Recent content by labrat1957

I was able to get my XStar Premium out to 2.6-miles last year. I was at a high point in the hills somewhere in the Northeast. Nothing around for miles except forest and streams. I flew out over the forest and a valley, and across a river. At the 2.6-mile reading I turned it around and hit...

Don't know about Austin but, I have two in San Antonio!

Well ain't that just grand. Screw DJI!

Where are the landing gear?

https://contentsharing.net/actions/email_web_version.cfm?ep=jSWAXeyO4YPrea0EUXywJFN4uah4vpk8TFgOCXOt6KbMmwm3AIXJNJXfupwrrUJv76B7EJn1pPoa8uJgv2g4P348_Ulm1LVG4tME9eN6Hp8qriSbBeR6Ds41uHeD03H6 This is what AMA has posted about it. Most hobby flyers have nothing to worry about.

My flights are in class G below 400-ft. I am always more than 5 miles from any airport.

Welcome from Texas! I am originally from PA however and will be visiting the Lycoming County area in a couple of months. I still have property on the Susquehanna there.

Bee Keepers would likely 'bee" happy to take them. We had a situation at my job with Honeybees. An expert keeper came by, removed the queen and the rest followed. No more bees. He now has a whole new hive producing honey. Anyway, wasn't there some news recently telling about bees being in...

Nor have I. I've been flying for several years now and have yet to see any drone other than my own. I would have thought that the sky was swarming with them as some "news" would lead me to believe.

Some of them are white but I believe the orange one is way more popular and abundant.

Always seems to involve a DJI. Wouldn't there be a TFR or something, and doesn't DJI's geofencing limit this type of activity?

Is it OK to partially charge a battery? For example, they've sat for a while, you check them, and one or two have just one LED (or less) flashing. Is it OK to toss it on the charger for 15-20 minutes until two or three LED's are lit? I usually charge whatever batteries I'm going to use just...

Ehh... I don't think I'll run into the Navy our here in the desert but, ya never know.

Yes, a general understanding of aeronautical maps can be had in the AMA. For me personally, I have not much use for all the technicalities of Part 107 as I don't fly commercially or for any kind of profit. I do know how to find TFR's and NFZ's. Much of that is common sense. The common sense...

Part 336 is gone as of Nov. 2018 although its basic content remains. Some sort of test is coming somewhere in the future but who knows how long it will take for it to be implemented. DJI already has a "test" in place that has to be taken when you register your drone (you can skip it three...