I have a cell tower about a mile away. Would it be legal to use it for "practice"? I don't have my Part 107 yet but I need to see how to do different things to narrow my field. All suggestions helpful. TIA
Is this legal?
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Yes its legal , and its really smart to practice like this,
Rather than just go up to the tower, try to get a clear picture of an actual cable that you need to scan the whole tower for.
Its tricky because your going to find that just circling is not enough you have to scan the entire tower for a job like that.
Recommend you do a Permiiter Check from the base of the tower on all side up first, within a safe distance about 20 ft
and than scan the video and segment to another flight where you zoom in on the section or point of interest.
If you can see the nuts and bolts clearly you did well as well as the code numbers on the parts for Reference.
Its a great learning experience as to why many use dedicated software for scanning an others use a more traditional way .
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Gear to fly your Drone in the Rain.
Rather than just go up to the tower, try to get a clear picture of an actual cable that you need to scan the whole tower for.
Its tricky because your going to find that just circling is not enough you have to scan the entire tower for a job like that.
Recommend you do a Permiiter Check from the base of the tower on all side up first, within a safe distance about 20 ft
and than scan the video and segment to another flight where you zoom in on the section or point of interest.
If you can see the nuts and bolts clearly you did well as well as the code numbers on the parts for Reference.
Its a great learning experience as to why many use dedicated software for scanning an others use a more traditional way .
Phantomrain.org
Gear to fly your Drone in the Rain.
There is a fence around the base area....don't need to be in there. Lol
