Recent content by gnbrotz

I ended up with State Farm, after seeing them repeatedly mentioned by other pilots. My closest agent was clueless, but an agent the next down over was better educated and got me squared away with MUCH LESS hassle, limitation and questions than the drone-centric companies set forth. And at a...

I finally got around to trying this (free version). The free version no longer allows the WideBrowse option, only the circular option. Results were marginal, but done from 200' AGL, so lower altitudes might yield better results. I probably won't use it again, and I'm unable to find where my...

The below image was posted in a FB group for commercial drone pilots on Friday evening:

With Verifly on the way out, I've been looking at SkyWatch for liability insurance. I have the potential for a series of jobs for the same client over the summer months, so I was going to do the monthly coverage, rather than by the hour. At the end of the application process for the full-time...

Welcome striperseeker! I'm in PA, but just 5 miles north of Hagerstown.

So my second submission was also approved, but again, only for the (second) single day at the top of my application, despite again spelling out my desired window in the text field, and the use of the suggested language. The initial application took 5 days to get approval, and the second one only...

I know there are a variety of options for finished projects as they display at the Public URL (zoom level, trimming, etc.), but what I don't see is an option to have the underlying map set to "Streets" by default. Since the default is set to "Satellite", my projects are easily lost among the...

I appreciate the explanation of terminolgy. My assumption would have been that that refers to the size of the physical area I wanted to fly in. I most certainly plan to contact DJI as soon as I have the full authorization I want from the FAA. I will post here again as my process progresses, and...

I will do as you suggest, again. I did the same thing with the first submission, and I made it the very first sentence in the text Description of Operation. Hopefully, as you mentioned, referencing the first request will make the light bulb come on. Is all caps for that first paragraph bad...

@PHZ , I did as you suggested in regards to dates, and received an approval in less than a week, but only for the single date the form allowed me to enter, not the range requested in the text fields. There was no additional comment made about my requested range. Is there some way to follow up...

I'm not specifically familiar with your model, but with my Mavic Air 2 I've had a similar problem until I discovered there were 2 different tabs in the Unlock section of the app. I had to click the tab on the right (I think it said "Aircraft") and actually slide a switch to "turn on" the unlock...

I did a practice run today for a large composite image project I have coming up (no ortho or 3D required). I flew my Mavic Air 2 at 150' AGL, with a 70% overlap in both directions. In one area of the final composite, I have some wavy distortion, even though the 3 individual images that cover...

Welcome, Mike! I am also in Franklin county, a bit south of Chambersburg. I lived in Louisville in the early 90s and while there got hooked on Ale-8-One. I'm lucky enough to have a friend that travels to the St. Louis area regularly, and they always grab a few cases for me when they go through...

To be clear, I am not asking for a few months of authorization, but rather ~1 month window that runs from mid-May to mid-June. Given the published possible approval time of up to 90 days, I didn't think I was too far ahead. The application page says you can't submit more than 24 months in...

This is also a minor concern, as I am in their highest level of restriction, but experienced users have reminded me that I don't need DJI permission, my approved AA does that. I am "telling" them to do the unlock based on that, and there should be no debate on that part of the process. That...