Recent content by phantomjim

My take is that if you have reached 75 and this is your most negative experience with the criminal justice system, you have led a charmed life. Practice a little stealth. I always assume that someone might hassle me even when I'm flying totally legally so I try to stay as invisible as possible.

lazers

I can see the article and yet "tethered to the ground" as I think about it does not make sense. Too much tension on the tether cord changes aerodynamics and yanks the drone. Too little tension or a sudden descent could cause the cord to tangle in the props. Plus the longer the tether altitude...

prepware for UAS test on Google play store for $5. spent about 6 hours with the app taking practice tests. got a 95%. prep schools are a total scam because the test is ridiculously easy and all you need is 70%.

Even though parts of the government have shutdown, the laws and regulations are still in effect. For example, most of the DEA is on furlough but meth and heroin are still illegal. You might have an easier chance of getting away with having some meth or heroin but the fact remains that it is...

They are hanging the drone from wires. Not only that, below the area where the drone will be hanging, they have it closed off so no one can stand under the drone. The idea is to condition people to get used to seeing drones hanging around.

I was wondering if anyone has come across or been affected by this. Yesterday I tried to fly my drone near my house and the app told me I was in a no-fly zone. I discovered that I live approximately 2.95 miles from Autzen Stadium, where there was a football game. I was grounded by a no-fly zone...

"You know everyone does?" I do know that everyone does and I'm not saying not to do it. But I just got my 107 and I've kind of had to rethink how I fly because I am now presumed to "know the rules" and my license depends on me following the rules. If I had an incident using FPV, the FAA would...

The current FAA regs for recreational drones require VLOS. The Part 107 commercial regs require VLOS. Having just taken the Part 107 exam, I learned that "visual line of sight" means that the drone operator must be able to see the drone while flying. (not using things like visual aids or...

I took the 107 this August. It's a 60 question test with three possible answers for each question. I gave myself a week to study. My primary method of study for multiple choice tests is to take as many practice questions as I can. For the 107, this was particularly helpful because almost all...

yeah, I just don't wanna end up being a defendant in some piddly Wisconsin court

that's like asking everyone with a camera to report on people who act suspicious with cameras. this is kind of a popular media hysteria about drones a little bit. a person who has a camera with a high-power zoom lens in a concealed position is also quite able to obtain private images of you...

This is an interesting case. I think there are two separate issues here. I'm not going to get into the age of the local law enforcement officer. This is not so cut and dry. It is true that we must "follow the rules" and that's even a question on the 107 exam. Anti-authoritarianism is a trait...

We'll never actually know who learned what in what amount of time. That was a poor assumption by me and I apologize for that. It was an impulsive statement.

Well OK then, I learned all of that stuff. They could have changed the chart maps and some of the questions and I still knew all the stuff except that one downwind approach thing. I have no plans to fly in Class E or C airspace or any kind of situation where I am communicating with a control...