Recent content by 67A1F DG

The FAA B4UFLY application map does not show any restrictions in the area around the refinery's near Crockett.

This is not a new issue I'm retired from Civil Service, worked for the Navy. About 12 to 15. years ago the Navy Marine Corp Interchange (NMCI), a private industry company, was contracted to manage all computer and cyber security aspects for the Navy. Allot of what drove this change to NMCI...

Hi, from Seabeck Wa. (West side near Hood canal). My wife is from Wenatchee, her father had a cherry orchard on Stumelt hill. Anyhow welcome to the forum. Spend some time in the Army? Twelve years myself. Regards

Really a cool aircraft. What altitude do you think they were at? Do you fly within a MOA (Military Operations Area)? It looks like your drone was pretty low when videoing. Do you think they were above 400 FT. Just curious. Regards Sorry reply was mean't for Lapeer

Contacted State Farm agent for drone insurance quote. He quoted $48.00 for a year. Sounds good to me. Made arrangements to meet an write the contact. So he is entering information into the computer. At one point entering the data, the machine threw an error, turns out that State Farm has...

Appreaciate you confirming that, I hadn’t had the chance to look. Thanks

I recently watched a you tube video of a lecture given to a group.of people preparing to take the pilot test. The lecturer was from the FAA. One thing he said was that a spotter working with.a pilot must be within earshot of the pilot. He cannot be down range using a radio or phone to...

That’s almost a mile and a half. How far do you want or need to go? The mini is boasted to go up to 4 km, approximately 2.5 miles. I’ m sure that’s under ideal conditions. That kind of distance is not only outside of FAA regulations (LOS) but is risky with the mini. Just my 2cents.

One option to record sound is by using the phone screen capture option. Cannot speak to Android phones, but my iphone has an option in the control center to record and capture video of what is shown on the phone screen and any audio that is within range of the phone. What I like about it is...

Thanks msinger!

Sorry guys, come visit Washington and we'll barbee some shrimp and fly around the yard.

Thank you sir!

Dirkclod, when I created my account, I named myself “67AiF DG”. I meant to make it “67A1F DG”, do you have the ability as a moderator to change the lower case “i” to a numeral “1”? If so would you? Thanks

Thanks!

Thanks for the welcome and input, reading the user manual and gaining knowledge of a device that flies long distance in public air space is a no brainer. Wish everyone would.