I've heard that "Why, AZ" it's not too far from there, figuratively speaking. Yes, as it's constructed now, it's not a win-win situation. This is the debate I've had with them. They're only screwing themselves...
The only way to make any $ is to skip my Verifly insurance, which I will not never ever do. DB needs to increase the % for pilots...soon.
Who-The-Hell-Is-Here, NJ. I s that near Why, AZ?
Well I just joined. And seems there a few decent locations to go to. So is it video or just pictures they need or want?
Yeah, it's not hard... my problem has always been the legality of it (your mileage may vary, I'm in the NYC area). Technically, with something like DronePano and a DJI Inspire or Phantom, should be brain-dead easy and fairly quick.
Well there is an Airfore Base next to me. But I try not to fly near it. Is DronePano an app? iOS store I only see dronepan.
Yes, I've used DronePan. Just beware, last time I used it, it left my Inspire in a cockeyed azimuth orientation after shooting and as I was setting down the bird, it was off center from its landing point. A tree strike and four months of sheer utter hell with DJI support ensued. (My fault, but just beware!)
DronePan is perfectly fine, I'm not denigrating it at all, just be aware of your orientation when landing. As for "cambered landing", this is likely dependent upon exactly what drone you're flying. Most of my hours are with the Inspire V1.
A bit confused here. Will DronePan work with Inspire 1, Inspire 1 Pro w/ X5, Inspire 1 Pro with X3, or Phantom 3?
So far I tried Inspire 1 Pro and P3P it only takes pics along the vertical axis, will not yaw the camera...As far as I know, it's agnostic but have only used with my platforms, namely Inspire 1 V2 and it works great (aside from my pilot error). I intend to take it for a spin with my custom v-tail X8 with a Nava2 when the weather quits.
I got it, the app turns the AC not the camera. Old video showed the camera yawing...So far I tried Inspire 1 Pro and P3P it only takes pics along the vertical axis, will not yaw the camera...
Well you and I can agree that the current regs are overwrought -- to give an example. I got pinched by a PA park ranger last fall for flying my drone in a State Game Preserve. He was nice enough about it, especially after I pointed to the "rules and regs" sign right behind me that said nothing about drones. He proceeded to tell me it was a new law passed by the state legislature a month ago and they didn't have time yet to update all the signs. He then proceeded to preach to the choir about the difference between "launch and land" and "flying" -- e.g. I can't launch nor land within state parks ... but if I go over "THERE" [he points] outside of park land boundaries I can launch and land from there, and fly anywhere I want, because anything in the air is FAA jurisdiction. Now, this is nice -- but it's also stupid. All this does is encourage people to fly beyond visual line of sight. If I launched where he pointed, and I shot the waterfall that I shot, I would have been completely BVLOS. Perverse incentives yield perverse results.
As for the $10M insurance policy, hell, we put on 5-day 25-band show in Sturgis with helicopters, super technocranes, and 20 camera positions. And we served BEER. To PISSED-OFF BIKERS (Axl Rose was late, my boss got hit in the back of the head with a beer bottle, etc). $5M policy.
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