Recent content by Journey

Every time there is a wildfire you get authorized air footage from a helicopter or drone of what we wish we could get. Lots of people would like to get as close to an event/accident as the press does. I’d like to be able to go backstage at a concert like the press does ....it’s not...

Learn atti mode. P is like an autopilot and great as long as you don’t have any risk of losing GPS and your bird doesn’t suddenly start flying away for a variety of reasons. Read lots of lost bird reports where atti mode could have saved it.

Your ears are the best collision avoidance system. NEVER listen to music with headsets and if possible, don’t stand next to anything noisy while flying.

(1) Start playing video games at 6-years of age. (2) Make a ton of $$ for replacement drones or (3) find a sponsor or rich girl to marry that will support your effort. If your like me; too old, no $$ or rich wife, get a Tello and pretend.

Personally, I don’t think it helped at all unless you feel better now.

Aliens! They don’t like us flying in their airspace.

Maybe a prototype of Putin’s underwater drone?

Is it time for DJI to replace the Phantom platform? I have a P3P and a Mavic Pro and was considering upgrading to the P4P but have to admit that as good as the drone is, I am just tired of the body design. Maybe it has to do with every bad drone news photo using a pic of a Phantom. Maybe DJI...

I've been flying RC for as long as yourself. Besides a couple prop cut fingers, I have seen very few injuries. The last time I checked, the AMA stated that, since they have been keeping records, only four people have been killed by model aircraft and only one was a spectator. The most recent...

Give the guy a break! I bet you can count on one hand with four missing fingers the number of safe, experienced drone operators that have not flown their drone beyond the point they can visually control it. With a bad viewing background (green and brown hills, etc), I can lose my Mavic just a...

I made a very complete checklist but keep leaving it behind along with the "Remove Before Flight". I guess I will have to make another checklist for the things I need to take with me when I go flying but I would probably forget it.

Canada sure put a dent in it. The bill doesn't immediately "kill" the industry as if it became outlawed. All bills like this are passed on the basis of the "common good", "safety", "community standards", "local control", etc. Not enough feel like us. Most would say, "that seems reasonable"...

"Community-based set of safety standards" refers to those types of hobby/recreational organizations such as the AMA. It was the AMA that got this inserted into the legal language. It does not refer to local governments establishing safety standards.

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"The enemy of my enemy is my friend." Let me say up-front that I like flying drones and I am against government intrusion. At the risk of being stoned, things have changed. Before drones, model aviation was not an issue because, by their very nature, model airplanes had to be flown (for the...