Recent content by coopdog

I agree. I should have known better than to possibly foment more animosity. Moderator, feel free to remove this thread. Thanks

I admit it's complete conjecture, but you have a perfect scenario for a uav to take down a jet yesterday. 1. Everyone knew where the practice would be and could estimate the time of practice. 2. Smyrna is a very loosely controlled airport (I'm a pilot and have flown out of Smyrna). There are...

This may have been beaten to death in another thread, but In California, if you fly over private property, regardless of altitude, and capture an image of a person who had a reasonable expectation of privacy, you probably violated the law. I suspect it is a matter of time until other states...

I had an odd, somewhat similar occurrence with my P3A. I took it to a more urban location than I usually fly but not anywhere near an airport. I did all my normal pre-flight routine. Nothing was out of the ordinary. The second I went airborne the bird went hard left and I had to crash it...

Unequivocal? Not with a flying camera at low altitudes you don't. Drone flyers may or may not have rights. It remains to be seen. Property owners definitely have rights.

Show me you can. So I can just fly my drone 10 feet off my neighbor's ground and film whatever I want? Drones, i.e. flying cameras, are not airplanes in the traditional sense and we don't use them the same way. Everyone knows they are cameras. Most reasonable people would get creeped out if...

You do not have an unequivocal right to fly over other people property.

Either ask them permission to fly over their property (especially at 100') or don't fly over it.

Are you using an aftermarket apple cable? I had the same problem with my p3 right out of the box. I spent an hour with tech support with no resolution. I then realized I was using an aftermarket cable which had never given me any trouble with my phone. Nevertheless, I swapped it out with an...