Flying over I-75 on thanksgiving ...... i am looking for feedback this my 3rd flight

[vette19862000]

I’m sure you always drive that Corvette of yours right at the speed limit with both hands on the wheel, with your cellphone turned off.

I must be doing pretty good never got a speeding ticket in over 35 years of driving, no accidents either. lol

 

[Wipster]

What was I suppose to enjoy?

 

[snoopdrone]

Wipster if u didnt see anything to enjoy why wasted ur time making a comment? [emoji848] if you have no feedback or suggestion dont waste my time and the other pilots time. Enjoy ur saturday!

 

[Jaysjob]

I’ll give it a shot.
1. I’d say don’t try to do too many actions at once. If it’s a fly over, do that without panning or adjusting the camera.
2. Slow down. Everything seems to look better in drone footage if you go slower rather than faster. Not always, but most of the time.
3. Don’t get caught up in minutiae of the comments. I understand wanting feedback just remember you open the door for people to take shots at you. And they will. Always.
Lastly, practice practice practice. It’s how you get to Carnagie hall and how you get better at flying and photography. I use every flight to build on what I learned last flight.
Be safe. Have fun.

 

[snoopdrone]

I’ll give it a shot.
1. I’d say don’t try to do too many actions at once. If it’s a fly over, do that without panning or adjusting the camera.
2. Slow down. Everything seems to look better in drone footage if you go slower rather than faster. Not always, but most of the time.
3. Don’t get caught up in minutiae of the comments. I understand wanting feedback just remember you open the door for people to take shots at you. And they will. Always.
Lastly, practice practice practice. It’s how you get to Carnagie hall and how you get better at flying and photography. I use every flight to build on what I learned last flight.
Be safe. Have fun.

Thx for your feedback, thats what i am talking about if you going to say something good or bad i am good with it thts why i am here for to learn and as much input i could get.

 

[Donnie Frank]

So tell us what would you have done if it crashed on the highway and killed someone? its pilots like this that cause all kinds of issues for the rest of us. Heres your feed back ,return your drone where you bought it.

I can't believe you got phished in so easily. "FAA Troll bait" at it's best. Caught 'em. Cleaned 'em. Cooked 'em. I was wondering who was going to be the first to fall for this.

Next up...

"Hey everyone....this is my second flight over a crowded soccer game. Tell me what you think!!"

LOL.....

 

[vette19862000]

I can't believe you got phished in so easily. "FAA Troll bait" at it's best. Caught 'em. Cleaned 'em. Cooked 'em. I was wondering who was going to be the first to fall for this.

Next up...

"Hey everyone....this is my second flight over a crowded soccer game. Tell me what you think!!"

LOL.....

Do you have a point? Because I don't see it.... Phishing is a method of trying to gather personal information using deceptive e-mails and websites. Here's what you need to know about this venerable, but increasingly sophisticated, form of cyber attack..

 

[dekip]

In the beginning I didn't care much for every single one of the rules. You see somewhere you think might be neat to fly over, or what you think is going to be the perfect shot, and all the rules go out the window. All those guys you see trying to film landing planes at the end of the runway, they aren't thinking about or may not even know all the rules. In their mind they aren't hurting anyone and they are getting some of the greatest video in the world that no one else can get. Or so they think. I admit it, I pushed the limits and went across the line a few times but not filming other aircraft at the end of a runway. I still do from time to time push the envelope, but I don't do it without doing a risk assessment and looking at what the law and other rules say, and then looking at what the real risk number is. So in the beginning I too might have hovered over a highway, maybe not one quite as busy, but that isn't to say I haven't flown over/across roads now, I just don't hover over them. If I need to cross one I do it quickly and try not to do it over stopped traffic or I try to do it when no cars are coming, the ole look both ways before you cross. So my suggestion to snoopdrone would be that in the future think about how you could have gotten that same shot without hovering right over the road. Maybe you could have hovered just off the edge of the roadway and tilted your gimbal a little forward instead of straight down. Also think about maybe not quite as high. You might want the way up there as an establishing shot, but honestly sometimes up close and personal is way more interesting. Just because we can fly high doesn't mean we always should. In the case of flying over highways if suddenly your bird loses power and you are at 400 feet, you have no idea what so ever where it is going to hit the ground where as if you are 100 feet or less you can calculate better where it might fall in a failure and then let that knowledge help you assess the risk before you fly over, under or through something. So instead of hovering 400 feet straight over the highway, you might mitigate the risk a little better by being 100 feet over the median, or the shoulder of the road to get that long look down the straightaway. Just some thoughts on how to improve and be a little safer. But the answer is NOT to box your bird up and send it back or tuck tail and run, the answer is to learn, like we all should be continuing to do, and for the most part there are some great people on this forum that aren't judgemental and are willing to give you some good sound advise rather than just criticize. Here endith the lesson.

Maybe the best post I have ever seen at this forum

 

[ElPocho]

Overexposed. Subject matter is meh. I'd never fly over a highway, but that's me.

 

[HoozierDroneDaddy]

Perhaps the message was delivered wrong but this video does reflect a rapidly growing perception that many drone operators don't care about public safety.

I realize that the odds of a drone falling on the interstate are very low; but, wait for the first TV station to run this video with the caption “drone operator blatantly violates FAA rules not just passing over a major highway, but hovering above it!” The follow up will be that we need even more drone controls.

The “I don't give a ****” attitude is pervasive across the forums.

Tonight on NBC news they discussed the danger drones pose to commercial aviation, again due to the stupidity of just a few of us. Whether it's true or false the perception continues to grow that we're dangerous to public safety and privacy.

Another forum topic complains about the 9 question quiz that DJI has imposed on us. Maybe they’re trying to protect themselves from law suits, but may they’re trying to protect us from ourselves and preserve drone flying as a hobby.

Yet, other forum topics cover how to hack software so we can illegally fly in no fly zones, like it’s our right.

I'll just skip,the forum topic on altitude records as I’m sure all the U.S. participants have FAA waivers to fly above 400 ft. (I know, you say that only applies to licensed pilots, not hobbyists.

I’m sure I’ll get many negative responses about this rant. But drones are not guns. And we have neither the constitution nor the NRA to back us up.

It will be a sad day if recreational droning is outlawed for all of us because of the ignorance of just a few of us.

To “snoopdrone” please don't hover over interstate highways as it’s against FAA regulations.

Enough said.

The OPS own admission he was having control issues due to towers in the area, which increase the risk of him losing control and a potential freeway accident. Additionally, one of the reasons for No Flying over busy highways/traffic is that the drone distracts drivers on the highway and causes them to get in an accident. Just for further education of the OP

 

[snoopdrone]

i am looking into getting a set of ND

 

[scgene31]

You really want feedback on hovering over a busy interstate?

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