Recent content by MAVICPILOT13

Would it surprise you to know that pedestrians that have the right of way can still be found responsible? What about rear ending the car in front of you? Always your fault, right??? Nope If you are saying that a manned aircraft has ZERO responsibility to avoid a UAV operating below 400’...

If a manned aircraft hits me below 400’ I’ll take my chances, as “right of way” implies I have the ability to yield. The assumption that a drone that only has a few yards of obstacle avoidance can be responsible for avoiding something traveling at ten times the speed (or more), below 400’ and...

If I’m obeying the rules and a manned aircraft that is much faster and bigger than my mavic smacks into me at below 400’, how would that be my fault? Don’t other aircraft pilots have any responsibilities when they’re 5 miles out of an airport and flying under 400’, or could they just go around...

Right, but what Class E is it? What’s confusing me is determining if I can fly in it, as long as I’m below 700 (of course) or if its the variety of E that goes to surface. Kittyhawk (the only one that identifies the block) doesn’t specify. The KLUF issue is ANOTHER conflict of the apps. I’ll...

Right, but what Class E is it? What’s confusing me is determining if I can fly in it, as long as I’m below 700 (of course) or if its the variety of E that goes to surface. Kittyhawk (the only one that identifies the block) doesn’t specify. The KLUF issue is ANOTHER conflict of the apps. I’ll...

Always recreational, always under 400ft

Ok so I am now getting a "Class E" warning on the DJI app when I try to fly in an area I have flown in before. I use both Kittyhawk and Airmap and neither indicate an issue (beyond a helipad (house) that has a full VM box). I understand the concepts of Class E (1200/700/Surface) but even if...

Yeah that clearly sounds like everyone else's fault. DJI, the media, Generation Y... I'd say if anything, you need to work on your blame game. Remember: if something bad happens, it's always someone else's fault. You'll be a mavicpilots forum pro in no time :p Sorry to hear about your...

I received an email today from the Sultan of Dubai! It turns out that I had a relative that recently died (that I was unaware of), and I inherited a LOT of money (so go me!). All I have to do is WesternUnion $10,000 to a tax clearance agent in Nigeria (because evidently they are involved in...

Am I in the minority saying I tremendously prefer the Mavic Pro coloration over the Platinum? I'm the type of enthusiast that would buy on color, but the Platinum coloration just looks like a really faded and washed out Mavic Pro. I dunno, and I haven't seen anything but the videos (so not in...

If, hypothetically of course, I broke the rule for LoS, how would anyone prove that? It's MY line of sight. Not the FAA, not the ticketing officer, not Robocop... MINE. If push ever came to shove (and I'm not sure it EVER has), I would feel supremely confident in maintaining that on that...

Yeah... give the control of a "*expletive* *expletive*" drone to a cranky neighbor. What could go wrong!?! As always, if someone approaches me in a polite and non-threatening way, we can discuss drones and their privacy right all they want. If not, I can be rather "convincing" too... And...

My son made a good point: If DJI had releas Imagine the hype if they had released the colors in the opposite order. I would have still not found the "upgrade" worth the $$$, but it would have made me want to look into swapping shells. The "platinum" color just isn't as cool. I'd tag that...

As in someone stupid enough to commit a felony while someone exercises their legal right to operate a drone in public airspace (even if that public airspace happens to be 200ft above their cow... or their farm animals ;)). If you want to shoot at my drone: you're stupid... period. And I will...

I hope you also shouted "internal bleeding!" as that would have caused her to drop the call right quick...