Recent content by mojpoj

There are alternatives to the DJI App. I personally went that route. I live within 5 miles of an airport, so I got the NFZ warning first time I tried flying it. I had called the tower and let them know, they had no problems with it. Found out you have to provide ID to unlock the App within...

I do web programming, and putting the SSL private key out there, is like keeping your safe combo taped to the front of it. Using the SSL private key allows a person to decrypt the "conversation". The data that goes back and forth. When you hit HTTPS, the S means it's encrypted with a key...

I was just about to post this, you beat me by 30 minutes. :) Glad I never registered more than email address with these guys (DJI).

Wow, surprised it doesn't hurt the bird to whack into the props. An experimental drone tipped over once and hit my foot, shredded it up pretty good. That's one pretty tough bird!

One word... youtube. NPS has ticketed people for posting videos on youtube, not worth the risk. I'm saying the similarities between Newton and NPS are that they went "round about" to accomplish the same task, ban drones. Newton said drones couldn't fly below 400' without property owners...

Section 336 is from the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012. Passed in Jan of 2012, so likely written in 2011. How common was FPV in 2011? I think the intent behind (2) was with regard to model airPLANES and not drones as we know them today. Not to say we can ignore it, just that it...

The NPS is effectively regulating 15 million or so square miles of airspace from unmanned flight. They just went "round about" in doing so. I think any reasonable person can see that, no? Look up Singer Vs.City of Newton. The city tried a "round about" way of banning drones and a judge...

Yep, they completely DO NOT want drones in their personal space (parks). The Cliff Dwellings are the reason the Park Service manages it. It's better than Mesa Verde in my opinion. More intact and less visited due to the remote location. That memo 14-05 has a section at the bottom, that...

@tcope, I was clear about the parking lot being USFS land. (third sentence) That was the point, I was legal and following the letter of the law, and still got yelled at. You're playing semantics with "own" vs. "manage", you understood what I was saying. The NPS manages the land, sure, but not...

Funny also... last week I went to a local park that borders USFS land. At the gate was a sign in sharpie marker that said "no drones". I asked the guy manning the gate ($1 fee to get in) what city ordinance the sign was based on (knowing the city and state does NOT have any rules against...

Yep. Chatting with the ranger prior to flight, she was fairly new too. And the volunteer only knew what she was told. Got the discussion on the GoPro that was rolling when she walked up. She was pretty confused when I tried to explain the technical rule. I wasn't expecting to fly that...

I recently visited Gila National Monument (owned by the National Park Service) to see the Cliff Dwellings with my family. When we walked up to go into the Cliff Dwellings, I saw a US Forestry Service and a National Park Service sign, side by side. The ranger said the parking lot and everything...

The rule you are looking for in regards to National Parks is a bit more complicated... Director Jarvis issued a memo in 2014 that directed Park directors to put into their compendiums, verbiage that drones are not allowed to take off, land, or be operated from within park bounds. That was memo...

For a complete noob... AGL = Above Ground Level. That literally means, the distance between the ground and the aircraft at the aircraft's current position. Which in the US, for drones, can't exceed 400 feet. If you start flying away from the coast and up in the mountains (I'm at 5,000...