Recent content by STKNRUD

Want to bet Amazon gets into the pharmaceutical distribution service? All places that have helipads or parking lots. That is a very large business business that parallels Amazon‘s warehouse and distribution service. I am sure FedEx is looking at that as medical deliveries are very large for...

I’ve known that for years. Did a brief tour in airline security. The procedure they use to test checkpoints during each shift is a farce.

No debate that these kinds of installations need some form of defense. But everyone on this forum and those wanting to do significant harm, can think of hundreds of ways to do it. It’s like plugging holes in a dam, there is no end to it. Physical bombs, chemicals, poison, viruses, cyber. And...

No one comments on the vulnerability of your desktop/laptop using Assistant2. But then why would any reasonable person be suspicious of DJI?

This is easy. Don’t get one. You won’t enjoy flying it based on your concerns. All the posts here to the contrary, isn’t going to change who you are. If you don’t think you will fly it because you will have to go somewhere else to fly it and that makes it too much of a hassle, don’t get one...

The lenses for the reg and racing goggles are pos corrections for reading glasses....+2, +2.5, +3.0, etc. All the lenses for the FPV goggles are for nearsighted people that need help with distant vision. The DJI lenses are -8.0, -6.0, -4.0, -2.0. It seems everyone has a different reaction to...

A new twist...the DJI corrective lenses for the regular and racing edition are only for those that use reading glasses. The lenses for the new DJI Digital FPV googles are only for those that need distant vision glasses. The lenses are different shapes and presumably not interchangeable. In...

I don’t think that is the right question you should be asking yourself. You have reservations about the future a couple years down the road. If you aren’t “hot” to fly drones, why? If your answer is because of the current regs, don’t buy. And that is a valid reason. I have lost a lot of...

Not of the “drone”. But of the recreational drone flyer...yes. Places to fly, regulations and cost will diminish significantly the pure recreational flying much as those same things did to general aviation recreational flying. If it costs a lot, requires licensing and is abusively regulated...

If it’s true, it is economic; not political. Maybe moving it to Mexico. I don’t know. China is moving a lot of their manufacturing to outside China for the same reasons US did. Their wages and costs have been dramatically on the rise in recent years. Vietnam is becoming to China what China...

I haven’t flown my drones in months. I had always complied with the rules but frankly, it just isn’t fun anymore. But as soon as MS Flight Sim is released, I’ll be able buzz the FAA HQ at 10 ft in an F16. Oh joy!

Because they can’t think outside of their box of manned aircraft. Look at the PRM that requires model planes (not FPV) flown from fixed sites to have ID systems and pilot licenses. Four reported fatalities in 60 years (only one a spectator) and suddenly the pilots must be “qualified”? Only...

The attitude displayed by the police only exists, as in any business or organization, with the consent or even encouragement of those at the top. Show me any group that disrespects their customers or the public in general, and i will show you an owner/manager that fosters that behavior.

It was the Russians trying to create havoc among users of our airspace.

Incredible! To think that just five years ago the Phantom 1 was the “future”. What do you suppose we will be comparing and commenting on in 2025?