Im surprised at your reply and thank you for it. I did my private pilot license 30 years ago and what we learn most of all is that we have to fly to avoid accidents and problems. The drone license gives training in all things safe and that applies to pre flight checks just the same as if your are going up in a real aircraft. I understand your attitude but you are problem to others if you break the rules. You live far from me and what you do doesn't affect us but it can put anyone around you in grave danger.I understand your points of all who contributed well, I think you are right and I am wrong. This will not happen again and thanks for letting me see such issues with my craft operation.
Thanks,
JC
We are taught to check our aircraft for cracks and loose screws in case they come apart during flight. I see many posts here regarding props but we are taught to replace them every 10 hours no matter what. Like a normal aircraft we are taught to test our controls after take off. How many people do that? One day your craft might not come back because the controls are not working correctly. How many comments have you read where the drone simply didn't respond and flew away?
I was filming the elevation of a basin less a month ago on my P3 and I noticed the view was very slanted so i brought it down fast.It was only up about 15 metres and when i had a look one of the pins had come out of the gimbal and the camera was hanging by a thread so to speak. Things happen but if it was higher it might not have made it back and even the camera hitting someone after it fell could hurt someone.
We just dont want to be in a situation where we can damage our lives by breaking the rules. We can kill someone. Imagine your inspire 1 falling out of the sky at 500 feet? Its pretty scary really and it can happen. Hobbyists use them just to fly I guess but those of us that film use them as a means to carry a camera to get the shots we want.
My new Inspire 1 Pro will earn me over 100k this year in my television production business. Its not a toy to many of us. It surprises me that people think a 3 kilo weight flying around cant do damage. Good luck to you.