Recent content by Fat Pappy

Most of us don’t want to be this guy, but you do you… https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2025/07/07/entirely-preventable-drone-collides-with-rescue-helicopter-during-kerr-county-flood-search-efforts/

Short answer is since there is a TFR posted. The level of coordination in airspace and comms for a big SAR op is astounding. The last thing you want to be doing is flying your drone in airspace for which others have been given clearance and responsibility. With all the Coast Guard and National...

The title might be better if it started with the word “Drone”. It could also state that a “All Pilots Should Brief TFRs and NOTAMs In Pre-Flight Planning”.

In addition to all the above, with the current customs climate, I would be leery of whether or not my drone might get taken as contraband by customs upon returning to the states.

A similar scam is running on FB Marketplace. They contact you, will only pay with an e-payment mode, insist they paid, then give you a customer service number to call. It’s a scam number. Long story short, they tell you that your account is not set up to reveive business funds. The buyer will...

Some drones are in stock, but the Mini 4 Pro and Air 3S look to be out.

Here are a couple of web sites that may be of interest to the OP as they specifically addresses part of his question. The second site is for Tommy Thopmson park and it specifically states that drones are not allowed. https://coastaldrone.co/where-can-i-fly-my-drone-in-toronto/...

I assume you know that with a drone over 249g it needs to be registered in Canada and you need a SFOC-RPAS that can take a month or so to get. Also, Canadian regs require you to stay at least 30 meters away from people not involved with your shoot. That last point will make shooting in and...

Stay away from YYZ. Did you get the basic or advanced license?

Good to know. Thanks

Did you have any red reflective tape on the mini?

Not a fan. As someone who has a porch, I would rather pay a delivery person to place the package on my porch (as has been done for years) than have a drone put the item in the yard where it is not protected from weather and is a rather more obvious target for theft.

Had you actually read the article the OP linked, you would see that the drone(s) in question were operated over Los Angeles protests/riots by DHS, not the military. DHS is a federal law enforcement agency. Similar to the FBI monitoring folks.

It's worth a try. Worst case scenario is you send them the drone and they quote you a price you don't want to sink into that drone. You get a new drone and abandon the broken one. If you don't send it in, it is basically the same as an abandon drone. If they price for the fix is reasonable...

My wife bought me the Mavic Air 2 several years ago and I got the 107 ticket to go with it. As a private pilot, this was not a huge time investment. Given my business commitments, I have not had much time to fly it - less than 3 hours on the airframe. Given that I recently retired, I have...