Recent content by anim8r

I fully agree with this practice, I was plopping my batteries into the case right after use and one of my buddies gave me a "whoa there" lol. It makes sense to NOT put a hot battery into a suffocating foam cutout. Since then, they stay out in the open and cool in the shade.

For landscape imagery, I'd also pick up a set of CP filters to go along with the traditional ND filters. As far as spin up time needed to learn how to fly; practice makes perfect. They aren't that difficult to fly and you should be good to go after a few hours of flying and messing around with...

I'd like to play with one first. I can inject multiple styles of flares in post if I really wanted to, but lens flares are usually unwanted artifacts (in my opinion) and can really screw up an otherwise excellent shot. Once they're in the RAW footage, it's pretty baked in. As far as generating...

I think the FT would make it easier and more natural to control a drone if you've never flown one, or don't fly very often. I guess it depends on your particular needs, but I'm going to pass on this one. I use my drones for filming and I'm used to sticks (I'm a long time RC flyer). I imagine...

Thanks! I already have my first Drone Piloting job (Flying a Matrice 600) =]

(Just in case anyone's tracking these things) Tested: 5 July 2019 (9:30 Friday Morning) Test uploaded to site/Application Submitted: 7 July 2019 Transferred to Airmen Registry: 8 July 2019 Temp cert issued: 12 July 2019 Card in hand: 16 August 2019

Here are a couple of great resources: This is all of the material in a nutshell (you should watch it a few times and be sure you understand what he's covering) If you basically want to guarantee a a pass (and a very high score), enroll at: https://www.dronepilotgroundschool.com/ You should...

So I bought a Mavic 2 Pro while on a recent trip and later found out my house is in a Bright-Red NFZ (I live next to Joint Base Andrews). This isn't really a problem, since there are plenty of parks and drone friendly locations nearby. I, of course, did not read the manual and started playing...