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    Who do you use for insurance against fly aways and crashes?

    Skywatch.ai is great because you can buy by the hour, day, or year. I think I pay $8/hr, and drone replacement coverage is like $10 more, but depends on the drone, a mini wouldn't be nearly as much as a P4P. It is more specific for business I think, but I use them. State Farm seems to be great...
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    Property Owner Permission To Fly Form......??

    OK, the Beyond program is ONLY for BLVOS? In that case does this only apply to BVLOS operations? It appears that way to me. So this doesn't apply to VLOS and normal operations?
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    Property Owner Permission To Fly Form......??

    Isn't this exactly what we do not want, and by we, I mean the FAA as well? Having a mismatch of regulations, if local gov units can set their own, you could have one county/township say yes, you can take off, and 1 street over it's a hard no? Exclusions from state parks is normal, but any...
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    Can you guys help an old guy

    I do orthomosaic maps all of the time. One I did was 318 NADIR images (exactly vertical) of my 22 acre property. The image files at a decent resolution can get pretty big, but combined and/or stitched shots are what they sound like. Multiple overlapping frames that are combined into a normally...
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    Too nervous to fly

    My bad on needing the part 107 or not, and seems you are correct. I got my 107 before I had more than 5 daytime flights under my belt, so just went with the rules on that for the last couple years. Not everything makes sense with the FAA, like why limit a 107 from flying at night and not a rec...
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    Too nervous to fly

    I am pretty sure night flights are a Part 107 thing. It's really not that hard, and you can get all of the info for free on YT. It's a $150 test. Renewals are free after that. But assuming that all of those night flights are part 107... Well the truth is a lot of YT flights are illegal. I can...
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    What would happen to a RID signal if your drone has RID but then you Attach a 2nd RID transmitter to it?

    I doubt the FAA would spend much time, IMO on reports like that. As you said, you can download it as a CSV, which opens in Excel, and you can edit and put in all the fake data you wanted before sending it to the FAA. Fake locations, change the ID transmitted, dates, times, all of that could be...
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    WHY do people call it 'MISSIONS'???

    Drones are considered aircraft in the US by the FAA. I know this site is more on the hobby side, but every job I do under 107 is classified as a mission, as all flights are missions to the FAA. Since any commercial job is a mission, it is easier to use the terms the FAA uses, which give the...
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    What would you do?

    Does the packing slip say Mini? Or does it say Mavic 3? I concur with everyone else. You ordered a drone, paid for it, and received a drone. You informed them of a mistake, but you have now been out the $1400 for 4 months, unable to use the money. They are putting you out by not returning it. I...
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    Remote ID function for FAA

    I think you misunderstood what I was saying I could spoof. I can spoof the data going to ADSBExchange, FlightAware, etc. So the public websites that track planes will probably track drones at some point, I.E. RIDExchange/Droneaware, but the gov't won't be able to use that for enforcement because...
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    Remote ID function for FAA

    I highly doubt that it would be actionable, as there is no chain of custody. I totally agree that there will be some ADSBExchange type sites that run completely off of sent in data, but DAs won't be able to do anything with it, it is too easy to spoof and will only be informational. I could...
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    Wrong AGL reported with 2.04.2500?

    Maybe the homepoint updated after takeoff? Ive had this happen before, where I turned on, lifted off, and then it updated home point after I was 10' in the air and reported as 0'. Not normal, but maybe this had something to do with it?
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    Just curious, can THIS trick Aeroscope?

    I've read that the FAA rule requires that the GPS location of the console be accurate within 15' of true location. I am not positive as I can't quote the section in the FAA rules, but if using a fake GPS app, you would actually be in violation of that rule and subject to penalty if it wasn't...
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    Monetization of Social Media Accounts

    Well, you said you weren't one to "roll the dice". Why not ask the FAA directly instead of a bunch of drone users that really are just going to argue over semantics. Gaining followers is gaining good will. Ask the FAA, if you ask them, "Can I post videos to YoutTube or other social Media, with...
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    Monetization of Social Media Accounts

    Unless your INTENT of the flight was to GENERATE FOLLOWERS by POSTING to YT which is generating good will. Since the person here is saying that is the intent, and it is for people he doesn't even personally know, then that is 107.