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Don at GoldWingNut Productions does aerial photo missions at The Villages . . . Nicely done. Gold Wingnut Productions More about Don here in the original ban . . . The Villages orders drone pilots to cease flights over construction sites

The The Flying Jib response is laced with emotion, but covers the basics about airspace ownership. HOWEVER, The Villages is a BIG outfit with a LOT of lawyers and it could be that the The Flying Jib has"awakened a sleeping giant." Drone pilots refuse to be grounded by The Villages

Anyone see anything about max payload weight? Also, while the mother drone may position-keep w/ GPS, there is nothing to prevent the package from swaying with the wind. Comments?

thank you. I will inspect again and consider everything you said

@Yorkshire_Pud: Well, it's flying fine under good control. You have given me a lot of advice in the past; what in your opinion makes the drone unsafe?

I was flying a mission and I started shifting back and forth between FPV and WP and got confused . . . at the wrong time in flight. Ran head-on into a wall of my house and cracked the nose fuselage. No visible damage to the camera, gimbal, or props! (Whew.) Test flight ok! So, a little Super...

yup. there are a lot of idiots out there . . .

In the peeping tom "scary" category as mentioned in my posted video. Surely not limited to Draper, CO. There were idiotic reactions posted in NextDoor to an incident in my own neighborhood: "shoot it down with a shotgun" (wonder where the fall of shot would be), "trap it with a net," amid...

Found this video which I thought was well-researched, both for pilots and homeowners. Comments?

My experience with Drone Mask - Cuts glare 100% - Agree wearing the mask impacts real world awareness, but it's not hard to raise it and lower it on my face to take a glimpse if I feel the need to. - LOT smaller than Hood Man (I have one of those too). I use either one depending on the...

Shark: Well done! Great sleuthing!

Geeez! here i thought by the title that someone was shooting AT YOU. LOL!

Geeez! Never expected my post would stimulate such interest. Thanks all for weighing in.

@waynorth : I had not realized it had that history. thanks for posting