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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...

I’m not familiar with your setup, does your LIDAR unit have its own integrated GPS unit?

Good point, I would also suspect a temporary RTK dropout during that part of the flight.

I’ve flown mine millions of times, but that doesn’t really matter- the poor guy is asking for help with his grounded bird due to not being logged in…

Very nice! The astronomy nerd in me thinks you could put a sponsorship credit at the end- “brought to you by the Sun and Magnetosphere”. 🙂

Single tracks like that are really fun. I prefer the non-widest angle shots, not the really wide ones that look almost fish-eye from the drone- they are too distorted. The cinematic wide angle shots (like the ones following the rider) are really nice. Golden hour lighting is the best for any...

I belong to another forum that involves expensive equipment, some costing as much as $10,000. We’ve had issues exactly like this and instigated the same type of ban on newer members being able to post ads, but also not allowing them to dm other members until they’ve had a significant number of...

Well that sucks! Hope Starz can get those deleted- he’s a really good member here.

Yes, cause the drones were louder, more disruptive, and more hazardous to pedestrians and people sleeping (and doing other stuff…) in the dunes than all the OHV‘s, monster offroad trucks, and motorcycles were!

@AdamBolonsky - if you’re giving a warning about someone, maybe it would be best to take it up with a moderator, as there will be confusion between this unnamed scammer and other legitimate people who are also currently selling M2P’s here. I don’t know who the supposed scammer is or was, but if...

Besides Palomar Mountain State Park (which is not where the guy was flying from), there are numerous desert state parks that also do not allow drones to be flown from within them, including Anza Borrego, Salton Sea, etc.

High Point Fire Lookout is on the Cleveland National Forest and is not in a wilderness area, nor is it in FAA controlled airspace.

I disagree, education is an important part of how we deal with the general public and with customers- especially if one wants to have a continuing business relationship with them.