Recent content by Derek Ralston

  1. Derek Ralston

    Flying Over Busy Streets

    Fly at your own risk, due to ignorance. How YOU see it has nothing to do with it. Good luck to you.
  2. Derek Ralston

    Flying Over Busy Streets

    Again, you err by not having an understanding of case law. There is such a huge difference between stopped and stationary, that it is hardly worth the breath to discuss the matter. Stopped simply means, to pause, for a short period of time. A vehicle stopped at a traffic signal is only paused...
  3. Derek Ralston

    Flying Over Busy Streets

    A "STOPPED" vehicle is NOT a "STATIONARY" vehicle. There are many things that you can do, have, or possess within a stationary vehicle, that are illegal withing a stopped vehicle. It isn't open to interpretation. Go seek well informed legal council before you go assuming things that could get...
  4. Derek Ralston

    Dealing with people

    Sorry, but you are wrong, at least for California. A dispatcher has the obligation to collect enough information to properly classify the call. If the information leads the dispatcher to believe that a criminal violation has not occurred, it is well within their authority to say "Sorry Charlie"...
  5. Derek Ralston

    Dealing with people

    Sorry, but just before you call them doesn't mean that they will come. Our dispatchers are very good at telling people that nothing illegal has happened and to have a nice day. Call back a second time, and they will get a much more hostile warning to not call back about it again. Call back a...
  6. Derek Ralston

    Tired of getting harassed when flying my sUAS

    As long as you are in the air, you can fly over ANY property, unless it is specifically prohibited by statute or regulated by the FAA. There is no height limit.
  7. Derek Ralston

    registration question

    ...and after you have your 107, you must also register your bird on the commercial side.
  8. Derek Ralston

    Flying Over Busy Streets

    There is nothing "technically" illegal about it - It is FLAT OUT a violation! Either move to the opposite side of the road to launch and shoot, or scrub the job unless you can get a waiver (good luck with that!). Why put your certification in danger, along with endangering the general public? Do...
  9. Derek Ralston

    H3-2D creating jello, motors off

    You my need to adjust the motors with the Tarot gimbal software. Too much gain on the motors, and they will shake. even though everything else is perfectly still.