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Changing one's mind can be hard simply because we usually have one prospective. That is why I love flying my drone, it allows me to have a different prospective on the world. Is there any other drone passionately in the club, I refuse to believe I am the only one. I'd love to share tips and tricks and in the spirit of Carnity make each other better. This is my first attempt at capturing the beauty of Fossil Rock. Not exactly golden hour, but one does not choose the landscape https://youtu.be/3jcSHPjfXFU

@Enrico Biscaro, this a painful topic. First of all, as a hobbyist pilot, you are supposed to register your drone with GCAA (General Civil Aviation Authority) and are free to use it in all emirates except Dubai with the standard limitation (max 120m AGL, max 500 flight radius, i.e. distance, but always in VLOS - visual line of sight, no flying over crowds and private properties, no flying after sunset and before sunrise). In addition, to fly in Dubai emirate, you need to take a specific exam to be certified as an "Hobbyist RPAS Pilot" (RPAS = Remoted Piloted Aircraft System), register your drone and license with DCAA (Dubai Civil Aviation Authority) and apply their ID stickers on both remote and aircraft. This is to fly freely in GREEN ZONES and operate your camera for hobbyist purposes.. Should your footage be used for commercial purposes, you'd be violating the local regulations. To fly in Yellow Zones, you will require each time a specific permission by the relevant authority, depending on the location (i.e. GCAA for all other emirates, DCAA for Dubai). These permissions are normally granted only for commercial purposes and they are quite expensive (approx 6-7k AED for a single day flying/shooting session). You will need to obtain clearance from GCAA/DCAA + MOD, which is normally only possible by applying through a licensed entity (=company) which has obtained security clearance from MOD. I have tried multiple times to obtain an NOC to fly in YELLOW ZONES for hobbyist purposes but I never succeeded, despite having all the other credentials for professional use. Whenever you fly in yellow or red zones under a GCAA/DCAA NOC, an inspector from MOD will be sent to monitor your operations. If in Dubai, you will have to use a tracker (which sends all data to DCAA, who monitor that you stay within the authorized parameters, which are typically the standard ones, unless you are in RED ZONES, where you may have reduced AGL and flight radius, and coordinate with ATC (Air Traffic Control) before/after take-off and landing. As you can see, drones are very strictly regulated in the UAE and I recommend you really know the subject well. Some dare to fly their drones without permissions even in Yellow Zones (which in UAE are mostly defined for military purposes), but I wouldn't recommend doing so, as you may risk to get your aircraft seized and to be fined, if caught. Should you fly close enough to a military base, you may get your drone taken down!

Apology be lated . After reading all the previous feedback I had no doubt that we all enjoyed it . I do always and each drive has its own spice . A special spice was seeing two legends making the perfect duo in the little blue thank you both @Gauravand @Frederic for the amazing night drive🙏 I have been to pink rock many many times and in the dark it’s the 4th time if not mistaken and the point is I always drive back home with something in my pocket. But this time I kept the gift for the next morning reload drive and it helped a lot so by the time I reached home next day I had two gifts 🎁 in a time . Waw I love the desert and what it brings along with it from surprises! back to our night I believe every one did so great we drove we shovelled we tugged we rerouted we self recovered and we climbed the pink rock 🪨 for me it’s always a new feeling despite the familiarity of the area. Viva to all the night riders that night 👍 Special thanks to @Rizwanm2 active and effective as always also to @Looperas second lead and @Jeepie for the wonderful back up

Well made video, and he is using the same steps we teach as well: 1) Step out of the vehicle and assess your situation to see in which direction you could get out easily (fwd or reverse) . Stop applying more gas. 2) Switch over to Low Gear. Activate Rear Difflock if you have. 3) Keep turning the steering wheel full left - full right while applying small amount of throttle (+/- 1500rpm). If there is no movement/improvement at all, take out your shovel and clear the wheels and underbody where needed. Then try again.

Fantastic video @Enrico Biscaro ! I have two drones, and occasionally try to find the time and space to fly them. Oddly enough, during flying, i am more in awe of the technology the drone has to reach these heights and maneuver effortlessly, and i don't spend enough time on the recording and video-editing part. But looking at your video now i completely get the majestic recording and the soundtrack that gave the right ambience as well. I hope i will find more time to practice and get better recordings. I am looking for the winter to come back soon so we can setup the tent and enjoy the scenery !

