Recent content by bitsbytes

I am not sure which "hostile" auditors are being referenced. There are good and bad auditors out there, just as there are good and bad police officers out there. It seems to me that if you keep getting recommended or watching bad auditors it is because you continue engaging with that type of...

Vic, I have had the same problem that you experienced in DOD airspaces. I received an authorization for KNUW and it included this provision. Presumably the authority to issue this directive is derived from the following: 18 U.S.C. § 795 - Photographing and sketching defense installations 18...

Someone quoted WAC 172 as though it applied through the entire state of Washington, but that's not the case. The code's title is "Eastern Washington University" and it contains other rules governing conduct of students of the university as well as conduct on the campus itself. It doesn't apply...

I have encountered other pilots while flying a few times, each with varying results. One time while flying, I noticed someone with a camera taking photos of a parade I was planning to get some video of. Then I they pulled a Mavic 3 and a DJI RC out of their bag, which made me extremely cautious...

WAC 172 applies only to the campus of Eastern Washington University, and even then it is questionable whether the code is permissible in the first place due to preemption. It does not apply whatsoever outside the campus.

I have numerous pending FOIA requests with the FAA, one of which is for the entire database of FRIA information. In the meantime, the website that will be used in this talk is FRIAMap.com which is the only public list of FRIAs. Unfortunately they are still not in the UASFM still after three...

It seems extremely unlikely that people will have enforcement actions taken against them by the FAA (or local LEA for that matter) for the sole reason that they did not have RID. It will almost always be because of some other rule violation, such as flying over people, in controlled airspace...

Nice video. People new to drones for some reason think it's a gray area because they don't understand the rules - it is absolutely not a gray area whatsoever. You are either flying under the recreational exemption, or you are flying for any other reason (Part 107), it depends only on the intent...

PI as well as vast majorities of people in these forums and elsewhere seem to keep butchering the language of the rule - the language is *"would"* cause lacerations, not "could" or "can" cause lacerations. "Would cause lacerations" implies a case where it is more likely than not for lacerations...

I contacted DJI Support to try and get one for the Mavic 3 and they claimed they couldn't send me one.

Obviously the Mavic 3 that is deliberately crashing into the Matrice.

Idiots like this completely ruin the perception of drone pilots. Somehow he managed to violate literally half of the rules listed in Part 107: Violated 107.5 (made a fraudulent or intentionally false record of registration) Violated 107.7 (didn't have any of the legally mandated documents in...

Seems like a lot of people are still confused about this . . . If you cannot use a LAANC request for your mission, you need to file a 107.41 airspace authorization in FAA DroneZone. You don't just tell the tower you are going to be flying, that is not an airspace authorization. I hold 9...

I don't. Mavic 3 7x camera. Also, I monitor EMS/police frequencies when flying near those activities, and there isn't ever really this type of response by emergency or news helicopters in my area.

Exactly. I can't wait 30 days for a permit to process and pay $150 to launch once because there is a car crash on the highway and I'd like to take some photos of it to send to news agencies. It's completely ridiculous. The event would be long since over and forgotten about.