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It's good of you to share that very well written reference on drone light painting. Thank you.

The renewal exam is a self-administered, self-paced online exam. It's much shorter and simpler than the initial Part 107 in-person proctored exam which is conducted with only limited resources.

Do we really believe that such a thing can carry a payload capable of sensing and transmitting any useful information or performing any practical task? Communicating with a controller? Perhaps it could carry a microgram of a lethal toxin and fly up an enemy's nose? It appears to be essentially...

The title is misleading. There's nothing to say that the drone has been confiscated, as the author states. He only knows that it's being held.

Ok. You've convinced me that I need to take my flak jacket and helmet next week when I go over to Louisiana to fly among the parish PD ack-ack installations. I'll be putting camo paint on all the drones, too.

Read between the lines, as in ignore the fact of the law and spread unfounded fear of imagined future events?

You've contradicted your own post and sensationalized what the law actually states. "... grants specially trained officers the authority to use both kinetic and non-kinetic methods to neutralize drones operating unlawfully near sensitive areas like schools and public events."

Not correct for the Mavic 2 Pro. See posts 4 and 5. If your car has a USB outlet and you have the appropriate cable, you can connect it to the USB C port on the drone and charge the battery, but it will be painfully slow. Most any AC USB charger could be used the same way. There's nothing...

With AI video tools available now, it's not too difficult to create fake videos. For instance, there are videos of infants speaking as adults while firing semi-automatic rifles and velociraptors crashing family picnics. And even if that one case is genuine, it hardly indicates a significant...

TikTok is full of fake videos.

The TikTok issue wasn't about popularity. Congress voted to ban TikTok. The Supreme Court upheld the measure. TikTok was shut down in the US. Trump, on his first day in office on January 20, 2025 signed an Executive Order to delay the ban for 90 days. He signed a third 90-day extension on June...

translate.google.com - not perfect, but pretty good. Learn your drone before using it and also all the necessary regulations. Your drone, in the sense of the law '' is an object that can be dangerous, so go with a friend at first and stop being afraid, instead have confidence in yourself.

A skeptic might ask, where were these supposed cases of mid-air motor mount melting reported?

How many of those sky-is-falling Youtube videos described actual fines that were levied? There are very few cases of large fines and they're all related to egregious violations of the regulations and almost all are related to multiple offenses. It seems that the FAA is remarkably lenient with...