Recent content by AtmosphericArts

As far as I know only racing/FPV style drones have active braking in ESCs. It makes a massive improvement to agility at the expense of huge voltage spikes and possibly decreased efficiency (could be wrong in that last part). Active braking with KISS and BLHeli ESCs was the single biggest...

Not sure what you're implying, but I in no way think I control my local airspace. All I'm saying is that - while I'm fully aware of the 400' rule you're mentioning (I've been a P107 pilot for years) - it doesn't apply when you're in controlled airspace. Every time I've received airspace...

Airspace authorization is almost always limited to height above the ground rather than height above structures like you’d be able to do anywhere else. I’ve talked on the phone with people that authorize this stuff and they didn’t care that I was trying to shoot buildings that were over 400’...

I knew that number sounded familiar. That's just a restriction that's in the controller settings. It has nothing to do with what you're actually authorized for. As others have said, you should have kept it within 400' AGL, not 400' above the building. Additionally, the altitude your controller...

I started with FPV five years ago but have since transitioned to a P107 cine pilot. While I’m concerned about inexperienced pilots making the news with this, the real dangerous stuff is buried under menus and - more importantly - once people get their first taste of Rate Mode it’ll separate the...

This is wrong. You can go up to 100 mph with part 107. I believe max speed is 90 mph for DJI FPV. With a tailwind you can break the limit but this has been possible (easy in fact) for FPV drones for years and I’ve never heard of anybody getting in trouble for it. I also can’t see many actual...

NYC Part 107 pilot here - Unfortunately the drone laws here are known to be extremely prohibitive at best and very much a gray area at best. That said I've performed Part 107 flights in all five boroughs and recreational flights in three. It all comes down to showing a basic level of...

With no gravity to counteract the thrust it would never be able to stay in the same spot with props on.