Recent content by skyeboysteve

Good to know... thanks.

Thank you... I'll try... Why the need to trash? No need per se... Just a personal observation about various population centers where some people like to control other people (who seem to enjoy being controlled) more... and requiring a permit (to me) is something that leans in that direction...

Not filming a special event. So, hopefully that's what that means... I'm always confused by wording like this... is the "special event unmanned aerial operations" like a parade, festival, celebration, etc or do they consider it a special event anytime a "scary...

Thanks for the response, and glad you never had any issues... but not sure what you mean by there not being any mandates? On the page it says: "All commercial UAS flights are required to complete the Austin Police Department Special Events Unmanned Aerial Operations Request for approval prior...

I've been asked to film a couple commercial buildings for marketing purposes in Austin, Texas. It's been awhile since I've done any drone flying around Austin, but stumbled on this page: Austin Film Commission | Drone Regulations which states that "All commercial UAS flights are required to...

Anyone know what they're looking for in the "Please provide a brief note to justify the safety of the operation" field?

I like RealityCapture for that reason, but I still couldn't get as good results with it (after two weeks of tweaking) than I got with Altizure using the same photos with no tweaking (you actually have no control with processing files with Altizure). I hadn't seen those prices for Altizure--the...

Not based on a specific camera's specs... Just that 4K is 2160x3840=8MP. I'm rather curious what niche HiveMapper is filling? I like the fact that apparently you can process as much mapping as you want for free (as long as you're okay with making it all public) [every other mapping service I...

Before I edited my initial post; I had outlined most of what you pointed out--that it was all kind of silly of them; but then I thought better of offering my opinion first while asking for others'; and tainting the responses. Plus I didn't want to offend any zing people who might be on here...

I know that this is an old topic from the FAA busting a guy for running beers to ice fisherman (back in the good old days when drones were new) to Amazon trying to figure out how to deliver things... but I'm just wondering if anyone else here has heard of this company and have considered signing up?

As for logging props / rotor flight times--that's something I've thought about doing; but wasn't sure how to mark all my propellers with unique markings (like the serial numbers you see on full scale aircraft props). For one thing I couldn't find any information if using paint or a magic marker...

DJI's Aeroscope for one....

I'm ashamed to admit I missed three questions on my re-currency. One basic (should have been easy) question had to do with defining what a MOA was; and all three answers looked correct to me; so I picked the more general answer; but apparently I was wrong. Another asked what to do with...

Thanks for the advice, aerialimagery. I think I've started lately (okay only once or twice on my last video) on using more cuts for closeups vs fly ups (though as you've noticed I definitelyl have done much more of the latter); in any case thanks for reinforcing that concept as something to...

I'm someone who probably has no business trying to start / run a business; due in part to my shyness and chronic lack of confidence in my abilities. For me, it kind of fell into my lap when one of the owner's of the construction company I work for saw me practice flying my P3P around an empty...