No need to apologize, it was not at all a crime to have back to back refusals while we are in the learning phase and specifically while you are driving with HT tyres, you did drive very well in the second half, learning and improving on the skills are important which you did well. Keep enjoying and focus on the drives. See you soon!!!!

@Enrico Biscaro, just be mindful of the fact that registering your drone with GCAA under the MyDroneHub App is NOT sufficient to fly it in the Emirate of Dubai. This is the UA (Unmanned Aircraft) registration certificate you get from GCAA: This allows you to fly in Green zones in Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Umm Al Quain, Ras Al Khaimah, Fujairah and Ajman but NOT in Dubai. To fly in Dubai you need and Hobbyist RPAS Pilot Certificate like the one below, plus your drone must be additionally registered and labeled with DCAA (Dubai Civil Aviation Authority) which is DIFFERENT than GCAA (General Civil Aviation Authority). Here's an example of hobbyist registration label for my Phantom 4: As you will see I have two labels (it and old photo so the label dates are now expired). Same Wing Number, but one is for hobbyist use and the other is for commercial. Many believe that having the MyDroneHub registration under GCAA is sufficient to fly in Al Qudra, for example, but in fact it isn't...

I have a Mini2 i was flying when the weather was better now i am waiting for better days to come There are some drone parts in below videos.

Beautiful one @Enrico Biscaro I believe @Lorenzo Candelpergher can help regarding drone operations. When I sow the footage I imagined how beautiful our vehicles were sailing the fossil rock !

Congrats @Daniel Yang!!!

Thanks - @Anish S@Frederic @Hisham Masaad@Danish Mohammad@Zixuan Huang - Charlie @Nivin@Tareck@Lakshmi Narasimhan @Abdul Rahman AK - Really pleased to have been promoted and looking forward to driving with you all in the near future.

Congratulations @Daniel Yang

I've been delving deep into the forums over the past few weeks and just the astounding level of detail is mind-boggling. There's so much amazing insight, guidance and opinion here that I've truly learned so much than I ever had before. But one feature I've been looking for is the ability to save/bookmark/favorite a comment on the threads so I can come back to it later. I've been following the topic and reacting to them so they appear in my timeline as a way of leaving bread crumbs. But I'd like the ability to go directly to the comment on a topic that really stood out to me. Is there a way on the Carnity forums where we can favorite a post and commit it to our profiles so it can be visited again and again in the future? And while doing so, being able to add tags to the bookmark so I can tag it into categories. In the meantime, I'm just saving those pages the old school way as bookmarks on my browser in addition to following the topic but keen to see how the others are tackling this.

Thanks, I still need to master the throttle control I can feel sometimes I have too much momentum ascending even when I barely step on the gas resulting to a bouncy descent after a crest Hopefully a few drives will be able to help with this

Hi @Brian Dev Yes this thread and also every off roader must know what went wrong and more and more are precious ones to see and read the comments within Carnity platform . It’s good to see these from time to time . please check the thread of the greatest of the recoveries I and others put nice pict clips and comments from the heart of our drives

Dear Desert Wanderers, this RSVP is now closed. Please find below the convoy order for our drive: @Danish Mohammad, @Naveen Raj, @Aisha S, @Gregory, @Lakshmi Narasimhan, @Ehab, @Nithin Vaidir, @Rjducos, @GauravSoni, this drive is going to be a new experience for several participants who will be exploring the desert at night for the first time and more in general it will be more demanding than a daytime Fewbie drive. It will require your full and undivided concentration at every step, so make sure you come well rested and hydrated and that and you don’t have any reason for being distracted. Also, in order to avoid problems during the drive, please consider having your last meal sufficiently earlier than the drive starting time or plan it after the drive (but in this case pls carry a snack with you) and don't forget to wear closed shoes and long trousers as at night scorpions and snakes may be occasionally around. Should you plan to bring any passengers, these recommendations apply to them as well. We will be using Carnity Channel 4 (446.08125Mhz). The meeting point is confirmed at Al Badayer Interchange, Dubai-Hatta Road - https://maps.app.goo.gl/FXsEjCSTTQh5oCnx9 See you tomorrow evening, ready to go (i.e. already deflated, flagged and briefed) by no later 7:00pm (sharp), so make sure you make it to the meeting point at least by 6:45pm.

