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    Passed the Part 107

    Congratulations! 🍻
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    G.O.D. Syndrome

    The first honest response :cool:
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    Showing Your Age

    We had stereophonic sound by the time cassettes came out :cool:
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    Showing Your Age

    Hearing a new song on AM radio and heading to a record store to buy the monaural 45 RPM record.
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    After TikTok ban passage, the prospect of a DJI ban is looking more likely

    This statement is categorically ridiculous - the frequencies in use by our drones are the FCC public wireless service allotments and blocking them would wipe out ALL wireless computer communications across the country.
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    Showing Your Age

    Party telephone lines and no area codes - the only way to place a long distance call was to dial 0 for the operator. Going to visit Disneyland amongst the orange groves in Orange County California the first summer it opened when I was in kindergarten (1955). Most of the place was still under...
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    Prediction: AI hardware will be used in a future DJI drone in 2024

    Yup - they just arrived this last week. They seem to be really good at letting me know when gravity is working :)
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    Prediction: AI hardware will be used in a future DJI drone in 2024

    Power issues even with the extra large battery pack? :eek: I was doing extra sets with my weight lifting just to handle it too.... <sigh>
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    Prediction: AI hardware will be used in a future DJI drone in 2024

    This whole discussion has me concerned about the validity of AI - should I cancel my order for an AI enabled cordless electric fork?
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    Drone Captures Iceland Volcano Eruption.

    Seemed weird to see someone else's drone hovering underneath the one shooting the image at 00:20 seconds into the video.
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    Why is Congress interested in drones?

    Are you trying to be rational? I'm sorry but if you keep this up we might have to report you..... 🤣
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    Mini 4 Investigating cause of a traffic jam with mini 4

    Move off to one side of the roadway and you can follow along at will in parallel with the traffic. Not over a sidewalk full of people however.
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    Mini 4 Investigating cause of a traffic jam with mini 4

    We have certainly noticed. Check Drones over moving vehicles for more details.
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    Mini 4 Investigating cause of a traffic jam with mini 4

    This is incorrect and is defined in 107.145 which states that the UAS must not maintain sustained flight over moving vehicles. You can transit a roadway (with or without traffic) but sustained flight over a vehicle requires that the occupants of the vehicles have been notified of the overhead...
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    Interference

    Hopefully you are planning on having a pilot for each drone. Section 107.35 Operation of multiple small unmanned aircraft.