Recent content by Kevin Cooke

New Zealand Beach

Nice! Both the airborne video and the waterborne vehicle.

Very cool and will only get better. (They grow up so fast. :) )

In the simulator. :)

The great white pelicans could not have cared less about the Mavic, they just sat there. The only reason they took flight is because someones dog came running down to the shore.

No video, it's the practice I used to do ~6 years ago, before I had a camera on my F550. It's an easy thing to set up and try but hard to do. Took me a long time and I've not tried in awhile, but now that you've reminded me I think I need to find an open field. :)

Not raptors. Great white pelicans, and Canadian geese.

For a fun exercise get two traffic cones place them about 15' to 20' apart then practice flying a figure 8 around the two cones. Nose in orientation and then nose out. You'll gain a lot of confidence if you can master this and it'll be a big help for filming. Scenery is cool but having a...

Very much doubt you'll need ND filters inside. Best way to find out would be get there a little early and try. Indoor flying can be tricky, remember you'll likely have no GPS and make sure everyone in there is OK with your drone buzzing around them. People inside are like UAV magnets. :) Good...

Great, thank you for the explanation.

Perhaps not relevant at all from a legal standpoint, don't know, not a lawyer but from a safety aspect it's a 'good to know'. Too bad we have to discuss "law" so much. I'm far more interested in every other aspect of UAVs but it's the climate we appear to be in.

I was referring to the Part 107 rules.

No Recreational/hobbyist

So after reading this thread I went and researched the "cloud rules" a bit. Turns out I may have ****** up I'm mean, unintentionally disobeyed the rules The rules state a remote pilot must keep their UAV at least 500 feet below clouds and 2,000 feet horizontally away from clouds. Also, there’s a...