Recent content by JY-tek

I've worked in electronics design & manufacturing all my life and all PC boards are washed in a washing machine, much like a dishwasher after assembly. The flux used in the soldering process is water-soluble. So, there is nothing on the boards that clean water can hurt as long as you don't...

I fly in the wind quite often since we live in mountains. One thing to think about is that if you get in trouble with the wind taking away the drone, it isn't always good to hit RTH! In these mountains I have to keep RTH height pretty high to avoid the hills, so RTH could possibly take your...

I tried this one and it looks like it crops just fine, but I can't see how to save the cropped file to computer. I am just using the free version. Do I have to purchase it in order to save the changed video file??

Thanks, I'll take a serious look at both of them. Are the free??

I'm not sure it really exists, but just wondering if there is any video editing applications that can crop, and not cost (or not cost much). I don't do very much video so I don't want to spend much, or anything on software that won't be used hardly ever. But, right now I have a video that I...

This incident brings up something I have wondered for awhile. What would the authorities (FFA, etc.) do if I was flying perfectly legal, but only a couple of miles outside a no-fly area (airport, etc.) and the drone goes bezerk and tries to do a RTH or something else and ends up flying right...

I think I have finally reached the point that I am skeptical (don't believe) anything that I read or hear in published news. Everybody portrays information in a way that supports their purpose. I don't think there is anywhere to get unbiased news. Major news sources have turned into "news...

Just wondering if there has ever been any testing or studies to determine the damage a drone can cause to an airplane, small and large. What would the damage be if a drone hits a plane (or plane hits the drone)? I image the prop could take the hit without serious damage?? But what else could...

The 400 ft. rule is almost impossible to work in around my area. We live in heavy mountains, and I can fly a 400 ft for a very short distance, then hit a mountain. Yeah, I know I can fly up at that mountain, but then I'm way too high on the other side. Where I fly is so hilly that airplanes...

Ham Radio until my later years. Photography off and on. Been riding motorcycles for more than 45 years. Restricted to a trike now, but still ridin'. Woodworking in various forms. Used to do a lot of fishing, but not so much lately. Been playing banjo for the last 10 years of so, and...

Well, I'm 68 and been a biker (motorcycle) all my life (as well as design engineer). I've been retired for almost 14 years, and the thing that has been most revealing is that most of the retired people that I know haven't shown much sign of slowing down. Since retirement, I took up banjo...

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I'm very curious about the "police" thing.... Where are you located? Country, etc.? Why would police do that?? Since you mentioned that the police wanted money to let you go, I'm guessing that they were not following any type of proper protocol. Glad you got the drone back!

Only fences around schools around here are for the ball parks, to keep balls from rolling out in the creeks or roads. We do live in the country, and folks around here also tend to have a little more common sense.

Around our area the schools are very open for people to use as long as school it not in session. People regularly use the ball fields for practice, and lots of kids go to the playgrounds at the elementary schools. I've flown many times in the ball fields (with no one using the fields), and the...