When you travel don't make a big deal about the drone, or draw any attention to the drone, just put it in your carry on luggage. Make sure you cover the battery terminals with tape. I have traveled extensively with my M2 Pro domestically. Did you check to see if there are any restrictions for the drone in Mexico?
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We went during the off-season, right before or after spring break, so often, many of the places we went, we'd have the entire place to ourselves!
It's a nice place...lots of changes since the first time I was there in the early 60's. For one thing, Then there was a federal prison just above town and they let the prisoners out during the day to work. There were no roads. It's not nearly as much fun to fly to Baja these days as there are only a few places to buy aviation fuel and many small airports have been closed at the insistence of the US gov. we've made several flights down lately in the trusty Cessna 172. The Lyc. O320 runs just fine on auto fuel but like the drone..you never are really sure that someone won't object.
Do I recall correctly that you can get an STC for the engine to run auto gas but it's just a set of placards and no actual mechanical modification? That always seemed pretty funny to me.It's a nice place...lots of changes since the first time I was there in the early 60's. For one thing, Then there was a federal prison just above town and they let the prisoners out during the day to work. There were no roads. It's not nearly as much fun to fly to Baja these days as there are only a few places to buy aviation fuel and many small airports have been closed at the insistence of the US gov. we've made several flights down lately in the trusty Cessna 172. The Lyc. O320 runs just fine on auto fuel but like the drone..you never are really sure that someone won't object. View attachment 85906
Nice picture by the way...thanks for posting it. You always meet the nicest people in Baja
It's a nice place...lots of changes since the first time I was there in the early 60's. For one thing, Then there was a federal prison just above town and they let the prisoners out during the day to work. There were no roads. It's not nearly as much fun to fly to Baja these days as there are only a few places to buy aviation fuel and many small airports have been closed at the insistence of the US gov. we've made several flights down lately in the trusty Cessna 172. The Lyc. O320 runs just fine on auto fuel but like the drone..you never are really sure that someone won't object. View attachment 85906
Nice picture by the way...thanks for posting it. You always meet the nicest people in Baja
Well you're celebrity's..That is really interesting. Yeah..it's a great place...I hope to get down again too...
Yes..there is a STC...I think it concerns fuel lines, O-rings..I'm pretty sure most of the lower HP engines qualify. I've thought about using auto fuel in the U.S. but Ethanol is not a good idea..Alcohol has an affinity for water and that scares me especially when there is good AV gas available. The PEMIX stations in Mexico have a grade they call magnum and it's supposed to be 91 octane. I've tried to always save our 100 low lead for Take-off and Landing and use the other in cruise, but really I don't think it makes much difference...It's always run pretty smooth. There are just no fuel stops in Baja..they used to have a big tank on the top of the hill at the end of the runway at Mulege but thats been gone for a long time. On that last flight we hopped over to Guaymas on the mainland for fuel...80 miles across the Sea of Cortez..Single engine planes go into automatic rough when you do that.
