Recent content by FlyingHevy

Thanks, @new2mavic and @slup. I didn't notice of these posts, so didn't see them until now, but I appreciate the additional thoughts and advice. And yes, getting to a farm or other clear area would be ideal for running a couple of failsafes/RTH to gain confidence and is definitely something I...

Thanks, it's good to hear this is a thing and that maybe the right response was to give up on the shot at that point. Thanks for the extra advice about the controller, I'll keep that in mind in case it happens again. Nope, I launched and landed from the spot you've marked, but once it was up I...

Hi everyone, I was flying back in August in RI along the shore of Narraganset Bay and a little bit out over the bay itself. After checking maps for restrictions, etc., and not seeing any, I finally decided to try to fly this bird farther away than I have at any time before then. It's hard...

Last week the US Government Accountability Office, to meet the requirement in the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 that it study and report on federalism and personal privacy legal issues raised by the FAA's ongoing integration of UAS into the national airspace system, released a two-part report...

I know I'm late to this party, but the FAA's claims to control airspace down to the blades of grass--and thus to be able to provide authority to drone operators to fly at that height--are unlikely to be upheld by the courts (at least as to drones). This hasn't been tested in this way, which...

I'm not sure it's correct that you need to use LAANC if you have authorization for the airspace, so long as the authorization applies. I have area-wide authorization for my local county/Air National Guard airport airspace, but that crosses over into class C (at the surface) for our regional...

Lots of drones are flying illegally around airports I think the methodology is flawed (they didn't check for waivers or authorizations, or even for structure height at flight locations), but it's exactly the kind of press that leads to regulatory outcomes that further restrict our ability to...

I've seen the different discussions about Master Airscrew's props -- some like them some don't -- but for those who do like them, they're running a 15% off sale for Easter (the code is Easter2020). I don't know how long it will last (couldn't find details for end date/time on the site). For two...

Those are some very cool shots. The second one with the sun is my favorite, but they're all cool. Where did you "find" the pano setting? I was flying today (nowhere fancy, just at the house to get more acquainted with my M2P) and couldn't even find the HDR setting while I was out there. So much...

I'd be careful with claims to a public easement from the road running into the property. That most often is a maintenance easement for the benefit of the local/state government and people assigned by them (utilities, for example). It is almost never an easement for passage or use by the general...

Yeah, this is a bad idea. You can't bring a judicial challenge to the substance of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. Agency action has to be final -- the actual rule has to be adopted -- to be challenged. Though you don't have to wait until its actually in effect if there's a delay between...

I got my Mavic 2 Pro on Saturday (thanks, @djidroneservice, for working up just what I needed and for shipping it out so quickly). I didn't fly it because I can't fly at home (within 5 miles of an airport in class D airspace). I read more, watched videos, and used Kittyhawk and Airmap to find a...

From what I've read, the zoom is better placed for folks who want to do video, not photography. The things you can do with it -- the overhyped dolly zoom among them -- have greater effect with video. For example, you can run parallel with a moving object and zoom in or out as you go without...

The basic question: should I buy new or used (I consider DJI refurbished to be new). As I get ready to finally buy my first DJI, I'm struck by how little, even with a lot of reading, I understand about the "dangers" of buying used. If I'm considering buying used (most likely from here, but I...

This sounds awesome. From reviewing dronezone itself I thought I had to choose a specific date and time to fly, although I'll admit I hadn't dug too deeply into it yet. I assume that I need to apply only for altitude below what is permitted (kittyhawk says the permissible altitude for...