Recent content by Macros1971

I'm in North LA County, Antelope Valley Area, and I've found a few local parks to fly in. The biggest trouble I have is, many of the parks locally have cell phone towers and I'm flying the Mavic Air, which is controlled by enhanced Wifi, so I'm very wary flying there. I'm thinking of going to...

My personal take is, you are on a beach. There is NO reasonable expectation of privacy. If you were to get within say 25 feet of someone, or to fly directly over a crowd of people at the beach, it might become a public safety issue, but one of the greatest attractions of drones is their ability...

If you had someone stake down a landing pad in the grass for you, you could fly there manually and then re-launch from the pad, I would think, to set the home point. Maybe give that a try. Obviously this adds a step each time you fly, but I know that it might be easier in the end.

That's a very real experience for many of us new drone owners and enthusiasts. I'm glad that you and your drone are ok :)

I just thought I'd say hi. I'm a new pilot and drone enthusiast. I've recently gotten back into photography and I'm exploring the avenue that drones open to photographers. I'm interested to see what others are doing and to share my limited knowledge. I'm looking to be a better pilot and to open...