Recent content by butcharuski

Thanks for the quick replies. Sorry if this sounds ignorant, but would I still need a pilot's license along with the 333 exemption? Sent from my iPhone using PhantomPilots mobile app

Is it legal for me to provide someone with drone footage at no charge? I know the FAA is going to sort this out over the next few months. In the meantime I just want to stay on my client's radar when it comes to providing drone services. I feel like I'm missing out on potential business. I do...

I've crashed mine a couple of times, only one significant time though, about two months ago. It would occasionally give me a gimbal overload error, but would fix itself once I calibrated the gimbal. I should also note that I took the gimbal partially apart to look for internal damage but saw...

Mine just started doing the same thing... The only thing I noticed that could be the problem was that my ribbon cable looked like it was separating at the "corners"... I'm going to order a new ribbon cable and see if that fixes it. Sent from my iPhone using PhantomPilots mobile app

I agree. I have no problem with regulations, I wouldn't even mind there being a decent fee for the license to fly it commercially... For safety of course, and also to keep the professional television market from getting saturated with drone production. Kinda like when DSLRs came about... All the...

Ok, that does make more sense now... Thanks for the clarification. Sent from my iPhone using PhantomPilots mobile app

I'm sure the laws are going to change soon (hopefully), but does anyone know what the big deal is about making money with your UAV footage? Having a real pilots license and 333 means what exactly? That you are allowed to receive a check? Yet another UAV user who doesn't have a pilots license or...