Recent content by JamesD71

I also heard that most birds of prey avoid approaching bright orange fluorescent colored objects/targets. Try some sizeable fluorescent orange punisher sticker on top shell of your drone. I’m told they help get you time to retreat.

LOL!!!

Review your warranty status first to see if you have any reasonable option there, because if you work on it yourself you could be sacrificing any available options there. However, search YouTube for relevant repair videos and assess whether your skills might let you do the repair yourself (while...

Just a guess, but if it's not a distance dimension that they might be looking for then could it be a 'range' of time...either flight duration or even more specific, the clock times for flight beginning and ending (i.e. beginning @ 1:15PM and ending at 2:30PM, possibly even including any battery...

Yeah! The Eyes have a strong following (but NOT birds). Also, a textured fluorescent orange body / body parts are also gaining a deterrent reputation.

If he is in fact at any hill top and climbs to be 400 above that hill top, then he had better be good at hovering in that specific position, not flying in any direction horizontally. If he flys north, south, east, or west the ground directly below the drone descends and his defined altitude...

Very good question, and the reason why I study topo maps for my flight path before flying. I doubt it, but maybe someone else knows otherwise.

That just seems to sum up the drone laws all around the world, and it keeps it simple for Stupid!

Naw, jerks need a wedgie that hurts ‘em all the way through their wallet. Otherwise, they will come back for more.

Maybe he was loaded...with both booze & money!

Throw the book (and his remote controller) at him! It’s good to see that laws will be enforced. Truly a teaching moment for our drone communities.

Thanks!

Right! The Law is administrated by the Justice System (primarily law enforcement officers and the court systems) which is often driven by public opinion (among other things). So, if nobody (or very few people, with no direct interest or burden) complains then you probably won't even be pursued...

In truth, you're not answerable to anybody...right? Is your QTH on a small island on the other side of the world?

I would suggest that you be very careful flying your camera and in handling the disposition of any product there of, should you not be a 107 pilot. You obviously don’t give a poop about the FAA...just like the way some rare hams I know feel about their master, the FCC. Some folks just have to...