Recent content by MS Coast

Looks right to me, with one exception in item 2. There's no absolute altitude cap, just 400' above the top of the structure. So, you could climb to 1400' AGL over a 1000' AGL structure. On added requirement - Part 107 pilots flying above 400' AGL over structures are required to remain within...

It it's in a sealed box, it's not been bound.

I agree completely, as I suspect essentially all responsible drone operators do.

Yes, certainly. But, how might the FCC block international file transfers from taking place over the Internet?

How many of those 15 involved a bird contacting the drone?

Didn't the first warning appear at 4 seconds? Did the drone then climb to 80+ feet without control inputs?

Were there not on-screen messages about that battery state of charge?

I can offer another anecdotal data point of equally questionable value. I've flown a dozen drones over the last several years and I've never had a bird contact my drone or threaten it, despite flying frequently in the presence of bird species ranging from curious hummingbirds and swallows to...

I understood that those markings on the front of the turbine shaft were to make it more visually obvious to ground crews that the engine was in operation. In flight, it's unlikely that the addition of that relatively tiny decoration would make the relatively enormous aircraft more visible to a...

One option is Velcro mounting on the rear of the battery, adjacent to the charge status lights.

This just may be the worst AI-generated text I've seen. I'd steer well clear of whatever website delivered this. Install loudspeakers or sirens on a drone? Repel birds with the active ingredient in pepper spray? (Wear gloves and a respirator when handling your drone.) Irregular shaped...

Broaden the question to "Has anyone had ANY drone weighed by a law enforcement officer or other official?" and I'll bet that the answer is still, "No."

In the past, I've posted photos of birds perched on highway signs with highly reflective surfaces and other shiny things. I just did a brief search for examples and ran across several references to the fact that some birds (crows, ravens, magpies, jays, and others) are attracted to shiny...

Both of the first two shots were apparently at dusk in low light conditions - f5.6:1 sec and f2.8:1/2.5 sec and still underexposed. The third had better available light, at f5:1/240. The sharpness of the third is a result of the higher shutter speed.

When I was flying gliders in Tennessee and north Georgia, I often shared thermals with hawks, and once with an immature Bald Eagle. Those encounters were among the best moments of my time in gliders. We were always on the lookout of soaring hawks to locate thermals. They're the pros and we...