Recent content by Comte de Bleuville

Force was a poor word choice. What I meant is that it is going to lead some pilots to circumvent that rule and their new flight will be more dangerous than if they had launched from the park.

Right, but the end result is a flight that is more dangerous because the pilot will just launch from outside of the park further away. I know that for manned aircraft you must fly at least 2,000 ft agl over national parks; is it the same for UAVs? If so you would think that they would publish...

Does anyone else think that this rule just creates more problems? It forces pilots to launch outside of the park and fly their UAV almost out of sight in the park.

Thanks for the info. Going out on sat for a flight review and to discuss all of this with my instructor.

I believe the TFRs over sporting events are mostly an attempt to prevent an attack on a large group of people, which is why they are so large. I don't think a TFR is going to stop anyone if that's their intent. They started popping up soon after 9/11 I believe.

I'm no expert, but that definitely makes me think it's some kind of electrical malfunction.

Weird that the video paused at 11 seconds and then started up again once it began falling.

Welcome to the club. Kitty Hawk, NC tar heel fan here.

If anyone is looking to get a head start on studying check out this website. You can click learning mode and choose which subjects you want to study. I'm guessing many of the test questions on the real test will be about the regulations, airspace, maybe weather, etc... I used this website to...

Oh I loved them in school as well. I just never learned anything in those classes though.

Is it my understanding that you can take the test online, at your house, with the study guide open and searchable in another tab? If so that's kind of pointless.

Most of them are class G airpsace, I've never seen one on a chart that isn't.

Very lucky it didn't hit those cars or that person walking.......

I live on the Outer Banks of NC and I see military aircraft flying over the beach at altitudes of 100-200ft AGL almost daily. The other day, just about an hour after someone was filming some surfers with a phantom, a group of black hawks flew by extremely low, somewhere around 50-100 feet. I...

I definitely will. I have a fishing license but they still might have rules against using drones.