Recent content by Jake Fortune

Pretty broad statement there. What other categories of people do you lump together? Sounds a lot like a prejudice and is unfounded.

The true purpose of the modern politician is to find new and exciting ways to pick your pocket. They haven't figured out how to drain you wallet while "allowing" you to fly a drone, but trust me ... it is coming.

You are not wrong.

I find it interesting that the same people who think it is an invasion of privacy to have a drone flying around have no problem setting up surveillance cameras with audio recordings.

Sounds like the intent is to ensure that for everyone but a drone pilot.

CATL, the largest Chinese lithium battery manufacturer in the world, obtained patent on sodium lithium batteries. That patent has yet to produce a single EV battery with the promised technology. There is a new "breakthrough" every week.

You can see what happened AFTER the fact. You CAN'T see in real time. You've convinced yourself you are safe and nothing any of us say will deter you. I wish you and the hapless pilots in your area the best of luck.

I wish it did, but cruise control doesn't give you a straight line of flight like course lock did. As you turn, the drone will fly away from the subject unless additional inputs are applied. It doesn't create the same, smooth shot that I got with course lock.

I won't be able to repeat the mission, because it never flew the mission. The flight was programmed to be slow and VLOS. It doesn't appear to matter if you "keep the sensors on" or not, because in waypoints they are on, as evidenced by my attempt to fly the vineyard in Sport mode and verifying...

I will make one last appeal to your better judgement. Flying BVLOS at an airport is simply asking for trouble. You can't SEE what is happening and don't KNOW if you are creating an issue. I am a pilot with 1200 hours in small aircraft. I fly at an uncontrolled airport and have seen some...

DJI had a feature called Course Lock in the Mavic Pro. Somewhere along the line it got taken out and is only available for Timelapse in the Mavic 3. I used this feature a lot and miss it, so very grateful for those who suggested cable cam. I'll be testing it out since I have the same need to...

I tried to fly a waypoint mission between rows of grape vines. The plan was to shoot several weeks apart to get a Timelapse. I couldn't set it up in normal, because the sensors kept telling me there were obstacles in the way, so I created the waypoints in Sport mode (sensors off). When I went...

I forget how useful a drone is for still photography. Thank you for the reminder and for sharing such a great photo!

Because of the way the shutters work, ND filters can reduce "rolling shutter" effect and give you more motion blur. ND filters also allow you to open the aperture up so you can put your subject in focus, while blurring the background.

I don't see how BlairAir made any "mistakes." He was flying in legal airspace, at a legal altitude, doing a legal activity. He was VLOS as he stated he was able to see his drone and the helicopter. He may have vapor locked, but he didn't spaz out and send his drone careening into the...