Recent content by kenundrum

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    I'm a little confused.......Question about a part of 107

    This is interesting, I had taken line A to mean something different. Directly participating in the operation of the small unmanned aircraft; I understood this as people part of the aircraft operation as in task/purpose of the flight such as search and rescue operation. Therefore people who are...
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    Brain teaser . . . Just for fun

    Well it says unprotected structures... i'd say a house counts as protected. A tent, for example, probably not. Unfortunately, the same section of the safety code states that you need a flight safety line established where ever you fly- so not exactly practical outside a flying park.
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    Brain teaser . . . Just for fun

    Yes. According to Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Frequently Asked Questions/Help Part 107 limits your altitude to 400 feet unless your unmanned aircraft is flying within 400 feet of a structure (in which case you may not fly higher than 400 feet above the top of that structure). So in general...
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    Possible rule change for operating over people ?

    I'm guessing something along the lines of no single point of failure. Redundant batteries, redundant motors, redundant flight controllers? That would be the minimum for maintaining flight- I doubt that you'd need redundant radio links as long as the craft has auto hover/return to home functions...
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    Kicked out of my favorite park

    Park rules are available at http://www.dem.ri.gov/pubs/regs/regs/fishwild/parkmgmt.pdf I live nearby, and while I haven't gone to Lincoln Woods to fly, it's a pretty crappy rule. I have been working on ways to test the DEM and get it overturned, but surprisingly have not had any park rangers...
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    DENIED airspace authorization

    Ironically, Lake Michigan is the only one of the great lakes that does not form a border with Canada. So definitely within the definition of internal water as it is bordered on all sides by US territory. Perhaps your coordinates were off and put you somewhere else?
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    Dedicated Litchi forum?

    Doesn't litchi have their own forum for support, etc on google groups?
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    FAA Sued over drone registration

    I just finished reading the brief. It is a very well reasoned and documented argument. It would be hard to argue with the points stated except by eroding the credibility of the supporting documents- many of which are FAA statements and publications themselves. The argument does appear to come...
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    US FAA Registration

    Wasn't there a provision early on that you didn't need to have the aircraft marked as long as you have a copy on your person? Did that go away when the part 107 rules went into effect? Sent from my SM-G920P using PhantomPilots mobile app
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    Mavic vs Phantom 4

    lol- based on the specs and the listed price, I'd be asking that opposite question. Is the Phantom 4 worth getting over the Mavic? This is a similar situation to when the Phantom 3 was released and suddenly had almost all the functions of the Inspire 1 at half the cost.
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    UPS Drone test. Massachusets USA

    Funny. My friend was there as part of the film crew documenting it. He was saying they had a few aircraft up at once, but at least one was simply doing video recording of the others for pr clips. The fully autonomous ones had a pilot on standby in case they went wonky. Sent from my SM-G920P...
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    FAA Requirement of 3 Mile visibility in night flights under part 107

    Yes it does work with a 9v battery- I just checked. The strobe timing appears to be the same as with the 11.1v at about 72 strobes per minute.
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    FAA Requirement of 3 Mile visibility in night flights under part 107

    I finally took pictures of mine. It's not the prettiest installation, but it works very well. The bulb is attached to a phantom 2 gimbal guard using the screws that came with it. I mount the guard with velcro cable wraps to the legs so that it is removable. The balance plug can then be powered...
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    DJI Phantom with Mini Estes Rocket

    The short answer is the motors you pictured wont do much. The long answer is complicated... estes rocket motors are pretty well documented and generally operate within specifications. The rocket motors you show will output up to 8 newtons of thrust(3 typically) for up to 1.25 newton-seconds...
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    THANK YOU whoever fixed the forums!!!!

    For me it is still broken. I'm on Sprint. It appears that all ports are being blocked except port 22 (typically SSH). Is there some sort of anti-DDOS or other security system that is doing filtering on the site? For me, it is affecting both the app and simply accessing the webpage itself.