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Study finds drones flying into danger - AOPA I have two issues with that piece. "each marked with a maximum altitude (400 feet, 200 feet, or zero feet) below which a drone could be authorized to fly without creating unacceptable risk." Wallace said. “At this point, we just don’t know.” Is...

@LUIS - thanks - my house is a lot closer to SFC territory than I realized, but not in it. 0.0038° in latitude and 0.0021° in longitude, or maybe about 1/3 mile to the north. Our flying park has much more freedom of movement ~ 1.5 miles. NW.

The problem with airmap is they do not show the class e extensions. We are flying at Dorthea Dix park in Raleigh which is Under the 1700" class e BUT on the edge of the SE extension about where the inverted V 716 is. Where I live is due south of RDU above the word CARY. I have no problem there...

Here is the reason for the uptick in complaints about NFZ on DJI drones. DJI Refines Geofencing and Ditches AirMap for PrecisionHawk Hopefully, it is as "better" as they say, and interestingly (to me anyway) Precisionhawk is a Raleigh, NC based company. I live in Cary (a Raleigh suburb).

OK, thanks, I think I have it figured out. Where I am flying is just outside a dashed magenta line of the airport and maybe 1/2 mile from the prison. It is a park field designated for sUAS flying. I have no issue with warnings, but the message indicated that I was IN the class E airspace. The...

I have not taken off yet, but I am getting 2 warnings.One 1 is a class E airspace warning and the other is a warning about a prison telling me I am NFZ limited. Well the prison is over 1/2 mile away and if this is class E airspace on the ground isn't that good? If it wasn't class E then I would...

NO, the ref to windows was just an example. IE, windows does similar things when it is trying to verify components. Why they don't make it time out and issue an error I do not know.

I had a P3S with the go app. I now have an M2Z with the go 4 app. I am trying to clean up my phone and I have a DJI folder with a number of sub-folders. It appears the dji.pilot folder was for the P3S go app as there is no recent log files since I have been flying my M2Z. I have saved all the...

the windows com port is an example of why it stopped working. It has nothing to do with the problem. The OS in the AC appears to check the SD card and hung up because it found a problem and couldn't resolve it. It should have timed out and issued a message. DJI are you listening? IOS or android...

Technically not correct. As of the signing of the FRMA 2018, a hobbiest is flying under 349, which for all intents and purposes is the same as 336.

Technically speaking, the gimble and camera control would not use or go thru the SD card. HOWEVER, as in Windows OS, if there is a problem with a com port, it will hang forever and nothing will function. I suspect that might be the issue here. The system gets hung up on trying to do something on...

I am using a Huawei Mate 9 and love it. I got it under $300. used but immaculate. The only issue is, it doesn't run on Verizon and ATT covers 98% of Americans -- as long as they live in metro areas. You would have GMS so you are good to go.

well, we train, test, and license auto drivers - have you seen any idiots on the road lately? So how is UAV licensing going to change anything.

I had my P3S back there for weak WiFi. They rcvd it on June 21 and shipped it out on June 22. I rcvd it the next June 29 - coast-to-coast. They replaced the whole gimbal assy and the controller. Based on previous report, I was amazed. They must have finally created a US based parts warehouse.

the VIS is @ 2800m You can get info here and a live web cam Welcome to MKVIS - Maunakea Visitor Information Station You can email them for specifics I am sure there are other sites with info. They break out their small (12" and under) telescopes there every night. Really nice if the wind isn't...