Recent content by smurfslayer

What this thread illustrates, what the print and TV newsies have parroted shows is that at our base or core, we will only believe what we want to believe in various degrees. As an example, 2 of the frequent participants in this discussion have deeply held beliefs about whether or not a drone...

I’d agree with you, but ... well, there’s VA and DC who make it illegal to receive radar signals. So do i misunderstand; the drone connection to the cell phone is via wifi, an encrypted signal? I’m not aware of current as of ’18 law on this, but suffice it to say I checked my home state as...

It’s a law written by lawyers, for lawyers. (b) General Prohibitions. – Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person, entity, or State agency shall use an unmanned aircraft system to do any of the following: (1) Conduct surveillance of: A person or a dwelling occupied by a...

I’ve been hit with tropical storm remnants 2 vacations in a row now in NC beaches. Last year was 2 days of 35mph sustained winds. I have a MP bought refurbished. I was able to launch and hover in this and took it up to about 75 feet. You could see the aircraft struggling to maintain...

So you were flying a UAV, and for whatever reason decided to not pay attention to the aircraft, and check the text message... while the aircraft was still in the air? I’d suggest not doing this. what if the aircraft drops the connection, you’re checking a text and don’t know the connection...

As I said in the other thread, while the goal is at least on the surface, laudable Aeroscope intercepts encrypted wireless transmissions between 2 devices not owned by the auroscope user - presumably. beginning at ~3:40 into the video, they describe exactly that. in fact, I checked my state’s...

First, let me just say thank you, the Swiss truly understand the art of building roads. It’s been a few years since i’ve ridden Gotthards, but it is quite brilliant, like so many roads near Andermatt. Very colorful KTM too...

Generally, people are way, way too generous in their assumption of government authority only being used for good or, stated more accurately, ‘they won’t ever use it against me’. NPS is an exceedingly bad neighbor, and an even worse property manager. I’m not sure if they still do, but an...

I was kind of rooting for the dog :-) in all seriousness, it may be comical, but it isn’t conditioning the dog properly. Unless you want the dog to go nuclear when it sees a quad copter.

Based on DJI’s presentation, how is this not an unlawful interception of electronic communication?

Welcome to MP

FWIW - I took an explicit backup first; iPhone 7 on latest pre-11 IOS. Confirmed I could use Go 4 with the magic before tinkering. Did the backup, sync and update to 11.0.3 and retested. No problems observed. app and phone hooked right up and was able to fly. If you do have a problem and...

what pass is that? I’ve ridden a few Alps passes, and it is truly incredible.

keep up a the great work !

I really owe my interest in the drone hobby to some amiable drone flyers i met a few years ago flying the brand new at the time P2 visions. I was riding by on my motorcycle and spotted them in a park, and thought I’d seen a hawk or something. On the way back, I saw they were still there and I...