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    Birds of Prey

    That was good. Wish I could catch one on the ground rather than at 300 ft.
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    Birds of Prey

    The herons around here are definitely drone intolerant! As soon as they see it they do an afterburner takeoff. And they can see well. What I do is zip in from the other side of the house, zoom down to the ponds about 200 ft away and try to video them flying away. It's very difficult, watching...
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    Need Authorization to Fly Here? Nope.

    Well I'll be darned, you are correct about the intended audience of B4UFLY - hobbyists. I thought it was for all UAV pilots, under 107 or not. Thanks for clearing that up. That explains my perceived conflict.
  4. Wingsy

    Ordered this tracker.. Review be up shortly

    I have a TK102B that I received recently. Took forever to get here from China - about 3 weeks. I haven't strapped it to my P4 yet but yesterday we played hide-n-seek with the kids with it. Someone would hide it and the rest would find it. Piece of cake, unless you're 8. I was pleased that in all...
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    Need Authorization to Fly Here? Nope.

    I was trying to define the line between what I HAVE to do and what I SHOULD do. I've got a pretty good handle on what I should do and needed clarification on the HAVE to part since I was getting conflicting info from the FAA's own app. Then of course there is 107.43: 107.43 Operation in the...
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    Need Authorization to Fly Here? Nope.

    It's obviously within 5 miles of the Burlington airport. The DJI-GO app won't let you take off there. B4UFLY app says there are 2 airports and 1 heliport nearby and that, by law, you need authorization to fly here. But what about the fact that you're inside that faded magenta circle around the...
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    Burliington

    Sectional
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