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    Your Opinion Of This Police Harassment Of Drone Pilot:

    OK. my two cents worth opinion. As a retired Deputy from Colorado I can only share our policy as it relates to traffic stops. If the drone was flown at a close distance to the private property (which is appx. 100 feet elevation or "Buzzed" any persons or animals or hoovered for any length of...
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    Friend of a Friend Fined $1800 no registration on drone..i have questions

    Unless a jurisdiction passed its own law / ordinance there is no way to fine an operator for registration violation. That falls under the authority of the FAA. I doubt his charges are valid and / or enforceable. He needs an attorney to defend him. Something about this story doesn't smell right!
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    Hello everyone....I'm a dumb*ss

    Walking the dog at the park and saw this guy and his buddy, looked about 22-25 tears old, getting out his P3A right out of the box and getting ready to fly. You could tell he hadn't any knowledge of the product, some pieces still in plastic.. I assumed the battery was charged, not sure. I had...
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    Mountain or gorge flying and 400 ft. ceiling question

    The 400 ft is from point of take off. You can check out my video on youtube "hancock pass by drone". I started at 12000 feet elevation and then went up to about 500 feet to shoot the vidio.
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    Fraud? Scam? You tell me!

    I ordered a Mavic Pkg on 11-03-16 from a company on Amazon called yitamotor. I received notice that they were shipping 12-06-16. Today I got what they shipped..it was a class 8 32 gig memory card with an apology that they were not able to ship my Mavic till mid to late January. They charged...
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    Illegal to shoot down drones - duh!

    I have seen the video and believe that the FEDS were in the wrong. As a retired officer I can assure you that the Federal Officer shooting at the UAV better be able to articulate he was in fear for his or someones elses life...not just injury from a UAV prop. Another example of government...
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    2.7 k is the sweet spot!

    I have three videos on Youtube, all filmed in 2.7K. On my tv they are fantastic but when uploading them they lose some quality...I guess from Youtube compression algorithm. They are "Top of the world by drone", "Hancock Pass by Drone", "American Flag by drone".
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    New Regs for Drones in Canada

    I checked with my home owners policy / agent at USAA and I am covered as long as it is flown as a hobbyist and not commercially.
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    Hello from CO

    The 4k video on the Pro is awesome, but unless you have a newer computer to edit it and a 4k TV it would not benefit you.
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    No More Flying at Park

    I was advised by an attorney to position yourself outside the regulated area while you control your bird inside the park. Not sure if that is true...try it and let me know.
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    Banners

    I hung a 2' x 4' US Flag on the 4th of July and flew in my neighborhood.. People loved it.
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    USB in HDMI out (nvidia shield)

    Interesting perspective. I have the Headplay (ordered HDMI cable at same time and had no problems. I love the setup!
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    Range

    Even after installing a parabolic antenna from Amazon the most distance I get is 3100 feet. And that is line of sight. If my bird goes behind a ridge or anything the distance is MUCH less. Not sure how these pilots are getting "miles" out of their birds
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    Phantom Wind almost took down my bird.....

    I was in the process of testing several different parabolic antenna designs with surface wind at 5-7 mph. I had gotten out to 3000 ft and the video started to break up and I turned around to head back home. As I did, some incredible winds came in from a storm nearby and prevented my bird...
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    Nassau county cops giving me hard time about drone....

    I've been amazed at how many people ,from co-workers to neighbors seem to hate drones . There is such either paranoia or envy, jealousy...not sure what is creating the hate. Just yesterday an elderly neighbor said that a male friend from France visiting her saw my P3A fly over (I fly 100 plus...