Recent content by shane05

100% Agreed! Significantly tighter laws are inevitable. All you have to do is read these or any other open UAS forums to see the general public is incapable of self-policing. Many would rather pick a fight to demonstrate their rights to do all of the things they feel they're entitled to rather...

I think you may be stretching the 4th amendment a little to fit your argument. Yes, the signal is encrypted but this isn't the same as reading your encrypted email. If the signal wasn't encrypted even you wouldn't be able to make heads or tails of the transferred information unless you're...

I'm all about personal privacy and basic rights. The problem is that many people I see on these forums demand the right to do whatever they want even if it includes potentially negatively impacting other people and their rights. For example - flights over people, over busy highways or in...

It's a little amusing how the same community that complains about uneducated neighbors and laypeople complaining about perceived invasions of privacy during their flights is now complaining that their privacy is being violated by giving authorities the ability to identify who is flying a UAS...

This is very true even if you're shooting a 99% eclipse with a tiny crescent but if you're lucky enough to be in the path of totality you will not need any filter during that brief window - using a filter would likely make it impossible to get enough light for an image. That of course only...

This has been posted as fact multiple times in this thread but the rule allowing flights 400' around and above structures applies only to Part 107 "Commercial operations" unless they've modified Section 336 and I'm just at a loss to find the change. Section 336 deals with Hobbiest drone...

I just purchased Litchi last week and wanted to try it out today. I'm running the current firmware and everything has worked flawlessly with the Go app but I wanted to try the added functions Litchi offers. The problem is that I'm now getting an "Image Transmission Signal" error in Litchi and...

First time boat chasing with the P3S...