its the principle of it.
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Took my Air 3s for a spin this morning so seeing the posts on here I thought I’d check though never gone above 120 metres with any of my drones, I don’t think my eyesight would cope with contouring up hill. Only got a few days before Christmas (birthday present to myself) so latest firmware updated on unpacking. Max height 1000 metres, just get a box saying to confirm responsibility for new height limitation. Then set back to 120 metres.
The air 3s is c1 class so has 500m with the option of 1000m it’s good to know they haven’t removed the 1000m although not checked my own, it’s the c0 class that is 120m
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Had the mini 4 pro out too, but never thought to check, was kinda racing the weather & had a chap come to chat (for a hour), maybe another new drone user after showing him how easy it was to control & compose pics, he was a keen semi pro photographer. Will check next time I’m out.
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Thank you for the clarification; the rules have not changed but DJI’s flight restrictions have. So, if I move on the ground, perhaps uphill or downhill, and the RC informs me that ‘the home point has been updated, does that mean that the max altitude 400’/120m is now recaculated from the updated home point or soes ot remain as the height from the original take-off point?
This
Do we know if it will update the height with dynamic home point on the rc pro 2 or will it still be from the original take of point?
You would have to test it and report bavk
Yeah I will give it a try, I was about to get the air 3s out tonight, Literally the second I unfolded the arms it started raining just typical really 
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I suggest reading this thread or watching the short video linked in this thread as this is not strictly correct. The legislation has changed. It is not solely down to DJI messing about with their flight restrictions. See below.
Prior to 1 January 2026, European C markings were not relevant in UK law. The UK legislation changed on 1 January 2026. That UK legislation specified that C0 drones could fly in A1 (over people).
There is EASA legislation that gives product specifications for C0-marked drones. One of those specifications is that a class C0 UAS should “have a maximum attainable height above the take-off point limited to 120m”.
To make its drones comply with the relevant product specifications, DJI has, therefore, limited the max altitude of its C0 drones to 120m above the take-off point. The most irritating point about this is they have done it without any warning or notice at all.
From comments elsewhere, I believe this has already been tested and the height is always measured from the take-off point. However, do let us know if you get a different result.
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I was playing around with Litchi Pilot on a Samsung tablet tonight, working with my Mini 4 Pro when I found I could set this:
Not been out to try it yet. Have any other Litchi Pilot users had a go ?
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Hmm. I suspect tbat it is only a matter of time before all road speed limits will be abolished in favour of gps-imposed speed governors on road vehicles. Motorists have persistently ignored speed limits ever since they were introduced and the man with the red flag done away with, and there is a culture among motorists that they ate only there to raise funds through fines for local authorities, as if safe sighting distance for road signs and braking distances for junctions were not calculated on them as maximum speeds.
You will only have yourselves to blame when this happens, along with autonomous cars…
Remember that most of the speed limits in the uk are from times when cars had drum brakes the speed limits are rarely if ever revised…. prime example 
in the uk we see them widen a road from 2 lanes that was 70mph to 3 lanes and now 50mph how can widening a road reduce the speed limit 
We rarely see any flying footage, let alone asking for a result. 
I have only been a member since November and have uploaded quite a bit haha (weather restrictions 
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I am more than happy to go out there and test anything you only live once what’s the worst that can happen
Damn weather has been terrible here lately so haven’t had much chance to get out with the drones. Damn annoying
Some interesting perspective there!!
Reaction time to avoid a collision is constant as is the distance to said carnage - so lowering the speed limit where space is restricted neutralises the compound effect of these.
70mph was as you say set when cars had drums brakes (and about 50bhp). Increasing it to say 100mph as I now have 4 pot caliper vented discs all round and 400bhp would obviously create far worse carnage!!! That’s not opinion it’s fact.
The whole issue of flying UAS means it’s is regulated by the caa - and for DJI to sell products in the UK, they need to comply with the CAA.
120M is the law so much of the rest of this debate is emotive (and that’s understood) and it’s seems contentious that some members of the forum are hell bent on flying above 120M??
Last point, most of my better pics are taken WELL UNDER 120M, and I’ve yet to see anything taken from 500m that’s anything but a curiosity, aerial survey, from NASA or an aeroplane!!!
And tangentially, if the person living next door to you bought a race-tuned Brabus Merc chucking out 780bhp with racing exhaust and started it up 05:30 every morning at 145db sound levels, you’d be bloody glad car manufacturer specs, and the law served to offer you some recourse!!
I don’t think they’re hell bent on flying above 120m from the ground, but are keen to fly more than 120m above take off point so they can fly over hills.
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Hill-climbing aside, here’s another scenario of a legal flight which is no longer possible with the 120m DJI restricted altitude limit.
eg. You can no longer fly a DJI-restricted drone at 15m above a 180m structure - because DJI won’t let you.
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Exactly it’s like a lot of them aren’t understanding the rules, They think it’s 120m above take off point that’s legal and anything other than that is illegal when not the case 