Great! See you at the weekend!

Congratulations @Adhir Saxena

Congratulations @Sunil Mathew

Congratulations @Faraz Mohammad

Waning moon and red sand...sounds like a vampire night out...I will stay indoors 😱😱😱 Have fun

Congratulations @Daniel Yang well done 👍

@mkhatryif this is your first drive with Carnity, you would need to join the absolute newbie drive first and could do so at the link below.

Can I join this drive if any slot available?

@BrettePlease remove me from the waiting list. Sorry, This week I can't join.

Having a refusal or getting completely stuck is something nobody should feel guilty about, since it's part of the off-roading game. It’s also an essential experience in your learning. Somehow, as long as you can understand what happened so you won’t repeat the same mistake over and over, it’s a must to improve. There are hundreds of reasons why you can get stuck. Some of them don’t directly depend on the driver (it can be related to an engine issue, the terrain, the climate, etc.), while others are just mistakes. Some of them are clear and obvious, others are more unpredictable and difficult to identify… As a big fan of @Rahimdad’s What Went Wrong ? thread, it came to my mind that we could simply adapt his brilliant idea by analyzing, not accidents, but stucks, and try to make together a list of all the possible reasons behind them. Please do share here your guesses, explanations... and videos. I’ll start easy, with one of my best stucks this year, which happened in Area 53 two weeks ago (I borrowed the footage from @Javier M). So... who can tell us why I got stuck here ? Stuck_1.mp4

Bet you will and I am sure you will master it so fine , my first impression how you dealt with your Suzuki was perfect

Seeing your Defender as part of the convoy is an absolute treat!

This seems a very good idea and feature suggestion @munkybizness. Thanks for that. Will see what tech boys can come up with for this request (already requested).

I do the same all the time, not only for Carnity but other forums as well. But an interesting idea.

Nice video @Enrico Biscaro. I am a licenced commercial drone pilot and use drone aerial shootings for work mostly for progress monitoring and aerial surveys at construction sites. I must say this is a professional activity but I do it more as a diversion from the real work, which is running a construction project management company I occasionally do shoots for other commercial purposes as well, but I must say in recent times I haven't been piloting much, as I've been very busy with other stuff and for quite some time my video editing laptop was under repair (I edit with Da Vinci Resolve). I have currently use a DJI Mavic 2 Pro, a DJI Phantom 4 and a DJI Inspire 2 (the last used only for professional shootings). It will be a pleasure to exchange views and ideas about drones.

Congrats @FARAZ MOHAMMED!!

Congrats @Adhir Saxena !!!

Hi Danish @Danish Mohammad, there's really no need for you to apologies or feel bad about; for me it was more like a tough day at work and you managed it beautifully! Enough has been said already however would like to speak for myself and share my two cents here - irrespective of the level, i am always learning given the fact that most drives expose me to new/unique situations/terrain providing fresh perspective and learnings. Last Saturday was no different. Thanks to @Lorenzo Candelpergher, @M.Seidam and @Hisham Masaad for their leadership and support. I am supremely impressed and motivated by Lorenzo in the calm and reassured manner in which he handled each situation and ensured that we accomplished the drive as a team and also by you for remaining calm yourself and not giving up - very well done! to the rest of mates - it was again a wonderful experience driving with you and hope to be together on another drive soon.

