Recent content by Webheadfred

As a retired ATC with Center and Terminal experience, this was interesting. I remember a dial line on position at the Military Liaison position labeled “UFO Hotline”. I thought it was a joke so I pushed it. It WAS the UFO Hotline. Good times! 😃✈️

I’m a retired Air Traffic Controller. I started out at Miami ARTCC and then West Palm Beach. In 2006, I transferred to Knoxville, TN as a supervisor / frontline manager. I actually was on several committees concerning drones and their usage. In 2009 I built several drones that could carry SLR...

Interesting read and I know I’m late to the game on this one. What if I’m flying under the direct authority of a licensed surveyor? He doesn’t have a part 107 license and I don’t have a surveyor license. I process the photos as the customer wishes, he certifies in whatever manner he’s required...

Thanks! They didn’t know I was there as I took off from the deck… climbed 200’ and flew out a little bit and there it was!

Took off from the deck and got a snap of the golf course. Nothing much but a pretty place. Cheers folks.

Greetings! Welcome to the family! 😃

I’m sure there are times that hand launching is your only choice, but why wouldn’t they simply take-off from the deck and at least see the drones’ reaction before this possibly happens. Oh well.

Greetings from North Georgia and West Central Florida! Have fun!

I did the same. Before I even powered up the Mavic 3 Classic, I powered the RC-pro and logged in to DJI. I did all the firmware updates it required and then powered on the Mavic. The drone required updates as did all the batteries. It flew fine. Good luck. Fly safe.

Perfectly normal. When I built my first drone, there was no position hold, no return-to-home, no gps, nothing. I had never flown anything R/C ever. I literally had to stand behind the drone so it faced away from me and all the stick movements translated into drone movement. A big open field...

Well done! 😃

Good morning! I’m flying my Mavic 3 Classic most of the time now. I do take out the Phantom 4 Pro once in a while but I have to keep an old IPad available to fly it with non-updated software and firmware. My home builds still fly but I haven’t in over a year. They do take some skill on the...

Good morning all, I’ve been building and flying drones for about 15 years. I built my first drone from Home Depot towel rods and a custom cut plastic frame using a Hoverfly Pro controller and Hacker motors. My second and subsequent drones were variations of an X8, Octo, Hex, Y-6 all with the...