▲ 106 ▼ JetBlue flight hit drone while approaching JFK airport, FAA says (www.reuters.com) submitted 1 month ago by Wudi@feddit.uk to c/news@lemmy.world 11 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] iocase@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago (1 child) My parents neighbor (irresponsibly) flew their mavic 2km up above their naighborhood permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 8uurg@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (3 children) Unlikely, since DJI Mavic drones have a 500m (or 1640ft) maximum altitude limit in software, and usually lower due to legal limits. [source] That is, unless the neighbor modded the software to go above the legal limits set. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] FatVegan@leminal.space 7 points 1 month ago The dji software is really easy to work around. permalink fedilink source parent [–] iocase@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago Yeah seeing as I'm not my parents neighbor, and I've also seen the video where he was above the cloud layer that day, you would need to ask him how he did it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago You can change that maximum altitude ptetty easy in the DJI Fly app, or you can get another app to control the drone. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 8uurg@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (3 children) Unlikely, since DJI Mavic drones have a 500m (or 1640ft) maximum altitude limit in software, and usually lower due to legal limits. [source] That is, unless the neighbor modded the software to go above the legal limits set. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] FatVegan@leminal.space 7 points 1 month ago The dji software is really easy to work around. permalink fedilink source parent [–] iocase@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago Yeah seeing as I'm not my parents neighbor, and I've also seen the video where he was above the cloud layer that day, you would need to ask him how he did it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago You can change that maximum altitude ptetty easy in the DJI Fly app, or you can get another app to control the drone. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 7 points 1 month ago The dji software is really easy to work around. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] iocase@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago Yeah seeing as I'm not my parents neighbor, and I've also seen the video where he was above the cloud layer that day, you would need to ask him how he did it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago You can change that maximum altitude ptetty easy in the DJI Fly app, or you can get another app to control the drone. permalink fedilink source parent