Recent content by chadCO

I've been flying drones for over 30 years (Yes, 30 years) and have never had a problem with a person interfering or being a nuisance. However in all that time I've only flown around the "public" once and that was only after very careful reconnaissance and checking with the authority present on...

If the mentally deficient don't see you take off or land they have a big problem trying to find you. Simply plan your flights to avoid the area's that the mentally ill frequent.

I'm basing it on whether they are above me or below me in the camera view. I don't know their altitude, but I do know mine. There is an airport about 5 miles away and we see them all the time.

The mother is a complete imbecile. Perhaps the drone hit mommy in the head first?

Scuba diving for over thirty years I have flooded many cameras and dive lights, the trick is to have distilled water available. When I am out on the boat I always have a large ziplock back full of distilled water. If you flood or dunk something, simply shake all the water you can out then put...

The Social Dilemma was spot on... They were interviewing the people that wrote the code.... not those that marketed it.

Personal accountability is discouraged by those that know they deserve it.

Sheep need a shepherd to protect them. Its only criminal if you get caught.

If RID info has been captured it should be made public.... Then it can be assured accountability is delivered to the guilty.

Don't need civil penalties, simply publish the offenders home address, karma has a way of being delivered to the deserving if its enabled.

The congress clowns never tire of showing how utterly inept and mindless they are... Such corrupt useless clowns.

There is always someone with a bigger bribe allocation.

"but they found the enterprise/government market to be lucrative and that may be enough for them right now." Getting no bid contracts and kickbacks always pays off. They have a senator on a short leash.

they make great souvenirs of visiting the area. My dad had a nice collection of American Sportsman Association no trespassing signs.

Using the FlirOne on a galaxy Note 8, I built a frame that would hold the phone and flir in front of the drones camera so you could see on the video feed what was on the camera. It actually worked... but like mavic3usa says, it was gimicky and was a pain to align and setup. I waited until the...