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Which link is it that seems broken? I've had quite a few interesting conversations with AI lately.

Your comment got me thinking what it means to me. I've always defined an FPV pilot as anyone who flies a drone in manual mode with goggles.

I agree. We have plenty of examples of technology initially funded by Congress for our military, which eventually had civilian and consumer applications. Gemini summarizes these uses: GPS (Global Positioning System): Originally created for precision targeting and navigation by the U.S...

Can a drone pace a formula one car around a track? If you're like me, you'll find this a lot of fun.

Something I do quite often for friends is fly the Avata up maybe 200 feet, well within VLOS, and then hand the Integra goggles to folks with head tracking turned on. I just keep the Avata parked in place while they look around. I've gone through a few batteries just doing this for folks. It's a...

Soon enough we will all be watching AI generated drone video, and no one but pixel nerd experts will care or be able to tell the difference from real world drone video. Within the next 18 months we'll see the first successful, photorealistic Hollywood-level movie generated 100% by AI. And then...

Yesterday OpenAI announced Sora, which leap frogged everyone else in generating very realistic looking video 100% through prompt-generated AI. It produced this drone shot of Bug Sur, a shot I've long wanted to capture, but for those pesky drone laws that prevent me from flying there. I am in...

I was just doing some research on whether to buy the RC2 and saw this thread. My aging Samsung Note 20 Ultra pumps out 1500 nits of brightness compared with the modest 700 nits of the RC2. I have zero problems seeing my Samsung in the bright sun at the beach. I do have to take off my sunglasses...

I would love to have a drone partner like this one day: Sky Dance For creating cinematic video, I couldn't imagine a more powerful type of tool. I wonder if AI-powered drones will ever be safe and smart enough to do something like this?

Wow, I can't even imagine... In case anyone else was looking for this story too: RC Helicopter Accident Kills Teen

A group of 15 Republican lawmakers wrote a letter to our Defense Secretary saying that a recent tear down of a DJI drone found U.S. manufactured components. They wrote that: I think their overall attitude was summed up well by Representative Elise Stefanik who wrote: That's a new argument I...

I think I need to go on record now as thinking this is not a great example of the fine line, because my example was black and white. However according to me and I think a few others, people new to drones perceive a gray area here. I know I did. I know most 107's see it as purely black and white...

"...for some reason..." What is that reason? Yes, I agree - and I think others here agree too. Assuming we agree that people new to drones think it's a gray area, I agree yes it's because they don't understand the rules, but why don't they understand this rule consistently? I'm curious about...

Thanks Big Al! Now that I understand this issue, yes it's a totally black and white issue. Maybe it's just me or I'm slow or something, but it took me a while to understand this so maybe it's not so black and white for the newbie? I remember a time when I could have gotten in trouble for not...

So I just had to watch the video that's at the heart of my example - haven't watched it since I made it. There is one cool part at the end: I shot the Air 2 up maybe 300' and parked it for about a minute to watch the sun set behind the mountains and vineyards, and I think that captures the...