Recent content by Enorda

I have the Anker 757. While a lot more expensive, it was used a lot when I was flying the M30. It has enough power to recharge batteries in the case, keep my remote charged, keep my phone charged, and since it can slowly recharge hooked to your car or solar panels, it lasts a long time. When I...

Not actually true in the US. Part 107 states "small unmanned aircraft does not maintain sustained flight over any person" for a Cat 2 or 3 aircraft, with some additional exceptions (Like if they are under a covered structure). So transiting over a person could be legal under 107 even without a...

When modeling structures, I do cross hatch with obliques. nadir is great for orthos, but anything with depth you need oblique. Also, things like houses I will generally take a bunch of manual images to capture under the eaves, in between trees, etc. You have to be careful not to get the horizon...

I haven't found much info on this, but I know some here are very integrated with the FAA, so I just saw this recently and wanted to see is this is a thing in NC? It says it is part of the Beyond program, which appears to be BLVOS, but I wasn't clear on if this only is for BLVOS or for any...

Hello, another Michigander! Congrats on Part 107, I am just starting to get into Real Estate, as I wanted to do surveys, etc, but haven't found a licensed surveyor that finds it useful, And without working with a licensed surveyor, you can get into a lot of trouble even putting estimated lot...

In the current iteration of the RID rules, the drone will transmit ADS-B which will include your drone's location and the RPIC location by GPS along with things like the registration number, etc. I do not see this changing much before it is fully implemented. That data is sent out from the...

When I am working, I wear a HiViz vest and sometimes a hardhat, stand in open areas where I am easily seen, so I do not think it will change. I have had a few people come up and talk to me, but since I have my FAA Certificate visible on my vest, and look official, people have approached me as a...

Right, well it's them trying to justify their license, because they are afraid that their industry will be obsolete. I'm not endorsing either side as well, just saying it is the same as Google, so I think Google Maps should have a huge black area over NC, just like they do some military base...

So pretty much the same as I was thinking. I think the real answer is NC board of surveyors (whatever the board name is) isn't trying to go to war with Google, and instead saw a small drone operator who couldn't fight back. But if I were the lawyer for the drone pilot, I think I'd bring that...

So I was thinking about the NC suit about any orthography being considered a survey requiring a license. So I looked and didn't find an answer, but wouldn't Google Earth be doing the exact same thing? If they aren't using NC licensed surveyors, they are using satellites to create an orthographic...

Depends on the company. Since it is liability only, they are looking at what their exposure would be if it crashed, and since they aren't drone experts, they just consider all of them the same. To the insurance company, it is just another vehicle. When I add a second car to my business...

I took a mapping course (mapping and modeling, and then had nothing on modeling). What it did was give me a bunch of projects to work on, some with provided sources, some I went out and did on my own, and did things like utility inspections. None of these were survey grade. I did not use RTK...

You are incorrect. And your definition really needs to be updated, because there was no "job" to be cheap except the one I made up in my head and turned into a mock job, and had no deliverables to give at completion except to myself. Since I was hitting up places that did not want/need aerial...

I disagree that cheaper "jobs" need to happen. I have a ton of mapping and modeling experience by just going out and mapping and modeling places that didn't need it, but allowed me access to do so. Then I normally throw them a few aerial photos for the trouble, for their website or whatever, and...

You can say the title as "different to US bans, US continues to buy DJI drones"... fbi, secret service and homeland security appear to still be buying and using them.. Yes it is very political. Noone complains about the data Google, Face book, Instagram etc capture and use, but say DJI "could"...