Recent content by Frankiev

SupaMonkey, I have not 'completed' one of these yet (although I am working on 4 of them right now) so I am still experimenting. I physically locate the center of the house, right to left and back to front. I then set a stake and use that as a reference point so that each time I go out I know...

My Mavic was attacked last week in Murrietta. I had just finished a P.O.I. shoot and when I brought the Mavic back, at about 40feet I saw all the bees buzzing around it (bumble bees I think). Not wanting to deal with them I put the Mavic into sport mode elevated to 120 feet , flew off a few...

You will need to get clearance from each country you will be entering. In the Bahamas, you need permission to bring the drone into the country and you need permission from their Aviation Agency to fly it. Each country is different. Getting permission from the Cruise line is only the 1st step.

I take videos of my clients houses under construction. I do Point of Interest fly arounds. I record my the take off position, my point of interest 'point', my altitude, radius and the angle of my gimbol so that each fly around originates from the same spot. If you were to put your house on a...

One of the better videos I have seen on this site. Great job!

I just returned from my trip to Nassau. I did bring along my drone BUT. I first contacted Whitney Kenny at the Ministry of Finance. I had contacted him to get permission to temporarily import my Mavic for personal use. I emailed a letter to him with my name, address entry and departure dates...

Thanks so much for the feedback. I was hoping to get some idea of whether or not it was safe to trust these officials. I guess I won't be bringing mine along after all. Bummer!

Just don't know if I want to 'give' them a security deposit of $450 for my Mavic.

I am going to the Bahamas shortly. I saw a video on Youtube in which the author's drone was confiscated at the airport by customs. He was able to retrieve it by paying a security deposit which he did not get back. This happened in 2015. I called the Ministry of Finance and was told that I could...