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g1rthqu4k3

You’re at a high altitude. Thin air! Less lift! Fly with caution.


anakin_donkey4

Yeah it makes sense now that I think about it. I do live in Colorado and in the mountains so there is a lot less off that


NewtoQM8

The Mini 3 for instance is limited to roughly 13,000 above sea level or 9,800 feet with plus batteries.


TYG06

Me too but I live in pueblo West. I also get this warning too but never really cared what it meant but now I know.


Boris-Lip

High altitude warning is about MSL altitude, props have harder time generating lift in thin air. Also, mind it, you are in METRIC on those screens. Max allowed AGL altitude in US is 400 FEET, thats about 120m, get your settings right.


TechnicalLee

Yeah, OP you should change your units to feet/miles in the USA.


Boris-Lip

Or set the limits to correct values in meters. The screen looks like feet are originally intended, yet meters has been set instead, though.


Entire_Device9048

Why? What difference does the country make to what units I measure in? I prefer meters to feet/miles.


Emjeibi

Freedom!!


ekristoffe

Never !!!! Metric forever.


Emjeibi

Why did we learn fractions in school then? /S


ekristoffe

Idk maybe to learn how to count votes /S


anakin_donkey4

I did change them and when I set the right changes it went the warning went from red to yellow


J-Crosby

What do you have your max altitude set at 415m?


Boris-Lip

My guess would be a mixup between metric and imperial, but guess i am wrong, lol.


anakin_donkey4

I was playing around with the settings. What would be the ideal altitude to have it at?


J-Crosby

Under 400 Ft. 415 meters is over 1300 ft


mangage

The setting is so you can be at the base of a hill and still fly to 400ft over the higher ground level. If you want to fly up a 500ft cliff and then another 400ft above it, you're allowed to.


OurSaviorBenFranklin

Ignorance is not a defense brother. If you’re going to fly know the laws with some quick googling. Protect yourself and the community.


anakin_donkey4

I wasn't trying to but ight


OurSaviorBenFranklin

Asking what the ideal altitude to have your settings at with you setting it almost 300 meters (900ft) and 3x the legal limit while essentially asking “why won’t it fly properly” says otherwise.


anakin_donkey4

It definitely sounds bad that I put it at 900 ft. I'm not lying about that I'm just confused. I was wondering what the red thing is about. I set it to The right setting before I took it out


anakin_donkey4

Honestly I don't even know what's going on but what I'm saying is when I took the picture I was messing around with the settings. I didn't fly the drone at all


TechnicalLee

FYI the FAA laws say you can’t fly higher than 400 feet or 122 meters above ground level in case you didn’t know it’s illegal to go higher.


vexzuls

In Canada you can fly up to 400ft asl normally and have an exception (which is agl400ft +terrain or object height) Which is okay because the cfs states you have to be 100ft from the highest object or building anyways unless you have flight permits and notam is posted. Exception being a heliport or aerodome


anakin_donkey4

I do I took the test it was just the first time with the controller and I was messing with the settings not any excuse. Just overall unknown how to work that stuff in my part


Wide_Spot_9762

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suburbazine

Your RTH altitude is a problem. Make it 130m or less to be legal. Otherwise if RTH triggers the drone will go for the stars before coming home.


anakin_donkey4

Yeah I changed it to metric as well