Recent content by Fedguy

I think surely the key word here is "Manned". Not many drones are manned ...right now. I guess there are some....and many more to come. I can see the FAA being very concerned about those flights...and more so if those flights are operated commercially...i.e. for hire.

If you use your aircraft commercially then the 100 hour inspection is required. In general aviation...the commercially generally means hauling passengers or leasing out your a/c. I would be real surprised if the FAA would require a 100 hr on a (small) drone. Maybe nice to do but not a...

My wife is a realestate sales person. So far...I work for free, as I partner up with her. It keeps me busy. One of the things that seems to help her sales is to take some close up pics of roofing and chimney. It also helps to show nice and clean gutters. I think buyers are more concerned...