Recent content by bsartist

Agree with you. Certainly seemed like uniforms to me. But I live and boat and fly there. Never saw that unmarked boat nor those uniforms.

Maybe if Paul reads he can respond. No reason to be a d1ck

Incomplete. Three agencies patrol. That boat bears no marking of any of them. I live there.

More specific please. No such thing as “harbor patrol” on Lake George. There are three agencies that patrol it. Pick the one that charged you.

What was the agency? That boat appears to be unmarked. I live and boat on that lake. I know it to be patrolled by three agencies but have never known them to used unmarked boats. I don’t see/recognize any markings on that RHIB.

I didn’t see any police markings on that RHI boat. What agency charged him?

I think you make a very valid point with #2. I’m less convinced on #1. Outlaws will be outlaws. And non 107 recreational training that’s now required in the U.S. already makes this conduct clearly illegal if my memory serves me correctly. There isn’t anything magical about a part 107 cert that...

Yes I get it. I get it. But I’m just pushing back and putting in my $0.02 that it’s a whole bowl of wrong.

I get that. But logically it makes no sense. It’s already illegal. Why should this give power to the anti-drone proponents? It should give power to people against illegal use of drones. Period. Yeah I know these are rhetorical questions and rhetorical points. I get how the real world works...

You never know. This guy may have a way of preventing being identified. Maybe he uses a VPN to post. May not be enough to evade the long arm of the law but it just may be. There is probably no way of knowing if the other videos are videos of him or even videos he’s taken. I hope he’s caught. But...

I understand why some will think that more regs will result. And they very well may. But this person flagrantly violated many rules already in place. Why not just enforce those rather than tacitly justifying additional rules? String the guy up. Make him an example for existing rules. I get it...

If I may, I'd like to add some compass terminology specifics to maybe clear up some confusion and hopefully explain why @Meta4 says some of the things he says. Compass variation is the difference between true north and magnetic north at your particular location on the earth. While it does drift...

If you can get your hand on some 18% neutral grey and/or pure white material, you could cover it with that. It could be used to meter and white balance off of.

But the wrinkle here is that the OP appears to be flying to take pictures that he intends to offer for sale after he is certified. If I have that right, then his flight is commercial based on the intent doctrine. Edit: to clarify, I guess I’m referring to flights from now on till he passes the...

Oh. That will allow you to bring it straight into you? Good to know.