Thanks a lot @Frederic☺️

Looking forward to it as always Richard @Wrangeld

Trivia # 3 (XJ and TJ owners can relate to this) I've said it before, but the Jeep 4.0L engine is the toughest, least maintenance-demanding engine I have ever had personal experience with. Folks on the internet know that the Jeep 4.0L is durable, but they know little of its history. The original Jeep 4.0L inline-six was hewn from a solid block of granite by lightning bolts. Its cylinders were bored by the Imperial Winds and its rotating assembly was balanced by the Scales of Justice. The Ancient Egyptians used Jeep 4.0L engines to move the blocks which built the Pyramids, only switching to slave labor when it was found to be cheaper than the olive oil used to fuel the engines. Scientists have ranked the Jeep 4.0L engine as one of the strongest forces of nature, racking right up there with tectonic plate shifts for its low-end torque, and being surpassed by hurricanes only for its comparatively low redline. Mechanics have found imprints of fossilized dinosaur bones in block castings, and serial numbers in Roman numerals are a common sight. The design of the 4.0L's fuel injection system has been traced to the archives of Leonardo DaVinci, and early manuscripts of Shakespeare plays have been used as head gaskets for this engine (which, incidentally, explains the gaps in Shakespeare's collected works as well as the 4.0L's tendancy [sic] to leak oil). The engine's ancient roots also explain its ability to run on some very non-conventional fuels (original translations of the Rosetta Stone include evidence of Jeep 4.0L engines running on ox blood) as well as lubrications (during the Middle Ages, Jeep 4.0L crankcases were often filled with barley, with no detrimental effect on power output). Historians maintain that the fall of the Roman Empire hinged on their inability to design a superior engine, and had the Titanic been powered by a 4.0L Jeep engine, 1912 might have been a much happier year. Yes, had early-20th-century naval engineers had a touch more foresight, the Jeep 4.0L may have saved mankind from ever having to endure Leonardo DiCaprio and Celene [sic] Dion in the same sitting. The only weakness in this otherwise unstoppable force of nature? Emissions. Yes, the engine's design may have come from the hand of Zeus, and its exhaust note at full throttle may have reverberated along the rock formations of Arizona to forge the Grand Canyon, but by the year 2007 its crude emissions control (originally consisting of papyrus strips soaked in the tears of the young Tutankhaman [sic]) had become outmoded, and the legendary, nay Biblical force of the Jeep 4.0L was put to rest. Note : sourced from the internet

Congrats @Daniel Yang !

Congrats @Adhir Saxena !

Please add me to waiting list

Congratulations @Daniel Yang well done

Please add me to Waiting list

Please include me in waiting list

Congratulations @Daniel Yang

Congratulations @Daniel Yang

Congratulations @Daniel Yang! You and your Y62 are both awesome

Congrats @Daniel Yang well done

Well done👏, congratulations to the top 10 hot shot photographers, keep it up...

Thanks @Gaurav for a wonderful drive. It was quite fun drive. The drive was one of those types that I like most. I never before enjoyed a night drive as much as of last night. It seemed like @M.Seidam @Jeepie and especially @Rizwanm2had few refusals to take care of. I like refusals in night drives, (sorry to say that) for it gives me time to enjoy the tranquility of the desert in the night. Being behind the lead I can only comment on my drive. It was my first drive with my new lift and 2nd one with the new tires and I am still new to the changed driving stance. Crossing dunes seemed a lot more easier yesterday, without the usual scooping of sand. I was however a bit worried if I might have a pop out as it happened a couple of times in my last drive and I was driving in a slightly sedated manner. My first refusal occurred due to the lighter gas than it was required and the recovery issues seemed to be due to 4 wheel drive not engaging properly, since you mentioned that my front wheels were not moving. In my last drive I had a “Service 4WD” message pop up and it came at the fag end while exiting and wasn’t sure what it was doing. Apart from that one time I did not seem to have any issues for rest of the drive. And the second refusals was because I have to live up to my new profile name, and take some loops to come back on track. I just slipped out to the other side of the ridge as I suffered a momentary lack of concentration, since I was looking at my son; who was asleep by then - if he was comfortable or not. PS: It is important to be able to keep adequate distance while observing what the lead/driver in front is doing, one of the skills everyone must practice. This will help to assess how to proceed with tackling the terrain, while giving enough time and space to not getting oneself stuck back to back in a difficult situation.

Great team work, guys ! You have covered almost everything. @WiLfY you're absolutely right, as you can see on this footage (again sorry for the low quality of the video). The question is why I took my foot off the gas, and here, as pointed by @Rahimdad and @Fuad, it was my mistake : not leaving enough distance with @G.huz's car in front. What happened exactly at this point is that I hesitated to steer more left and accelerate. Seeing the heavy wet sand (the night and the morning before there had been heavy rain and haze, good point @Javier M), I was not sure to be able to climb on the left, and in this case a failure could have led me to slid down and then hit the Pathfinder. Last point, and here @Gaurav is also right : after this stuck I had to bring down my tire pressure again. One hour earlier I had deflated to 12/12.5 psi, but with the heat (the temperature was high this afternoon), the gauge was now displaying 14. stuck1_embeded.mp4