Recent content by RMartin

There is bound to be more to this story than what was revealed. That being said, the TFR is for a naval weapons facility and the railhead leading to the piers. If there was a LOADEX going on at the time of the flight, or more plausibly that the pilot was within 3K feet of the railhead, that was...

There are knock-offs available on the market BUT it is questionable if they will perform or not when you get them. DJI discontinued manufacturing them, I know there are used TB47s and TB48s being offered but again, you never know what condition they are in or how they have been maintained. Best...

HA! TP hoarders. What are they thinking?

I have heard from a class I took online that was the best method. I also forgot that part.

Fred, Inspire 2 batteries are still on the market to my knowledge and I haven't seen anything indicating that DJI is discontinuing manufacturing them

When I was shooting video with the Inspire I would run into color problems and tried using AWB to correct it thinking that the problem was over or under exposure of the shot. It solved some of the problem but I still got color flares which I never figured out. Fortunately, most of my business is...

Even better, don't fly the battery down to bare minimums which force the aircraft into autonomous flight. And set your RTH altitude for the flight profile you are flying. And DJI was right in this case; it was operator error.

Coming back to the original question, depending upon the aircraft you operate and the software you use to process your data, your operating cost will vary. My I1v2 cost me annually about $70.00 for an annual inspection and the software maintenance cost runs about $5000.00 annually. The FireFly...

My I1v2 is currently being replaced by a Yuneec H520-E90. It is basically the same aircraft in cost and capabilities with more redundancy.

The batteries are no longer manufactured. So when they die, there are no replacements. You might be better served considering another UAS.

Vermillion Cliffs is managed by BLM. If you want an official answer then go to BLM and ask them. As far as other sources, non-official information is generally not reliable. But hey, the source is not going to be the one answering for your actions if you choose to believe them. Ignoring BLM will...

If you want a serious answer you are going to have to narrow things down a lot more. Are you talking about commercial operations? What type of industry? What type of missions? Those are all interconnected along with the rest of what you mentioned above. What training is going to be provided...

Station-keeping? Adjusting for winds aloft?

I've performed the role on one job for another licensed 107 pilot who lacked the airspace authorizations for the area. I made sure that the failsafe programming was properly set up and the homepoint was correctly set for each flight. Then walked him through his preflight and briefed the...