Recent content by athearnsd45

Who would have believed it? Not a drone after all. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-30/drone-impact-ruled-out-in-mexico-incident-with-damaged-jetliner

My P4A (2 years old at the time) developed a crack on one of its arms, never crashed and rarely used in sport mode. I replaced the lower shell on my own.

Wasn’t knocking your posting of the article, it’s just that I was expecting the FAA had charged the guy or something based on the title. “Drone Expert Faces Backlash for Posting Video; Operator in Detroit Incident Identified” may have been a better title. Thanks for the link and bump regardless.

The title of that article is misleading, it deals mainly with the backlash against the video. “The FAA is already investigating” doesn’t really fit what I’d hoped to read in an article titled “Swift action from FAA and U.S. Navy follows Blue Angels Detroit Drone Incident.”

A couple of questions to think about when considering how this guy might be charged/fined: - Were it not for the presence of the Blue Angels, was he violating any FAA rules? - If the Blue Angels had deviated from their published flight path (plausible, as they've done it at a lot of their...

Any feedback from the FAA yet?

So this video has been making the rounds of my aviation enthusiast friends on Facebook. At first glance, it would seem to be breaking every rule in the book, and to be reckless endangerment. Looking closer, I wonder what the FAA would get him on here. It looks to be over downtown Detroit, which...

No SFRA shows up on B4UFLY, but who knows. Throgs Neck is right on the fringe of Class B. The Bronx side on the west is in the airspace, the Queens side looks OK.

There has been some debate in the past on these forums concerning the legality of flying within the city limits of New York. The city states that it's illegal to fly there; others maintain it's a "regulation" vs. a "law, " whatever that means. Regardless, apparently two photographers attempting...

Well, that didn't last long: https://www.dailyrepublic.com/all-dr-news/wires/yale-drone-delivery-service-temporarily-suspended-could-violate-federal-aviation-law-new-haven-register-conn/ Wonder if these folks will be facing the thousands of dollars in fines like the friend of the guy over on...

A new delivery service started by a group of Yale University students has been making the news rounds here in Connecticut: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/connecticut/articles/2020-02-17/yale-students-start-drone-delivery-service-on-campus Are there special waivers companies can get to...

Would passing the stripped end of the wire through a small flame (as in a lighter) burn off the coating? I’ve had isssues with coated wire in other hobbies and it’s a pain.

As the OP stated in another post "Well, the FAA has been caring about finding and fining folks around here. For flights that are over a year ago." Let's face it, FAA has stepped up its public awareness around drone safety and regulation enforcement greatly over the past year, and that's a good...

I was more addressing the alleged airspace violations, even though the FAA seems flawed here. Prior to the rule changes, recreational flyers had vastly different protocols than Part 107 pilots. Back in those days, any time I called a tower it was pretty informal, and I doubt much documentation...

Based on the description of the guy flying over boats with friends onboard, it sounds like more recreational flights vs. commercial. Did he attempt to monetize the flights? How does the FAA distinguish just by viewing YouTube videos whether to invoke Part 107 vs. recreational rules? Not sure...