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Thanks for the info @Repaid1! I was thinking it must have been shot down if it hadn't been approved by now, but knowing how much things have slowed down to to Covid, it's not surprising. What seems surprising is the lack of chatter about it on these forums, or am I missing something? Any...

Since I'm still relatively new to the drone industry, I'm just now finding out about the FAA's early 2019 proposal (Docket #FAA-2018-1087) that was intended to allow drone flights at night and over people, with conditions of course. Comments were to be submitted by April 15th of last year. Can...

Thanks, @halifax, good advice there. I'll keep that in mind when I get out in the woods again. For now, I'm focusing on getting my Mini registered and myself licensed!

Thanks very much for your reply, @BigAl07. My apologies for not going through the forum and reviewing previous threads on this subject. As much as I would like to meet you and discuss the semantics of "for profit" and "used for commercial purposes", I don't think that I would enjoy doing it in...

Hello again, @BigAl07, @Meta4, @KB4MTO, and @Kyle76. Your comments regarding Part 107 got me looking into the term "used for commercial purposes". I am definitely NOT trying to start an argument here, but so far, I haven't been able to find anything in federal definitions of the term...

Thanks SkyeHigh and others, lots of good advice from you all, but yours might be the best. I will break things down so that each mission is only about 10-20 acres each. That should keep me in contact with Miss Mini!

Thanks Big Al, but as I mentioned, it's just a mini, so I don't think I need Part 107. I am using it for work, but we don't advertise it as a service and won't be charging for its use. It just me, using it to hopefully save some legwork! I'll check into the NC licensing just to be on the safe...

More apologies for not answering you second question. It looks pretty thick, but they're just tall pines, probably on the order of 50-60 feet. Hopefully the blockage won't be too bad.

Thanks for the advice, Malcx. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a high spot in the area, unless I do some tree climbing! I will be starting all of my mini-missions from open areas. The trees are mostly tall pines, so hopefully the cover won't be quite as thick as hardwood trees would be...

Thanks for the welcome, apologies for not making it clearer, it's a Mavic Mini.

Hi all, I'm prepping for my first big project, a site inspection/video flyover on 275 acres of fairly flat, wooded property in coastal North Carolina. I'm using DroneLink to set up map-style missions, breaking the site up into 35 to 70-acre chunks in order to complete each ~15 minute mission...