Altitude Limit on Inspire

DattaGroover · Apr 19, 2015

If I understand correctly, the Inspire has a fixed altitude limit of 400'.

What happens if you launch next to a 420' hill, and you want to fly over it?

Maybe I've misunderstood, because that doesn't make much sense to me.

What is the story here?

CaptainBadge · Apr 19, 2015

You can change the altitude limit in the settings. It will give you the standard 'These are the rules and break them at your own peril' warning.

Fly safe and enjoy.

The Editor · Apr 19, 2015

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DattaGroover said:
If I understand correctly, the Inspire has a fixed altitude limit of 400'.

What happens if you launch next to a 420' hill, and you want to fly over it?

Maybe I've misunderstood, because that doesn't make much sense to me.

What is the story here?

This has been covered many ,many, many times previously.....
The Inspire has a software controlled ceiling of 500meters FROM IT'S TAKEOFF POINT.
That means if you took off from Everest Summit (although you couldn't because the air would be too thin) you could climb to 500m above Everest.
If you took off from the bottom of a 500m deep canyon you could climb level to the canyon rim - and that's it.
Any height between 1 meter and 500 meters is able to be set by the user to limit the Inspires altitude.
The exception to this (with the latest firmware release) is that if no GPS reception is present the Inspire is automatically limited to 122m/400ft above take off point.
I hope that clarifies things.

Airwolf13 · Apr 19, 2015

Very well done and correctly stated!

DattaGroover · Apr 19, 2015

CaptainBadge said:
You can change the altitude limit in the settings. It will give you the standard 'These are the rules and break them at your own peril' warning.

Fly safe and enjoy.

Got it. I read some wrong information previously, thanks.

DattaGroover · Apr 19, 2015

The Editor said:
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This has been covered many ,many, many times previously.....
The Inspire has a software controlled ceiling of 500meters FROM IT'S TAKEOFF POINT.
That means if you took off from Everest Summit (although you couldn't because the air would be too thin) you could climb to 500m above Everest.
If you took off from the bottom of a 500m deep canyon you could climb level to the canyon rim - and that's it.
Any height between 1 meter and 500 meters is able to be set by the user to limit the Inspires altitude.
The exception to this (with the latest firmware release) is that if no GPS reception is present the Inspire is automatically limited to 122m/400ft above take off point.
I hope that clarifies things.

Yep, thanks. Do you know if the Phantom 3 has the same limit?

DattaGroover · Apr 19, 2015

. . . and I ask because I like to fly in places that have a huge range of elevation in a short distance. 500m is very limiting if the landscape changes 800m in a half-mile.

The Editor · Apr 19, 2015

DattaGroover said:
. . . and I ask because I like to fly in places that have a huge range of elevation in a short distance. 500m is very limiting if the landscape changes 800m in a half-mile.

In that case, the Inspire is probably not the craft for you - The Phantom 3 will have the same restrictions

DattaGroover · Apr 19, 2015

The Editor said:
In that case, the Inspire is probably not the craft for you - The Phantom 3 will have the same restrictions

At least for me, that's a strong argument for the Phantom 3 over the Inspire: It would easier to hike to the top (or halfway up) with the P3

sirnikolas · Apr 20, 2015

DattaGroover said:
At least for me, that's a strong argument for the Phantom 3 over the Inspire: It would easier to hike to the top (or halfway up) with the P3

I disagree, I'd rather take the I1 as it is heavier and it will help you grow much larger quads.

mohansen · Apr 20, 2015

I have seen several discussions around the limits of altitude above the take off point. Is there a max elevation on the Inspire? What is the highest anyone has taken off and flown at?

I understand flight times, etc would be impacted. I was going to try my Inspire out at 12,000 feet but didn't get a chance after all.

InspiredOne · Apr 20, 2015

sirnikolas said:
I disagree, I'd rather take the I1 as it is heavier and it will help you grow much larger quads.

Isn't there a fine for those who post puns in this forum?

sirnikolas · Apr 20, 2015

InspiredOne said:
Isn't there a fine for those who post puns in this forum?

No pun intended. I'm extremely into fitness.

InspiredOne · Apr 20, 2015

sirnikolas said:
No pun intended. I'm extremely into fitness.

OK, you pulled that one out of the fire. Next time the fine will be doubled.

P.S. Do have any good responses for avoiding speeding tickets?

sirnikolas · Apr 20, 2015

InspiredOne said:
OK, you pulled that one out of the fire. Next time the fine will be doubled.

P.S. Do have any good responses for avoiding speeding tickets?

The best excuse I come up with the last time I got caught speeding was
"I couldn't see the sign telling me not to do it"
The police officer literally broke out in tears and let me off.

InspiredOne · Apr 20, 2015

sirnikolas said:
The best excuse I come up with the last time I got caught speeding was
"I couldn't see the sign telling me not to do it"
The police officer literally broke out in tears and let me off.

That's like the blind guy who got pulled over for erratic driving. The cop asked him why on earth he was driving a car if he was blind. He replied, "My buddy is too drunk to drive."

True story!

Kilrah · Apr 20, 2015

mohansen said:
Is there a max elevation on the Inspire?

Don't remember it but it's specified in the manual.

sirnikolas · Apr 20, 2015

Max altitude is 4500 m as per Dji specs on their website ~

http://m.dji.com/product/inspire-1/spec

Not that they allow it. But good to know never the less.

InspiredOne · Apr 20, 2015

sirnikolas said:
Max altitude is 4500 m as per Dji specs on their website ~

http://m.dji.com/product/inspire-1/spec

Not that they allow it. But good to know never the less.

That's correct.

Wouldn't you lose your signal before it ever got that high? That's almost 3 miles or 4.5 kilometers.