Drone Experience

   / Drone Experience #21  
Richard, Couldn't you just record video and screen shot pics form that instead of taking photos during the flight? Looks like you have some great footage. Glad to hear you are conscious of how people may perceive the drone as an invasion of privacy.

I had a neighbor lose control of his (or so he said) and it came over my property buzzing around. It sure appeared to be spying the way the flight path went. It came over the tops of the trees and dipped down just above ground level and made a lap around my field then went straight up and hovered a while before leaving. I had time to take a video of it with my phone, go in the house, get my shotgun, and return before it left my property. I had a bead on it when it did it's automated return to home.
it's a Felony to shoot at an aircraft, manned or unmanned, the FAA considers drones and model aircraft to have the same protections as full sized, manned aircraft. and also, it IS legal to have a zoom lense on a drone, or other aircraft!..
 
   / Drone Experience #22  
I have been flying the Mavic Pro for about 2 months. It's really pretty simple as the software is pretty intelligent. I used to fly nitro R/C planes and flying the Mavic seems like going back to kindergarten in regards to difficulty level. There are restrictions on altitude, distance, and usage, but that's all easy to learn about on the internet so I won't bore anyone with details. Good luck and have fun.
 
   / Drone Experience #23  
Richard- I should have posted line of sight flier.

I am forgetting which video editors that I used. They were free.

All my drone stuff is on my HP. I need a monitor for that computer.

Maybe I have that stuff on my RCG Blog. I need to check.

I found a picture of it hovering after I upgraded the flight controller to a DJI product. I had already mounted a cheap keychain video cam seen here, before the Mobius cam, VTX, video stabilization, more powerful ESC's, and motors were added.

It's very common for me to not be able to see my Drone. The FAA Regs I have studied vaguely say you must have line of sight at all times. I interpret that as nothing between me and the Drone?? Once my Drone is 1/8 mile away I can no longer "see" it.

I use a 6x9 tablet for a viewer when flying. I had trouble in sunlight seeing it. So I added a laminate non glare screen cover. It's much better now. But I still get the best view if it's shaded.

Your Drone is awesome!!!! I wouldn't know where to start...?. :)
 
   / Drone Experience #24  
it's a Felony to shoot at an aircraft, manned or unmanned, the FAA considers drones and model aircraft to have the same protections as full sized, manned aircraft. and also, it IS legal to have a zoom lense on a drone, or other aircraft!..

I received an email from FAA a month or so ago warning me against "arming" my Drone. I guess people have been strapping pistols to them??

I hadn't heard that it is now legal to have a zoom lense!!! I wonder why the manufacturers don't offer that option?
 
   / Drone Experience #25  
I have been flying the Mavic Pro for about 2 months. It's really pretty simple as the software is pretty intelligent. I used to fly nitro R/C planes and flying the Mavic seems like going back to kindergarten in regards to difficulty level. There are restrictions on altitude, distance, and usage, but that's all easy to learn about on the internet so I won't bore anyone with details. Good luck and have fun.

Friend of mine has a Mavic. He decided one day he'd see how far away it would go. At 4 miles he chickened out and started back to home. Along the way it went into critical landing mode and he lost contact. He jumped in his truck and headed down the hiway in the direction he had went. Found the Mavic sitting in the middle of the hiway!!!! How lucky was that!!! :)
 
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Great info guys. Thank you all for participating. I am taking it all in and trying to understand.
 
   / Drone Experience #27  
   / Drone Experience #28  
I received an email from FAA a month or so ago warning me against "arming" my Drone. I guess people have been strapping pistols to them??

I hadn't heard that it is now legal to have a zoom lense!!! I wonder why the manufacturers don't offer that option?
regarding firearms, From the FAA, the law is based around the illegal act of dropping objects from an aircraft. zoom lenses. Best zoom drones: cameras with zoom lenses - Drone Rush
 
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#29  
It is real easy to lose or crash my drone. I have woods all around me so I fly in trees. On my fifth trip I was flying in my yard practicing. In fact I was getting pretty confident. I was getting it located to land. It had been beeping the whole time because of the proximity of all the trees and I was about 30 ft from landing. Apparently the battery was getting lower than I realized and did not hear or recognize the low battery beep. It went straight up into RTH mode but it was not clear of the trees yet even though it was almost where it started out and crashed about 40 ft up in a limb and fell completely broken to the ground. Luckily they honored the accident insurance I had purchase with the drone.
Big lesson learned. I am much more hesitant to fly it now and am very watchful. I can easily see being distracted trying to get the camera settings right.
 

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