Recent content by AMann

Uh… it’s going to be with us for at least another 3 years, could be more depending on things. Money talks though, and it also rules the tides of politics.

Double click the battery button? Sound like a battery issue?

Meanwhile, somebody’s family member is undoubtedly going to profit even more with the ban… https://www.capitoltrades.com/articles/drone-maker-tied-to-donald-trump-jr-secures-u-s-army-contract-2025-10-29

Don’t use it then. VLM is awesome and works really well. Its terrain following capabilities are the best. Subscriptions to other programs to do that suck.

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You are paying a $29 subscription to Droners IO? Don’t they just take a 10% cut of your proceeds?

Full Sail is a private for profit school and is really expensive. To be honest, even our local Community Colleges have really good Drone and GIS programs that are much less expensive. Palomar College in San Marcos, CA has an online GIS and a in-person Drone certificate program that is very...

Congress is supposed to impose taxes, which are funds the government collects to pay for services it provides. The “tariffs”, which someone outright said consumers wouldn’t be paying, are being used in the general fund the same way, so they are really becoming the same thing… just saying. An...

For the taxes without representation - oh, I meant “tariffs”, US consumers weren’t supposed to have to pay… I got a similar bill for a camera and some electronics I recently purchased.

Good suggestion, but I already did that a while back and they’re out :(

I am concerned about other parts bans- motors, flight controllers, batteries, etc. Not sure how that will go also.

Uh, someone’s legacy is already being planned out, with enough general support using some new guy or family member to back it up. It could mean another 8-years of the same in the U.S. after the current term ends in a little over 3-years. But that’s all I’ll say about that… I’ve started looking...

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Windbourne is being proactive by working on some remediation to lessen the potential of their balloons being hit by aircraft, as well as decreasing the damage they can do if hit - their blog describes much more detail and how they are working on new designs for their ballast system...

Old news. It was the plane that struck the weather balloon and it appears that either the FAA did not issue a NOTAM about it, or the pilots didn’t get it, even though the company that launched it did file a flight for their balloon and knew exactly where it was...