Recent content by kennedye

Well, ForeFlight can help with some of this I believe, but it ain't exactly cheap. (Though if you're boring holes in the sky in a Cessna, I suppose the subscription fee is a pretty minor chunk of your flying budget...)

Access to a no-fly zone can be handled through contacting DJI and getting a custom version of the app that bypasses the NFZ code, but for now the height thing is build into the bird. Is it part of the A3-series controllers as well, like the Matrices and such?

There's no distinction by the FAA; obviously you aren't automatically rated for manned aircraft flight (unless you already were and the 107 is an add-on), but you and a 747 captain are both licensed pilots as far as the FAA is concerned. Granted, they probably won't let you hang out in the...

I sent a note to the Foreflight team asking if they would consider offering a less-expensive sUAS subscription that maybe didn't include all the IFR stuff or other things that don't really apply to us but still included up-to-date charts and diagrams and so on, and they wrote back that they'll...

Will the number change between the temporary certificate and the permanent one?

My understanding is that it's 5 miles from whatever the FAA considers the centerpoint of the airport? The new rules are a little confusing. I actually spoke to a couple of controllers at Paine Field this morning (they were having a seminar on TRACON and some general changes around the area) and...