Recent content by il Padrone

As far as I am aware the rules by Parks Victoria prevent you OPERATING a drone from Parks Victoria managed lands. This includes many Conservation Reserves and Wildlife Sanctuaries as well as National Parks. You really need to check who the land manager is. "Operating' refers to launching...

Not sure why you would say that a light is not visible from 3,000ft (1 km) when the lights available that I have looked at make claims of 3km, or even 5km visible range. If I buy one I will see what it really is. But I do not even want to go out to 1km, much less 5kms. I just want to get better...

That is all that I need... to see where it is. I will use a long flash or even constant light if the strobe is inadequate. You may be misunderstanding my flying situations; I do NOT fly at night (illegal) so I can deal with obstacles either with the obstacle-avoidance sensors or visually by...

A bright light, placed underneath the drone, can greatly enhance VLOS, both in distance and when flying against any concealing background (eg. vegetation and valley walls if flown from a gorge). I have found the drone disappears to clear view, even at 400-600m range in broad daylight, and hence...

Where I live and fly, if there are any manned aircraft about, I am legally required to land the drone (if within 5.5km of any uncontrolled airport or heliport) as soon as I become aware of any aircraft, at any altitude. Flying at night is illegal so a light on top is kind of meaningless.

Just looked this up - $A28 from TomTop, a Chinese supplier. Free shipping to Australia.