Recent content by Andrew F

I own floats but didn't like the flying characteristics and the extra drag reducing flying time. Also, since I fly over the ocean, it would get flipped over anyway and difficult to retrieve. I'm just getting on getting back to land.

I use that feature all the time. Very handy.

I've NEVER experienced my Mavic diving on heavy breaking. As in never. If anything, it has a tendency to flare up on heavy breaking - especially in sport mode - which I fly in during transit by default.

I fly "low" over water (the ocean in Hawaii) all of the time. When out deep I stay at 10 feet plus in fear of sneaker waves. Closer in with calm seas and VLOS I will comfortably fly at 3 feet. I ignore the warnings to turn off the ultrasonic sensors and they have saved my bacon more than a few...

This is a RIDICULOUS requirement. Don't you think a "bad guy" would just create a false registration? Just another example of fear dominating logic and causing extra work for law abiding types. And it looks so ugly having the stickers! Haha.

I neither admit nor deny having an awesome video of a calf nursing from its mother. Clearly if I had such a video I wouldn't post it. Sheesh.

All of the waters around all of the Hawaiian islands are considered a whale sanctuary. You have to have a permit to get closer than 1,000 feet for scientific purposes with a drone. Which of course is a joke. I wasn't flying at the time - I was kayaking. I just mentioned to him I had a drone and...

Hawaii.

Yeah, I just checked and a deisel belching 1,000 horsepower boat can get within 100 yards. What a joke. But the officer wasn't joking. It's hard to take the laws seriously when they are so illogical.

I was just informed by a NOAA law enforcement officer that drones are considered aircraft and are not allowed within 1,000 feet of a humpback whale. I routinely see helicopters - you know those INCREDIBLY loud aircraft that you can hear from miles away - circle whales at between 250 and 600...

And how do you know it won't be even MORE grossly inaccurate? The map has two no fly zones near me for a grass runway unused for decades but still registered and for two "helipads" never used as far as I can tell. The restrictions like these are a joke and completely degrade the system. I am not...

Wow. You have a very stringent view of the drone world. He lives MILES away from a grass runway and you sardonically say he should give up drones. Totally disagree. He is not a threat using his drone as any plane using that "runway" would have a glide path well above his potential flight...

I bought the floats but like others here I don't use them. I fly primarily over the ocean, and even on a calm day the waves and shifting tides would likely flip the drone over should it land in the water. The extra weight, though minimal, is also a negative as are the aerodynamic concerns. I've...

I personally don't believe Amazon will successfully deploy drone delivery anytime in the near future. It makes little economic sense other than in remote areas.

Haha. Made me laugh. Those bricks were SO cool!