Recent content by DroneDaddy

To me it looked like a sun beam reflecting off of a power line as you passed over it. Seems there's another power line to the left and below. Sent from my iPhone using PhantomPilots

How did you connect the new antennas? I have lots of those old router antennas lying around. Sent from my iPhone using PhantomPilots mobile app

Right now you need a 333 exemption to fly your drone for commercial use. So what happens when a commercial entity finds a free to use drone video on the Internet and uses it? Say the entity is a news agency or movie production company. Who gets in trouble? The drone operator? The company...

What website do you use? Sent from my iPhone using PhantomPilots mobile app

You still need a pilots license for non-hobby. From the FAQ: "Under this grant of exemption, a PIC must hold either an airline transport, commercial, private, recreational, or sport pilot certificate. The PIC must also hold a current FAA airman medical certificate or a valid U.S. driver's...

The government is always looking for ways to control things. This is not a conspiracy. It is fact. Sometimes it's a good thing - like with discharge of dangerous waste. Controlling commercial drones is actually not a bad idea. People can get hurt. But requiring a pilots license clearly stems...

The US government (FAA) corporate interests FTW. Sent from my iPhone using PhantomPilots mobile app

In fact the simulator shouldn't even need the quad on. Kind of silly when you think about it. Sent from my iPhone using PhantomPilots mobile app

Oops. Got my S1 and S2 mixed up. You would think right to left is ascending but no. Sent from my iPhone using PhantomPilots mobile app

Just ran two missions. One out in the middle of nowhere and one over an empty field in town. Got serious lag and disconnects in town. Perhaps the OP is in an area with lots of wifi interference. Sent from my iPhone using PhantomPilots mobile app

But don't you have to provide your staff pilots license? (Pilot on staff?) Sent from my iPhone using PhantomPilots mobile app

If you don't have a pilot's license, don't bother considering flying commercially. You need that for the exemption. Sent from my iPhone using PhantomPilots mobile app

You have to learn to use the switches on your remote. With S1 pushed forward, toggle it down to the bottom then back up once. Sent from my iPhone using PhantomPilots mobile app

I just updated and found out that one of the extra batteries I had purchased was "non-DJI". Flight is prevented now with such a battery. Sent from my iPhone using PhantomPilots mobile app

Can you explain exactly what interpolate will do that Focus POI doesn't? Sent from my iPhone using PhantomPilots mobile app