Recent content by pftarch

My other mid life crisis (besides drones) is astronomy. An amateur astronomer that's seriously into photography will do exposures that could last for hours on a tracking mount. Fly ANYTHING, big or small with ANY light on it through their field of view and you will create a giant streak right...

And there’s more! I actually skimmed through the proposed bill and noticed the following: “SENSE OF CONGRESS-It is the sense of Congress that- (A) in order for landowners to have full enjoyment and use of their land, they must have exclusive control of the immediate reaches of airspace over...

Or, perhaps there is a potential silver lining here. If the FAA relinquishes authority under 200’, can a local government ban flight over PRIVATE property and under 200’? Can my town forbid me to fly my drone over my property under 200’? If it turns out that a Town/City/State can only ban...

That sucks for you folks, I hope that the damage wasn't too expensive. If they were actually "racing" I doubt that it was with sub 250g drones. Most people that race and do freestyle are doing it with 5" props and they are much heavier than 250g (exceeding 700g is not uncommon and a 5S battery...

When DJI came out with their FPV goggles I said they missed the mark and that the FPV community wouldn't accept them. I was VERY wrong. Now they're coming out with their own FPV drone and I, again, feel as though it is missing the mark for FPV flying, so, based on my past prediction history...

Just to be clear in my own mind: Peter M is asking a question on behalf of his friend Peter and I, Peter T responded with an answer. In the late 1980's I, Peter T, lived in an apartment in a high rise on the 15th floor. There was a restaurant developer named Peter T (same last initial...

The FPV creed = Fly, Crash, Repair, Repeat

I never even thought of that, but it sounds AWESOME. My 12 year old son is going to love this. (And I will do it outside in a safe spot.) Thanks again! Peter T

I have to take exception with this as follows: "not so expensive" Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha........ It doesn't seem that bad at first, but once you have worked your way up to $800 goggles, a $200 transmitter, a soldering station, numerous motors, props, frames, etc, and you have totaled your...

DJI makes 3 different goggles that I am aware of, DJI Goggles, DJI Goggles RE, and the DJI Digital FPV system. As I understand it you can control/access your DJI drone (Mavic, Mini, etc) with the Goggles and the Goggles RE and you will receive the drones video feed in the goggles. (This will be...

I have two issues with that report as follows: 1. It is a computer simulation. I understand that it is a reasonable, well thought out attempt to simulate actual conditions, but, there are so many variables that I don't accept it as guaranteed prediction of what will happen. (As an architect I...

My question is: Did he hit the center of the “H” or did he fail to toggle precision landing before he got out of the car? Peter T

Alrhough I am not willing to argue what a pilot can and can’t see, you’re onto something important. Why don’t commercial aircraft have visual recording devices? For very small money they could put three or four wide angle recording cameras on each craft. Information could be wirelessly sent to...

Well, the stabilizer is smaller than I thought it was. (And, if my math is right, a Phantom motor/prop/frame arm leading the impact and puncturing to the right, followed by the rest of it bumping/scraping/dragging to the left might very well be possible) In addition, even a Mavic with arms...

As much as I don't WANT it to be a drone, the scuff marks sure look like something hard dragged across the stabilizer. I agree that it doesn't look like a bird strike at all because of the lack of gore. I'm curious about the deep puncture to the right of the big scuff marks. Anyone here good at...