Recent content by Dave Pitman

Liability insurance based upon multiple vehicles / craft owned is a scam that has been perpetuated by the auto insurance industry for...ever. And now, folks don't question it ...much. Liability insurance should be a single rate based upon 1. The particular operator and 2. The most "dangerous"...

They specify "the number of drones in your fleet that you will operate within the policy period, including owned, leased, rented, or borrowed." They do not require any model or serial # information. Since they are only insuring the craft during operation, it really makes no sense. What would...

I would just continue with the 1-2 drone rate liability. I currently own a dozen drones right now. But when I show up on a job I typically have 2. One to use and 1 as a backup. Their meaning for specifying a "#" of drones is unclear and rather odd, IMO. When I show up, I will fly one, or...

"..do you do aerial photography service?" Right there, 99.9% scam. This is what I have done with similar interactions. Simply look up the property owner and ask them if they have any knowledge of this work just in case this is the 0.1 % legit request for proposal. The answer from the...

Up for sale is a lightly used Evo2 Ent. v.2 kit. No damage This craft was used as a backup to a Phantom 4 RTK in case DJI geo became an issue. Geo is currently removed so time for the backup to be sold. The drone maps great which was my use case. $2400.00 PayPal goods and services. (Buyer...

One of the ultra-rare instances where the superior solution is also magnitudes more affordable.

You are certainly free to do as you please. But 50 foot AGL for typical terrestrial mapping is way too low. Obstacles are not the reason that higher is better. If your primary goal is to catalog 2" tall vegetation, then maybe.

No idea. The seller is in Lithuania. So, even if legit, it will be an EU model. I don't know if you would have any airspace issues, but the charger plug is different. It may also get tangled up in the US Customs fiasco.

I heard about customs holding up the Air 3S. I did not hear that enterprise drones were held up as well?

There has been some leaks of a possible M4E type prototype. The fact that DJI hasn't refreshed the stock of M3Es kind of makes one think the M4E might not be that far out. Even if true though, who knows if DJI can get it into the country anytime soon with the political climate.

That's pretty wild. A part that literally has no connection to flight logic disrupting the whole system. We have to hope none of those engineers are working on manned aircraft systems. Imagine the poor Chinese astronaut having the secondary rocket booster fail to fire because the dome light...

Not true, Michael. DJI Mavic 3E: 4/3 CMOS, Effective pixels: 20 MP DJI Mavic 3T: 1/2-inch CMOS I think you could certainly map with the M3T, but it would be like using a Phantom 3 Pro technology wise. https://enterprise.dji.com/mavic-3-enterprise/specs

For sure. What one hears about the most tends to becomes their standard. It's the whole point of marketing.

From what I have read, the FAA basically wants to know how your flight will be as safe for manned aircraft, and people and property on the ground, as when you are flying VLOS. Holding a PP certificate will likely make no difference. However, it is fun to rent a plane and fly yourself around...

Absolutely. The idea that folks are paying for this is bizarre. Apparently, the iphone 16 continues to surveil it's surroundings even when it is "turned off"; crazy.