Recent content by AMann

Here’s the NOTAM for the slack line you mentioned, it was posted on the FAA website before that helicopter accident happened, and it shows that the line was marked with aviation flags and strobes (“LGTD”). Too bad the pilot didn’t see the NOTAM, nor the flagged line. What a terrible accident...

They are already online for all to see - pilots and anyone doing anything in the airspace should be reading them before flying, including all of us before we fly a drone. Here’s the link: https://notams.aim.faa.gov/notamSearch/

Nepotism at its finest… 🙄

@Vic Moss: any updates on what the updated NOTAM system will entail? I heard that it will be released next month (February, 2026). Thanks!

I put my name and phone number on the outside of mine with a sharpie - don’t care what it looks like - and also saved my contact information as a text file named “findersreward.txt” on the memory card.

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.

https://repair.dji.com/help/content?customId=01700007185&spaceId=17&re=US&lang=en&documentType&paperDocType=ARTICLE

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 :(