Recent content by jeffcutler

SOLVED - MAYBE: This morning I was flying recreationally because there was some fog around. I thought my town, uncontrolled where I was flying, would look great with a ring of fog nearby. At one point while ascending, I went through a puff of cloud/fog/moisture. AND THEN the MA2 wouldn't...

Never said I flew above 400, just said I'd be breathing easier. Mostly because I don't laser focus on my altitude during my real estate work. I get up to a good visual level and then stay there except to avoid obstacles. In 200 missions, I can count on one finger the times I've been above...

OMIGOD YES. I read this entire thread and nobody stopped at the ONE MILE AWAY. If you're one mile away from your drone and the only way you can see your drone's relation to that other aircraft is your tiny screen in your hands, go take a drone course and take the TRUST test. You wouldn't have...

OP wasn't asked, he just offered it up to the cop, right? Best response was, "Hi officer, was I disturbing anyone?"

Same with my iPhone 8. I THINK I solved some of this issue as it was killing me on days when I had multiple missions. *I'm also flying the Air 2. I found that as the video and stuff caches on the phone, it slows down the operation and fills up the memory. As that happens, the phone heats up more...

I think I love this. And I fear I may have already been doing this inadvertently for almost four years now as a part 107 holder. I have (since 2017) planned my launch site for missions on the highest area within a comfortable VLOS range. Then I would go to that point and launch from there...

Kudos for the explanations. Solid and clear. BTW - took my recurrent online and got 100. I now carry both my hard card (to show authorities who are not FAA) and the printed recurrent cert to show FAA people). J

Welcome to the forum. Lots of models for lots of different things. I have used as low as a P3Standard to do REALTORs' work, also the original Air and now the Air 2. The photos for MLS don't have to be great, so the sensor isn't an issue. The real trick is to get your clients to buy VIDEO clips...

TODAY I ran into this. Flew mission number 1 at 9:30 or so, got great images, showed the REALTOR images on my phone. All the while THINKING that the images on the phone have no connection to the drone. WRONGO moosebreath (this is addressed at ME and my stupidity). IF YOU DELETE FILES TO MAKE...

Yes. What would you like to know?

If a pilot had received a automated air space authorization prior to the current LAANC outage, could they still fly in that space? I’m asking because I have a real estate house that is well within in Airport’s air space and his limited to 100 feet. I received authorization to fly there prior to...

I don't have anything to compare it to and trust you guys more than YouTube. I really have had only one time that battery life was an issue...though I do have three batteries. I asked because I was about to buy another battery for it ($80) and thought, that's $80 I could put toward a new craft...

That's something big. I thought OA was the same across the line - DEAD STOP when you get to something squarely in the way. How often do you use that?

Also, I didn't think camera was different. Thought it was same sensor, but new firmware to do the 48MP images.

Flight time is the biggest reason. If you're flying 107, who cares if you're noisy? House isn't going to run away on a real estate shoot. Film stuff is usually overdubbed. But yes, I could definitely be really happy with another 12-15 minutes. Thanks! J