Recent content by Pescatoral Pursuit

Don't be a goon. Xenophobia isn't stating the obvious.

How is driving 56 in a 55 zone legal?

Once the controls were properly dampened, my drone panned wonderfully, and with the added bonus of knowing which way it's pointing, as a solo operator, that allows you to stay "in the aircraft" to keep, and get you out of trouble.

Breach of cinematic etiquette?

It's one thing to buy Chinese products from American companies who not only feel a sense of obligation to customer service, but have to pay reps to closely monitor QC at the factory because the minute you turn your back they are cutting corners. This (DJI) experience has been quite an...

Sounds like you've got a custom configuration that has added a bit to the profile thus adding wind resistance. Uncharted territory. Let us know how it works out. Thanks.

If possible, I would recommend a test flight on location before thinking you need an NFZ modification. It may save a lot of grief.

Was he disabled? It was 3 doors down to dry land with people standing there. Like FEMA needed a publicity piece.

Assuming you are part 107 certificate holder... The moral here is to make the TOWER, not the FAA bureaucracy, aware of your presence, so they can do their job, which is to provide airspace deconfliction. Call it in. IF they ask, tell them you are a hobbyist, then go do your job and hopefully...

To make a slight correction: If you are part 107, they refer you to the online portal. Period. If you are a hobbyist, they request your personal info, (name ph#, home address) flight times and parameters, they will IMMEDIATELY approve, modify, or reject your authorization, and require phone...

Call it preparation for a "Redress of grievances."

Haha. Not a hard thing to do on the interwebs. Great post but not really the argument here which is ready access by hobbyists to airspace effectively prohibited to part 107ers. There is no online authorization process that is as safe and efficient as contacting ATC directly, regardless of who's...

A couple things: You know for a fact he didn't have authorization, or are you soley going by what he said? I've been places doing properly authorized work, and have fed a line or two of BS to some nosey PITA asking too many questions that were none of their business. Not saying that was you, it...

Ive dealt with bureaucrats in my business for over 20 years. Some have been too lenient IMO, while others have abused their authority. The vast majority of them just want what I want- a job done properly and efficiently, which as some have lamented, the rules sometimes interfere with. I get the...

I heard of a government study that when it became too overbearing, instead of turning on the government, in order to express their frustrations, citizens would turn on each other instead. Anyone flying a drone whether licensed or not, unless you are engaged in business, and as long as you are...