Recent content by Weaponized

Probly different in Canada. I was a military mechanic and got my A&P cert. for the afterlife. I did a short stint with US Air as a mech but within a year got picked up by a DOD contractor immediately after 9-11. Problem at least in the US is that its unionized in many places. In my case I had...

I'm speaking simply of the act of taking photos in the context of a wide versus narrow interpretation, which is what you narrowed my observation to, don't read so much into it. I'm sure you're very good at what you do... Take all the pictures you like. I'm simply drawing a parallel here…I take...

I'm merely pointing out the parallel given the topic. Taking photos for any purpose doesn't exactly lend itself to a very wide interpretation of anything, except when used as art. Not 2 days ago I read a post in a facebook group asking what one needed to do to inspect in a major metropolitan...

Not a whole lot different than a photographer or droner performing "inspections' with zero expertise in what they're inspecting. While they claim they're only "collecting images" for someone else, they're marketing their product as an inspection which creates the illusion in the public eye that...

I have a Yaesu and use it but I do question their effectiveness when used on the ground. They use line-of-sight frequencies so receiving or transmitting from a ground station that is often obscured is hit or miss. Having flown my airspace in heavy fixed-wing I know for a fact there is more radio...

Pretty much. The bird is a safety tool that minimizes the odds I'll end up creating a bugs bunny shaped hole in the ground when I fall off a building.

I carry binoculars and a high powered spotter for such emergencies. Done it that way for years prior to flying. Clearly that option doesn't work for some professions.

I think some are getting the impression that NFZs are being bypassed as a means of operating in restricted areas or where not authorized. From my understanding of this issue that's not exactly true. I don't bypass them but the 1st time DJIs geofencing prevents me from launching in a location...

Yeah don't apply for just one job/location. They're approving them for a year if you select it.

I get 1-5 days lead time so I've got wide area authorizations that are good until September 2019 for every airfield in my op area. Once you have them lead time doesn't matter unless you have to deviate from your auth such as flying a zero grid or action that requires a waiver

Here what it looks like once connected in the order the menus appear. The 1st thing you have to do when they show up under your profile is upload them to the aircraft and in one of these images you can see the button at the top that says aircraft or app. Once Uploaded You could turn whatever...

If you have the unlock code showing up in your app it will look like this when you look at your profile. This tells you only what areas are approved/loaded. Then when your app is connected to the aircraft in the main aircraft settings menu you can activate the area you want for the flight. My...

DJI flysafe Geo zone map in your go4 app if that's what you're using. I think its on their website too

I got my last few WAOs in 3-6 days, one including a military base. My first one took 10 weeks though (also military airspace)

By who?