Recent content by Ezookiel

Not sure if it was CASA or Airservices Australia, but I read exactly the opposite from one of them just recently in a document about the way ahead from here. It looked like shielded operations were going to be factored into future planning and development of rules and regulations etc. Would be...

Try the fact that the fee for some exemptions is higher than the fine for doing it illegally, and you wonder why the legitimate operators are getting really peeved. Some of the areas we need exemptions there are buildings taller than the planned flight, so any aircraft at that height has far...

Simon Hooper at QBE does the insurance for Overall Photography's UAV business. Apparently they've never been able to get anyone to beat it, so must be pretty good. Just his firstname.surname at qbe dot com is all you should need to get hold of him.

Try reading the post - including following the link that was included! smh Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'm told that you can make it cheaper by travelling to either Brisbane or Canberra so they can assess you locally without having to travel. Still a lot of money though. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Nope. Wasn't that. I've now heard from another customer that had to shave a tiny bit off two of them. I wasn't prepared to do that so bought a different brand. Now clocked up over 50 flights on them, done close to 100kms, and 9-10 hours airtime. I'm also now using carbon-reinforced props on...

I remember a film 'tog telling me "I'll never go digital till they're at least 12mp, because that's what the most basic film is". LOL Think even the Inspire now exceeds 12mp, but 12 was very low quality film. Put a 48mp camera up there and it might not be too bad. Sent from my iPhone using...

I'm kind of commercial - I have my licence, but until recently only shot for my own interest, with the plan of one day doing the UOC which would allow me to do full commercial and maybe sell my photos, but then I started shooting for a commercial company, which was what instigated the purchase...

Just did all the maths based on the prices at the DJI site. $3799 AUD for the X5 $169 AUD for the vibration damping plate. $3968 AUD in total, plus longer legs which I can't even find on their site. I'd almost be better off selling my almost brand new I1, and buying an I1P instead. The change...

I agree, but it's over $5,000 for the camera ALONE in Australia. That's half a fully set up S1000. It's pretty hard to justify when I can put a Canon 5D III up there, or a 48mp Sony, and have longer flight times in the process, and the small redundancy that an Octo offers. The only downside at...

Stills is almost my only need from the X5. I do some video, but my main aim is landscape stills, so I'll be watching very very closely. In honesty, I can't see myself going the S1000 route because of no live camera setting changes, which is pretty important given the lighting changes in sunrise...

Those seem back to front to me. Low ISO bright image, High ISO dark image is the reverse of what I'd expect. On my DSLR the higher the ISO the more light it gathers. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That is a seriously ridiculous amount of red tape for a drone. It's like they're TRYING to make it so hard that no one bothers. CASA here in Australia have their faults, but I think they've taken an amazingly forward thinking, intelligent response with what they require. The costs of...

Just looked up the icom and it says: IC-A15 IC-A15 Icom’s most affordable (VHF) Air Band Transceiver (For ground and air operations) So I assume it's ok for ground use.

In Aus dollars just the X5R on its own is over $8K, and that makes it totally unrealistic for most of us. Heck, it's not much of a stretch from there to an SW. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk