Recent content by RickMC

In paragraph (a) below it says that all three roles must maintain VLOS during the entire flight, but then paragraph (b) says that this ability can be exercised by the pilot in command OR the visual observer. So I’m confused, the first paragraph says everyone involved has to maintain VLOS but...

Hahaha that’s great.

I’m sure everyone has heard about the mysterious drone sighting across Colorado, Nebraska and Kansas. I wish the people flying these drones would just come forward. This isn’t really helping the reputation of the drone industry. Anything that makes people even more suspicious about drones isn’t...

Hmm, how do you know who is bidding on these jobs? I was just making an assumption about the retired folk, I could easily be wrong. I have no way of knowing who is actually bidding on these.

I hate to say it, but I gotta be honest, I feel like a lot of retired people will do drone work for peanuts because they want something to do. I’m not saying this is every retired person, but I have a feeling a lot of these people bidding these ridiculously low prices for drone jobs are retired...

I was looking on there yesterday and I see a job that pays $80 for like 30 photos and 10 people have put in bids. It’s crazy that people are fighting over peanuts. I don’t even bother putting in bids on that site. What kind of people are bidding on an $80 job? These pilots are ruining this industry.

Well that was easy. All I had to do was submit a custom unlock request in DJI’s website. It got approved within 10 minutes.

Right. This wouldn’t be any problem if DJI didn’t have their restricted GEO zone in place. Perhaps I should look into other drone companies whose software doesn’t have restrictions like this.

So there’s a small non-towered airport very close to an area where I have a potential commercial job. But when I check a sectional chart it’s in class E airspace that starts at 700 ft. There’s no surface airspace restrictions or any kind of grids when I check the UAS maps. However, where I want...

You’ve got to be kidding me. I hope this bill is dead on arrival. Laws like this would be a step backwards for the industry. Sorry, but no one should be an “owner” of the airspace above their property...

Ok that makes sense

Let’s say your drone is hovering over an area and you are taking pictures, someone comes out of nowhere but you can’t see him because he’s not in your view or the cameras view and he and runs under your drone to get where he’s going. How the hell are you supposed to avoid that? The flying over...

Glad the FAA is going to change the rules.

That’s not true in my case. They worked fine when I had both apps running with my Mavic 1. This problem is only happening with my Mavic 2. I’ve tried it with and without the DJI app running at the same time and it doesn’t work in either case.

Anyone else experiencing this problem? I never had any issues with my previous drones but ever since I started using the Mavic 2 with these two mapping programs the camera view never works, it’s just a black screen. The photos are still captured just fine but I can never get a camera view. Any...