Recent content by jwilson

Yea. I fly my mini 3 pro with my DJI RC, so I don't have to keep pairing my RC-N1 with different drones.

I know about the concord crash. So you definitely would not want your drone going in a jet engine.

I did ride my ebike to the other side of the runway once. So I could do that. I'm not even considering this until I get back from my trip on January 5th.

Maybe the plane can't see a drone, but I can see the plane. Right? So I would only cross the runway when there are no planes coming. Does that make sense? I need to get across the runway to video the terrain on the other side of the runway. It would take about 5 seconds to cross the runway.

100% true. China, a communist country is pro buisness, and the US, a capitalist country is antibuisness. I do think we can get the raw materials. Plus America has a 15% total payroll tax for social security. Even American companies who sell drones have them built in China.

If you watch the video, you see Fareed Zakaria says the US might ban DJI drones by the end of the month on national security grounds. It's hard for American companies to match China's low cost of labor making small drones.

I'm not saying one size fit all. I would NEVER try to fly over airports like Heathrow, JFK, or LAX. But the small international airport by me, Clark, is a totally different can of worms. Maybe 4 flights an hour. I wouldn't even think of flying around the Manila airport.

I just watched this segment about drones on Fareed Zakaria on CNN. He said the main reason China is way ahead of the US in commercial drone use, is the US has too many drone regulations. He mentioned that we just relaxed the LOS rule a little. China is delivering packages, fertilizing fields...

This was around 1984 when their were no drones. Where I live I see small planes flying all the time, whom I think are well below 1,000 feet. I doubt a drone will ever take down a commercial aircraft.

I have to fly over the runway to video what's on the other side. Of course, I would be connected so I can look for aircraft. This isn't a very busy airport. There's a small plane airport right next to it. I've never seen a small plane land or take off at the international airport. Obviously DJI...

Why not? It's probably safer going over the runway than the approaches to the runway. Over the runway they're closer to ground level. At LAX there's a corridor between 2,500 feet and 5,000 feet where small planes can fly right over the runways. I did it. Also, the Mavic 3 pro warns you if their...

I update the Fly geozone database. They changed the colors. Red is now orange. Blue is now orange. Orange or brown, I forgot which, is now yellow. Good for me because I'm a mile from an airport that blocked me going west. Of course, I'd have to be real careful crossing the runway. Not a busy...

Got this email from DJI yesterday: Greetings from DJI Technical Support! We hope this email finds you well. Thank you for sharing your concerns with us. We completely understand your frustration and sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused, especially when preparing for important...

Sorry you lost all of your waypoint flights. That happened to me once. A lot of work down the drain!

I just got this email from DJI today.