Recent content by SteveT777

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    Drone footage from recent disaster areas seems to break rules

    Did you read CNN's requirements? The sUAS can not exceed 1.37lbs. That is much smaller then a phantom
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    Being a hobbyist drone pilot actually pays

    I still question whether a Part 107 is really justified in this exact instance. First of all there are only two classifications of UAS operators. Hobbyist and commercial operators. A Hobbyist is defined as anyone flying for hobby or recreational purposes only. The FAA gave an example as...
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    107 Waiver for Houston News

    faa.gov Its on the front page right now
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    Orange Beach Alabama Drone Ordinance

    Local ordinances are popping up all over. I was stopped two weeks ago at Rincon Beach in Ventura Calif. Ranger said I couldn't fly. I went online and found that they had just enacted the ordinance two months prior. Los Angels has had an ordinance for a year. Pasadena just enacted an...
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    Help me understand this chart...

    Good question. I don't believe I have ever read where that was addressed in Part 107. Participation in TRSA is voluntary and not mandatory. looking at your map the inner TRSA is within the Class D so you couldn't fly there anyways. The outer is 1,600 to 6,000 feet so you wouldn't be flying...
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    So a cop pulled up tonight when I was flying....

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    So a cop pulled up tonight when I was flying....

    Where are you located?
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    hospital helipad

    In my experience there are numerous medical aircraft flying in of and out of hospital helipads. There is no tower or controlling power. The helicopter will call in their intentions to land with a patient. The person on the other end of the radio is a nurse in the emergency room. Her only concern...
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    Police stopped me

    Pasadena just passed a municipal code against drone flying. Los Angeles has had one for most of 2017. There is a local beach city that also has one but I don't remember which one. These are directed towards the hobbiest.
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    Police stopped me

    Was their helicopter flying in support of the event?
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    airspace

    Here is your contact information if you are within 5 miles. Ownership: Publicly-owned Owner: CAMPBELL COUNTY COUNTY COURTHOUSE, PO BOX 435 JACKSBORO, TN 37757 Phone 423-562-2526 Manager: BERT LOUPE 610 MEMORIAL LANE JACKSBORO, TN 37757 Phone 423-562-9966
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    airspace

    Inside the Magenta the floor of the Class E starts at 700 feet above the surface. If you on top of a mountain then its 700 feet from that mountain top. How close are you to that airport?
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    Part 107 - MOA help please

    A lot of these test questions are explained very clearly in You Tube.
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    Battery Dent

    Looking at my three batteries one has worse denting then yours. Guess I've never looked at them that closely before. I regularly check my batteries with Airdata and they are fine. I would say its just cosmetic damage.
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    Well... That just stinks...

    I just had my iPhone stolen. Sounds like you bought a stolen iPad. That's about how the find my phone app works and notification when turned on.