Recent content by AMann

Not if they were African swallows, they’re non-migratory…

Hah, so you think that little kestrel, those swallows, the turkey vultures and my humming birds are bad for drones? Our Australian members are probably laughing at us right now because none of those stand up to their wedge-tailed eagles. They’ve been known to attack large UAV’s, paragliders and...

But they can fly vertically. You are right though, flying straight up is a good evasive maneuver, but they probably are not as fast as a drone flying vertically unless it’s a hummingbird- they are hella fast in any direction, especially while doing their U-shaped courtship and territorial...

I have red and white reflective tape all over my drone for visibility- especially if it goes down as it would be easy to see with a spotlight. I also used it as part of my nighttime flight waiver back when FAA required one. But birds won’t leave it alone either before and after I put the tape...

Amazon has great customer support if you get a bad one, also the batteries Adorama sells are legit.

What a lovely display the males do, it’s amazing how complex that behavior is. Thanks for sharing this!

Some people shouldn’t own one at all, they are irresponsible and their loved ones often pay the ultimate price because of it. Then there’s the crazy ones that think they can do stuff like this…The owner was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon- should have also been attempted murder as he...

Thanks, I’ll keep that in mind if I need one, but you don’t have to destroy the case to open it, there are clips inside. What I’m talking about is making a taller one that’ll fit different sized cells than the originals. If I do that, I can possibly increase the capacity as well.

I’m going to refresh a dead M2 Pro battery also- mainly to learn how to do it for now. In addition to using Battery Killer to reset the BMS, I would assume the 4 internal battery cells are dead and would replace those as well. It’s not worth flying your drone with questionable batteries. I have...

I’d be careful doing that, especially if you can see mist in the air and the temperature is at or below freezing or even slightly above it - iced props have brought down other member’s drones before.

🙄 Uh, I wouldn’t mess with those, I’d rather go hit a wasp nest with a stick!

Only in the U.S., and It’s really because of unjustified fear that it’s being suggested… but that’s all I’ll say about it. Glad the bullet didn’t hit anyone. My neighbor had one come through their bedroom roof last 4th of July. Of all the stupidity some people have, shooting into the air has...

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/