Recent content by MapMaker53

What is it about your drone software you would like to hack? What model drone do you fly?

Thanks. I've been looking for a bagpiper's club.

And don't ever launch from a metal surface like a car roof or hood because it will mess with the drone compass at startup and can be unreliable during flight.

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll check it out.

I've had instances where I was caught in a Catch-22 where a LAANC grid existed but was not active yet, but the airspace authorization process through Drone Zone would tell me to use LAANC for that airport, I found that I could ignore that message and finish filling out the airspace...

Which mapping software did you use? Thought for sure you had incorporated a low-angle facade orbit.

Wow that's beautiful.

If it is just to shoot promotional video footage for the store, you could probably get away with filming from the edge of the property in 4K and then use post-production editing tricks to zoom in and make it appear you are flying over the parking lot in front of the store. But if it involves...

If you just want to wing it without a business plan, just create a website and start contacting companies that may need one of the services you mentioned. Which companies? I wouldn't know. That's where your research begins. Good luck. In the meantime, don't quit your day job.

Sorry, but you can't offer any services without being Part 107 certified. I know, I'm being a Debbie Downer today. My advice would be to spend time just practicing those skills for your own enjoyment to get good at them until you can start a proper and legal commercial business. Or, again...

If you have already started your business, what services are you advertising and offering? Are you Part 107 certified? I would recommend starting out working for an established drone services company to see what jobs are out there and get experience. It's very difficult to start out on your...

Thanks for sharing that positive trend you have noticed, Dave.

Short of being able to call up a flight log, I can always just screen record the flight and save it to my photos to be played on the spot if questioned by authoritiy. I think that will now become my normal procedure for every flight, just for my peace of mind. I have also recently purchased a...

Hey guys, I've read instances where a drone operator is harassed by a property owner while flying and then shows his flight log to the police when they show up to prove he wasn't flying anywhere near the person's property. Can anyone explain to me how one goes about pulling up a flight log in...

They're worried about a guy with a drone taking a bunch of downward facing pictures? They're going to crap in their pants when A.I. starts putting surveyors and engineers out of work. The drone operator is doing nothing different than what Google Earth does. He just does it better within a...