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AMann replied to the thread RTH at night.Would this be a good place to say my M2P pegs RTH landings at night, even with obstacle avoidance active, right where it took off from? That has to be due to the GPS working correctly, so I also think there’s an issue with that drone. -
AMann replied to the thread Not a threat to airplanes.It hit the instrument payload, which contains a bag of sand ballast (example image: ballast bag of a similar sounding balloon as the one hit by the plane, and the plane’s windshield). The instruments are very light, but it’s the ballast that...
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AMann replied to the thread Authorize Protective Drone Use to Keep Florida’s Public Events Safe.The exceptions (in part 4) look to me like they do allow for public safety threat detection, infrastructure inspections, mapping, etc. Am I missing something about those? The part I don’t like is that private citizens can take civil action...
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AMann replied to the thread Not a threat to airplanes.The Windborne balloons are 2.5 lbs each and include ballast in their payload in order to allow it to adjust its altitude. That’s a sizable projectile at 600mph! But the company did everything right while flying it, they even filed for a...
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AMann replied to the thread Not a threat to airplanes.The weather balloon had a FAA NOTAM in place, and something probably got missed from air traffic control procedures - it wasn’t the balloon’s fault, it was doing everything correctly! Seriously- Windborne (the balloon’s operator) puts hundreds...
