Recent content by kcabpilot

I believe it’s like self driving cars, there are those who believe it’s right around the corner but is it gonna be any better than the spellcheckers we have now? Because if it’s only that good it’s got a long, long way to go and if they can’t figure out how to stop a spellchecker from changing a...

Whatever they end up doing with drones I don’t think it will involve ADS-B

I’ll say it again, when you read that statement from the Commercial Drone Alliance about this emerging “billion dollar” industry delivering Chia Pets with drones I have to bite my tongue. These guys have no clue what they’re in for, the public ain’t gonna like it and when the public don’t like...

I doubt there are enough active drones at any one time to saturate the system but I just put the cheapest ADS-B-out system available in my airplane and it was about three times the cost of a Mavic - just for parts and that's the add-on I had to already have a mode C transponder.

Somewhat unrealistic to expect to have the entire national airspace below 500 feet be given to hobbyists with toy airplanes. There is already a VLOS rule for UAV's that, as mentioned above, is doubtfully being followed. I know I can barely, if at all, see my dark grey Mavic Pro with unaided...

This is just my opinion but based on the public opinion of drones in general I have a feeling that this whole idea of filling the sky with commercial package delivery drones is destined to be an abject failure. People are simply not going to put up with these contraptions constantly flying over...

When mine crashed it pretty much did the same thing. I had to get a new gimbal. When I turn the old one by hand I can feel a snag that binds it up. Try doing that, I’ve heard that sometimes rotating it by hand (with power off) can clear out the snag. Didn’t work for me though.

Are you always second guessing yourself like this? You made a decision, stick with it and make it work.

ADS-B will only be required for flight in controlled airspace or within the 30 mile Mode-C circle around major Int airports - same places a transponder is now required. The vast majority of NAS under 18,000 feet is uncontrolled.

That's true, including myself and I've been a pilot using these charts for over 40 years, I had to pull out the book and do a little digging to figure it out. As an interesting side note: virtually nobody uses these charts anymore, we all have our iPads or Garmins but when the electronic tech...

It's a typical trick FAA question that is more riddle than knowledge assessment. These types of questions are sprinkled through all of their tests just to make it near impossible to get a 100% score. So, as noted, it's not necessary to get it because all you need is 70%. In this question they...

It’s a tricky question that has to do with MEF (Maximum Elevation Figure) which is the bold blue number in the quadrant. In this case it is 28 for 2800 feet. The MEF is calculated in one of two ways depending on whether the highest point is natural or man made. Long story short, if it is natural...

A-hole or not that was one cool *** graphic presentation.

I don’t think it’s nests, I think it’s territory. If they are up there they are hunting it seems every time I fly on the mountain or hillside, especially windward side they come after the Mavic. I’ve been hit a few times as well but only by the bigger ones. The smaller ones do threatening moves...

Mine got attacked by a Hawk on a Litchi waypoint mission. I only knew it after the mission when I watched the video and I could see three hits and upsets but the Mavic was able to recover and continue. It wasn't until it reached the end waypoint and turned around that I could see the Hawk...