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In what form was the permission? A letter? Phone call? In my experience, DJI needed a letter of authorization (to the pilot) uploaded in the custom unlock request area of their website. Although it's been a while since I have done that, that requirement may or may not have changed. The fact...

Proving your own status can be provided easily. As far as "other people" are concerned, just make them prove their currency status - ask them for their currency status via providing a copy of their Certificate of Achievement card or printout for Course Number ALC-677, or whatever other...

Just curious, aside from just tracking your own certs, what would the utility be for the IACRA site to have an expiration date.

Litchi is great. The only downside is that not all DJI products are compatible. As of January '21, these are the models that can be used: Mavic Mini 1 Mavic 2 (Zoom/Pro) Mavic (Air/Pro) Phantom 4 (Standard/Advanced/Pro/ProV2) Phantom 3 (Standard/4K/Advanced/Professional) Inspire 1...

The only reason to fly in the rain is to RTB.

Skydio 2 is a good start. I believe their soon-to-be-released X2, which was purpose-built to be a DJI-killer for government and military use, will have some commercial variations.

I took my initial Part 107 test in 2016. In 2018, I took the recurrent test and I just showed my FAA Remote Pilot license and my driver's license.

I've flown in the desert in the summer when it was over 100 degrees. The biggest concern was that the iPad got too hot and greyed out. I learned to use two, and when it got too hot, I put in between two ice packs and used the other one. The other factor was batteries. During a mission, at...

To fly drones at my work, we initially required passing the FAA Private Pilot written test - before Part 107 was in effect. The first time, I used Gleim for their FAA PP exam, supplemented by Dauntless Aviation's practice test. I used Gleim and Dauntless 2 years later as well. The next exam...

Missed that part, sorry. But that is usually the message when one or the other (batteries or aircraft) are out of sync, as it were, regarding updates. I'm out of suggestions. Let's hope someone else can crack the code.

Try updating the batteries. Then they aircraft.

Rather than a form, our pilots are required to send a mission recap/pilot report email after every mission to a select group of managers. The emails become part of their individual pilot record as well as for the organization. The emails must contain all of that information you mentioned and...

I flew in downtown Santa Fe about a year or so ago. I did my homework prior to, checking all online city ordinances...nothing referred to drones, period. I notified the airport manager and the hospital helicopter operations, even though it was not required due to distance and there were no TFRs...

The only platform and related flight control software I'm aware of that can do that is the FLIR SkyRaider. It has the capability to take a real-time photo of an area which is then overlaid onto existing map imagery. The operator can then plot waypoints, or in your case, a grid that covers the...

Were you flying in clear sky above all possible obstacles or signal interference? Were you in a canyon? Were you flying under trees?