Recent content by sabrewalt

A low rent drop system. See video link,

Hello, Been quite awhile since I have been on here. Was photographing a charity even at our flying field today. My H was about 2 football fields away and 300 FT agl. All the flying was in wide open spaces and above any nearby structures and trees. My controller started alerting my about being...

I dropped 1.5 lbs of water from my H from 300 ft no problem. Unpopulated area, trained observers. I tried 3 lb bleach bottle of water. Would not get more than an inch off the ground. It had trouble with 2 lbs and when I tried to drop it, the landing gear locked up so I did not try again.. You...

I did not see it mentioned here (Maybe it was), but be careful about flying downwind to a photo site and running out of battery on the way back. I have scared myself a time or two and now I find a launch site that is downwind and fly to the photo site into the wind.

Also, Were you at RABBIT or TURTLE setting??? That can make a big difference in the "bouncing". I always do the final 10 - 20 Ft at TURTLE setting.

Hi Not on here much due to travel but I could not find on here if anyone has done this. (Probably has). But I rigged up a simple drop solution. My memory card in H was full so I did not get air shots but the visual on the ST16 screen was pretty cool. I did fill the bottle up with water and...

airnav.com is a pretty good place to get contact information for a specific airport. If airport has no control tower, Does 107 allow you to use a radio tuned to local CTAF frequency and monitor during flight???

Billy, your right. If your operating legally under FAR 107 and this guy brings you down.. then yeah I imagine there will be an FAA problem. I can see ALL kinds of unintended consequences with this sort of device. It's basically taking the law into your own hands at least right now. What if he...

RayRay, No worries. The amount if inaccurate information on the boards is staggering. I just happen to be studying for the certification and all that is front of brain. Couple of months ago I knew nothing and of that most of it was wrong. Within a year, I will have forgotten all of it. The real...

RAY RAY Just to be thorough 107 DOES NOT APPLY to Recreational use of drones. This also directly from FAA. HOWEVER, does not mean you will not get a jackass who thinks he knows the rules trying to confiscate your drone. Be careful out there. oes the new Small UAS Rule (part 107) apply to...

So as not to start a flame war, AMA says no flights over 400 ft within three miles of any airport without contacting the tower first.

I just went to the FAA website. The list for Recreational flight DOES NOT prohibit night flight. The list for Business does prohibit it. So if I am on my flying field with a lit up model,Drone,UAV,sUAS under 55 lbs. Put it in your pocket in case the po po come for ya. BTW, AMA says the 400 ft...

Correct me experts if I am wrong but I believe that the recreational use of these small UAV's are NOT prohibited at night. Only commercial operations are not allowed night flight. BTW, We do it all the time at our flying field and have for years.

Oh Crap, I thought all these years that 3.28084 feet was equal to 1 gram. Minus 1 for the dumbass 'merican.

Nice, walking on a beach with a calm surf like that will make you live longer IMHO!!!