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91.119 Minimum safe altitudes; general Except when necessary for takeoff or landing, no person may operate an aircraft below the following altitudes: (a) Anywhere – An altitude allowing, if a power unit fails, an emergency landing without undue hazard to persons or property on the surface...

The initial test is 60 questions; 40 for the recurrent (every two years). You will have two hours to complete the test. You must pass with a 70% Topics and percentage on test Aircraft operations 35 – 45% Regulations 15 – 25% Airspace and Requirements 15 – 25% Weather 11 – 16% Loading and...

But, this is Pensacola, FL; elevation is about 20'. In optimal conditions, using P4P specs in p-Mode, it would take over 11 minutes to reach 11,000'. Descent is slower and would take over 18 minutes. These figure are likely way underestimated as they don't account for density altitude and...

What does it say, specifically?

If you are not getting an error message, how do you know it's an error???

I agree that the limiting factor is the class of airspace and not necessarily the distance from the airport. The FAA Airport Facility Directory lists the latitude/longatude of the center point of the airport. Using this to determine the boundaries of the airspace would be a good starting...

Which preset are you using? What's the error message?

Yes, the handbook has some good information, but it promotes drone-registration.net for registrations where it will cost you $60 for a commercial and $27 and up for hobby/recreation registrations. The FAA changes only $5.

There's an all but new BT-300 for sale here.

They're still available. Now asking $625.

I just pick up a new Matrice 210-RTK a week ago. I'm still conducting test flights without cameras. I've got a Zenmuse XT and Z30. The dealer said to run through the batteries a few times w/o cameras; as there have been reports of bad cells on delivery. There are a lot of quirks I am...

It has become my policy that the CSC midflight shutdown will not be enabled on any of my DJI aircraft; unless someone can convince me otherwise. This way I know falling from the sky will not be at my command...intended or not.

I bought them hoping to ensure/enhance Visual Line Of Sight requirements; as looking down at a display and then trying to reacquire sight of the UAS at distance can be a challenge. I wear glasses and it can be cumbersome to wear the glasses under the BT-300's. I had lenses for the insert made...

Near new condition. Used only twice. No scratches or blemishes. All accessories and original packaging. Phamtom and Mavic mount included. $650 Shipped to CONUS and Paypal only. PM for additional details.

C1: Camera Forward/Down C2: Toggle map/live