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Advice needed: buying a used Air2s

AdamBolonsky

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Could anyone pass along advice re. buying a used Air 2S?

- Does the used Air 2s need to be deactivated from the previous owner's account? What if if hasn't been?
- Is the aircraft warning system obtrusive? - I operate my drones forty miles away from Logan Airport in Boston but Logan flights regularly transit my area at very high altitudes. Also, where I fly is part of another high-altitude Coast Guard helicopter flight path. Will this cause me constant difficulty with an Air 2S?
- Finally, when I operate my drone in this area, will the Air 2S identifying system also cause me trouble?

FWIW, I have my part 107 and always stayed within regs when operating within this area. But I was using a Phantom or a Mavic Pro - neither of which, obviously, has any of the Air 2S's aircraft warning and identifier capabilities.

Thanks in advance for any and all answers!
 
The bigger challenge will likely be getting the permissions through DJI and LAANC to fly. As for the drone itself, I fly near a smaller airport and I do get cautionary warnings about aircraft nearby, but it doesn't interrupt the flight. If you stay within your legal altitudes and have the requisite permissions, you should be fine. I don't see it as a barrier. Others may feel differently.
 
Thanks, IFR. Obviously neither my Phantom nor my Mavic have the aircraft warning system. I was mostly concerned with being endlessly notified by an Air 2s of the presence of manned aircraft at too high an altitude for me to worry about. I operate as usual at less than 400'. Logan's transiting aircraft are at altitudes in the tens of thousands of feet. I'm mostly concerned with being distracted constantly be warnings.
 
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