Recent content by DougMcC

Thats a productive solar farm. But here is an interesting energy calculation. That yearly energy production equals the chemical energy in about 11,605 gallons of gasoline over a year or about 32 gallons of gasoline energy per day. Our local single COSTCO pumps 65,000 gallons of gasoline per day...

I-80 pretty much follows the Transcontinental Railroad. The start of that is a landmark and museum on the banks of the Sacramento river in Sacramento. Heading east there are multiple tunnels and famous “snow sheds” in the mountains. Then the Salt Flats and the airbase where the B-29 crews...

I have obtained easily 30 LAANC clearances around LGB IN multiple areas. Maybe DJI hadn’t gotten around to fencing here before LAANC was created by FAA. The LA basin is a busy area but the LAANC system is a wonderful gift and technology. I believe the FAA should be thanked for that implementation.

I actually have not had that experience-yet.

I used a consumer video camera on a tripod to video the TOTALITY with max zoom in Hawaii in 1991. No harm to the camera but pretty good capture of the enormous plasma jets (spicules) erupting from the surface of the sun and then returning to the sun’s surface. This was quite a dynamic process...

Just so I’m clear, without any travel and in 15 minutes you can test the system today and obtain a clearance for today or Tuesday or whenever and thus learn the system and study the clearance document. You do not have to show up and use the clearance -ever.

I’ve never had an obstruction from DJI in a LAANC area. Recognize there may be marked prohibited areas like power plants , prisons, or military facilities that DJI may have in their no.fly database. I have not encountered those. When get LAANC it will alert you possible facilities near your...

You can pick a spot for a future flight and practice getting a clearance from your living room. You don’t have to go there! When you start the app it assumes your current location. You can shrink the map and go wherever you plan to fly and set the pin there. Then go ahead and mark your desired...

Yes Aloft is now Air Control. This works very well as I fly inside the Long Beach Airport control area. Almost instantaneous clearance.

Well done, Dale. Great detail in the photo!

Yes if DNG files are created when shooting the panorama the resulting output choice can include DNG. I continue to get excellent results.

Nice to meet you Kelly. I am in Long Beach, California and I admire your commitment to the upcoming mission. Your options may be constrained by the calendar. Is this your first drone or are you experienced? When are you due to leave on your journey? How much time to get that bird flying and...

Very creative! Thanks

Beautiful scenery and flying. I found the voice to be quite good. Good instructions. I am sitting in my living room in Long Beach California and getting “juiced” to go out and mimic your expertise. Thank you for this morning ( our time ) beauty. Well done.

I have attached a panorama recently completed in Panovolvo. I pointed the program to the panorama folder copied directly from the Mavic 3 USB card. There were 21 separate DNG images each 43.3 MB and each 3948 by 5372 pixels. The program took 31 seconds on a MacBook Pro M-2 to create a DNG...