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I wasn't arguing, regardless of your usage of that word. I didn't intend for discussing possibilities to make a flight safer in light of a definition to offend you. Even reading the federal register is not the easiest way to find the definition of participant. I'm not doubting you, but it's...

So much focus on overflying the wrong folks, I suspect waking out to the field, launching straight up, and letting the band do their thing would eliminate any persons on the ground being mistaken as a participant. Land straight down when they’re off.

If your subject is a marching band on a field and you’re imaging a -90 gimbal the entire time I would think those below are participating. And a clear path to move over the field would satisfy that. In this particular event there aren’t any courses of action other than a top down angle to...

I think with proper planning, approvals, insurance and such it's not that messy. Restrictive? yes. PITA? You bet. I also have it in the paper that a participation waiver needs to be signed by all those on the field. I was thinking of that earlier today too. Looking at the paraZero...

The band IS the participant that wants the imaging done. That doesn't constitute flying over someone in the sense of OOP as I read it. The security are a few cops that are at the gates, and those folks would qualify (although they wouldn't be near it) as a brief transit to or from. Of course...

I agree. With regard to 'close to OOP', that would depend solely on how brief any transitory overflights were. in this case there would be zero.

Now, I'm never one to kick a hornet's nest--been making a living as a professional aviator for 30 years. I understand policy and procedure as well as how FAA works. Knowing chapter and verse is paramount to survival. That said, was contact with the district even necessary? The venue...

It's an Air 2, and it may have come across poorly but I never indicated I was doing OOP. The 107.41 authorization was based on a lat/lon, max altitude, and a nautical mile radius of operation--because I didn't seek to overfly non-participants. I'm 9 months out from this--going through all the...

Good morning, I'm in the process of preparing for a few overflights to record the high school marching band's halftime routines as they prep for competition in the Fall. We're seeking two or three filmings. I have my FAA authorizations and developed a proposal paper that covers nearly...

Thanks everyone--good suggestions.

Thanks. I went back and read the flight data. there were MANY rows of -90.0. I missed it. But there were also 89.9's. Can you tell when the shutter was activated in order to lock in what gimbal setting was there?

Thanks.

It's on loan to me, and I believe you can change the sensitivity to effecuate a mono directional

but the physical sensor usage. is the left to right visible area the same on all three (4:3, 16:9, 3:2) and it's the vertical the is adjusted? Or, when in 3:2, does some of the horizontal get clipped?

oh I've got my FAA waiver and am working with the venue to get it all approved. there's no spectator overflight involved anyway.