Recent content by El_Flaco0525

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    George WAshinton Bridge Flyover

    The tragedy of the commons.
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    Broke my phantom; now what do I do?

    Update: I've talked to two of the support vendors listed on the DJI website. The first person I talked to, at Maxcopter, said that he didn't have the little black ribbon cable replacement part, because DJI had not yet released it as a replacement part. He was hoping that DJI would do that...
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    Texas State Parks going way of National Parks

    I'm from Texas, and this is depressing news, especially coming on the heels of the recent decision of the NPS to ban UAVs from national parks. I have to wonder if this "ban" by someone's supervisor is anything more than a single decision by a single administrator. I can easily imagine the guy...
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    Tortious Interference?

    There may be some basis for challenging the FAA on the basis that its rules/guidelines are beyond the scope of Congress' delegation of authority to it. Maybe. I'm a lawyer, but I don't specialize in administrative law, and I haven't researched the statutes on which the FAA relies for authority...
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    Broke my phantom; now what do I do?

    Thanks for the input. It looks like I'll be sending the quad to one of the DJI service centers and/or DJI. I hope I do not have to replace the entire gimbal/camera assembly. That would get very expensive. Again, thanks for the help.
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    Broke my phantom; now what do I do?

    I'm a new owner of a Phantom 2 Vision +. Too new, as it turned out. I had a bad crash with it today that broke the camera loose from the gimbal where it attaches to the bottom of the vertical arm. The little black ribbon thing that I'm pretty sure is not there for decoration also broke. I've...
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