Recent content by retleo121

Well, from a noob drone pilot’s point of view, this VLOS/BVLOS topic is interesting. Believe me, I know what the CFR in the U.S. says about the VLOS requirement, as well as operating a drone over people and vehicles. I’m about 80% through Pilot Institute’s Part 107 training and plan on testing...

Awesome! Sounds much easier. Thank you!

I did switch subject scanning on at one point, but again ran into the low light issue. My work location is in restricted airspace, therefore I have been utilizing inside locations to practice my flying. Once the weather warms up a bit I will have more opportunities for outdoor flight. I tried...

It doesn’t! Once I got the box on me, it said the light was too low to use the feature. Thank you!

Thank you, a lot of very good information!

I'm still getting used to operating this drone. It's coming along, but unfortunately due to weather, most is occurring indoors in large buildings. One main issue I'm having is drawing the box for the Active Track features. When I touch the screen on my RC 2, the first thing that happens is...

Wow, lots of great advice. I have the TRUST cert and purchased the Part 107 training program from Pilot Institute. I will definitely be getting that as well. Look forward to pinging you folks if specific issues come up, and I've been viewing a lot of YouTube tutorials and tips and tricks...

Hello! Noob drone operator (won't call myself a "Pilot" quite yet!) here. As the name suggests, I survived nearly 25 years working in two states, retired, and am leading a much quieter life now. I was also a USN submariner and continued on to retire from the reserves as a CPO with 24 years...

Hello all, 2 week drone noob here. I feel that tacking on to this old thread is probably better than creating a new one. I see some folks in this thread posting somewhat similar experiences as I'm having. I'm just hoping that the feeling I'm having subsides with experience. I'm not a person...