Recent content by Airborne_Aircrew

In post #25 you said:- This is my point... AMSL _CANNOT_ be determined by the current barometric pressure locally... Why do I think you own a Mavic 2 and believe some things that are completely accurate?

That's not the point I was making so your response is a little "avoiding". There is, simply, no way of determining actual altitude other than QFE from the current barometric pressure. The ISA is a theoretical model that bases it's assumptions on a fixed set of data points that will rarely...

I am shocked that your GPS is reporting 66.9m, yes meters, (219 feet), below sea level at the same time as the "absolute altitude" is reporting 66.93m below sea level. I can go to my driveway right now and get in my truck with my phone and have 4 different GPS' report 648' AMSL +/- 10 feet. Your...

That standard isn't used for actual flight of anything. The ICAO version, (as with the entire thing), is simply a theoretical model that might help aircrew to try to predict potential pitfalls ahead of them. For them to use it in flight as a measure of altitude is utterly suicidal. If DJI was...

How are they determining AMSL, (QNH), by barometric pressure? It only knows the barometric pressure at the point of take off - the QFE, (Field Elevation), the point of takeoff - which is a relative altitude not an absolute altitude based on a standard - Mean Sea Level. Since pressure varies...

No, there is not. Similarly it is very difficult for an observer to assess the AGL unless it is painfully obvious - the "fly over a cliff example"... The Exif data is based upon the GPS altitude unless it is in variance with every other GPS aware camera in the world and is therefore giving you...

There are two measures of altitude, QFE and QNH... QFE is the altitude above "Field Elevation" and QNH is altitude above "Nautical Height"... In normal aviation they both rely upon atmospheric pressure but you'll notice that you don't get a chance to enter the current pressure for the QFE or...

I'll start by saying that I am a solid capitalist and slightly right of Attila the Hun. Things tend not to go the "little people's" way. The FAA is "looking for comments"... I've participated in the HIPAA process of "comments" as an IT Manager for a $25M/year non-profit... You'd think that...

You're right mate... When your hobby or business crashes under the weight of onerous regulation in what 3.5 years, come back and tell me how much you understand the "process"... PS: I think Heron is a bit of a (deleted by moderator) but he actually is calling this one about right....

Instead of reading and fantasizing about how beautifully the proposal is written look at how many times the use of the words "exemption" and such like are used. Yes, I read #22. You're problem is that you are believing them... Tell me when that has ever gone well in the past... I'm looking back...

When your business or hobby is decimated by the FAA come back and tell me how my ad hominem attack affected you more than the loss you actually experienced by the government's actions. You and I are nothing.. Amazon, Fedex, UPS, DHL and anyone else with a lobbyist in DC are about to cripple you...

No, there was nothing in my response that could be construed by a normal person as being ad hominem. I merely pointed out that you are giving trust where, when trust has been given in the past, it has proved to be misplaced. If you trust the government to have your best interests in mind you...

You're young aren't you... I remember a time when they told we sheep that they are requiring you to wear a seatbelt in you car but they will _never_ make it a primary offense. But about three years later it became a primary offense... But you trust the government to do the right thing... The...

It really won't matter what comment you make. The FAA will "do as it's told" by the major players in the delivery industry, (we know who they are). That will include free flight over any terrain, people and equipment that isn't a permanent "avoid" or temporary via NOTAMs. The "exclusions" in the...

No, the Mini isn't it's own worst enemy. It's worst enemy are the people who fly it with no though nor knowledge as to how it works, why it works and how it is affected by and affects it's environment.