Genuinely surprised the flip managed to reach 500m! Though I just saw it has a weight of 249g like their Mini lineup. I haven't pushed my Mini 2 that high before, I think the highest is about 360m in the middle of nowhere in Armenia. Absolutely zero wind in that environment I flew in. Usually I'd start getting a strong wind warning around 120m back in England even if things were relatively smooth on the ground.
500 meters is the maximum altitude of my drone to reach.
A major bit of advice I'd give for flying high though is take a look online at general flight traffic for planes and helicopters in the area first. See if it's likely that anything might fly in that area throughout the day. The main thing that stops me from flying high is never the wind, but the fear that I might cause an accident that was so stupidly easy to avoid. But when I know it's all clear from researching first, I fly it all over the place ;^)
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Thank you for a great advise @namiks, I just try to see its max capacity. Actually in our area the advise is only 210. But I'm being naughty to try it but I assure first that my area is all clear for possible accident. After that I never do it again. I'm scared after I realised I do something illegal.
Thank you again for the advice
Yeah I'd really love to do some seriously high flights with my Mini 2. The 360m one I did was without actually realising it was that high, I was searching for something in the landscape and had to fly over a mountain. It was far from any flight paths though so I could've gone higher.
In England I couldn't go that high. Even though I lived in the countryside there were so many planes and helicopters flying daily, and really low too. There even started to be fighter jet exercises over my house in the countryside that'd happen out of nowhere. There was a genuine risk of me causing a serious accident if I wasn't careful enough, but I still flew the drone almost daily, I'd just make sure I didn't go too high.
I'm in Georgia now and had a situation that surprised me, it wasn't even in the flight paths and must've been a private jet that was coming in, flying incredibly low. With cities it's easier to get an idea of height since you know you can fly a bit higher than the skyscrapers, but even around there this plane appeared out of nowhere and my heart sank for a second.
Whenever I do fly I do two things first: Google Maps to ensure no airports or military bases/police stations are nearby. Then check flightradar and historic flight routes to be sure nothing will be around the area remotely close to the altitude I intend.
Still surprised the Flip managed to reach 500m though! Did you get any wind warnings at all? Or was it a really still day that's perfect for flying?
I got some wind warning actually 😅, but it has quickly gone, I was actually that day that theirs no stronger winds than usual in our place so I pushed it to Max level. It was already 5 pm when I capture this video.
I never try yet in the City, but maybe at the time I'm comfortable doing it. I don't know what to do If I will experience what you had in Georgia.
This is helpful. Thank you for this