Recent content by halifax

We have reached peak corruption in government, that's for sure. On topic, my biggest issue is that for my work I fly in a lot of risky places ... forest understories, stream and riparian corridors, steep slopes and crags, etc. The risk of losing a machine that can't be replaced has definitely...

Stefanik answers to Trump and only Trump. As as we've seen, unless DJI offers him a bribe, it's goodbye DJI.

Outstanding.

Help, I can't get my jaw off of the floor. Stunning, absolutely and utterly stunning. Well done, Pilot!

They should have ordered a half-million Mavics years ago. And as part of the acquisition process, certified that there is no link back to the mother ship. Then we wouldn't be dealing with this ban nonsense, too. But now that the freak-in-chief's son is involved with US drone-makers, we're...

The great thing about the MP and M2P is that they both can fly automated waypoint missions beyond the range of the transmitter-receiver link. Not that we would ever do that, of course.

Agreed. Leaf-off season is much better. Regarding forest stream flying, I do it often and it's difficult without goggles, or a 13" ipad w/hood. I end up using the Avata for a lot of this kind of work.

Thanks for your service as one of the unsung heroes protecting our national lands. God bless and I hope that retirement is all you've dreamed it to be.

Our military's future is now in the hands of idiots and grifters, so the taxpayers will get fleeced, the GIs will die, and the industrialists will get richer while we're being told the opposite by people who seem to lie almost with every spoken word. And the cultists next door will lap it up.

I have the RC 2 but if DJI does not come through with their promise of Goggles 3 compatibility, I will get the RC-N3 and run it with my 13" iPad.

In what universe is this true? Because it's not true on planet Earth. They are going to take away our airspace so that commercial drones can freely use it. It's all about the money, kids.

I'm not sure that the OA will detect hay or the finest tree branches...

OP, it matters not if your deer are on your land. State F&G laws apply to your land. Do you have a Captive Bred White-Tail Deer License? If so, you can check on your herd. If not, no joy. As an aside: I'm a forest ecologist with 30+ years experience in NY and New England and I manage 10,000...

Correct. It is unlawful under the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act "to at any time, by any means, or in any manor, to harass, pursue, hunt, take, capture, kill, or attempt to harass, pursue, hunt, take, capture, or kill any migratory bird protected under the Act, which includes all hawks, owls...

There is usually an instigating event that triggers NPS decision-making. I wonder what it was...