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This topic is kind of the crux of the problem. The FAA is claiming that any compensation incidental to the flight makes the activity commercial so the act of "advertising" this business is considered compensation whether your paid or not. GA is not that way. If I use my plane and donate the...

I've flown a couple of LIDAR tests, the camera itself weighed about 20 lbs, with 400KV motors, 17" props on 6S I could only get a couple of minutes. Not sure of the different configurations of LIDAR camera's but for the one we were flying it would need the newer KDE5212-435's with 18" props so...

This is not about attitude, its a culture that has taken decades to get to this level and it is systemic throughout the entire Federal Government. There's only one ting that will level the playing field, the Constitution. The Constitution guarantees us the right to be in any business we choose...

its interesting to watch this sort of thing happen to Chinese companies, I don't doubt its a good deal but if their going after a more professional market then costs isn't, or shouldn't be, the most critical deciding factor, so lowering the price makes people who've probably been down this path...

Yes and very unfortunately for you your having to live through this problem. But what choice do we have at the moment? We can individually take this issue on which is cost prohibitive for most with no guarantee for success or we can organize into a large group with leverage to address this in...

Keep in mind that it has taken some years, not months to get their first COA and I believe that the FAA has stated publicly that they are trying to answer the COA request within 120 days so I would imagine that's the absolute soonest you could expect it. I also think your going to need the...

Where did you relocate from? Sorry to hear about this, I certainly don't intend to rub salt in your wound but this is another example of why we need some sort of organization that protects our right to operate commercially. One of the things that this new organization can do is research the...

cracks me up, the goal shouldn't be to make as large a MR to fly such a comparatively small payload, it should be to build as small enough of a MR to fly that payload safely. I see people flying GoPro's with S800's, they must be the ones who think it requires an X8 with 18" props to fly a DSLR.

Wow is an understatement. Really nice work.

What have you found? You might want to look at Houdini.

Yes, this is the third itteration of that site, it looked like they were going to take off about the time of all the petitions but never seemed to catch on. I think in part because im not sure exactly what they represent. It's not enough to say that you represent all drone pilots, also it's...

This is not like moving up the food chain in engine size, your flying basically the same controller, move the throttle to 50% and it takes off. The size and weight don't really change the characteristics that much. However, if all you've flown is a P2 then you probably don't have much...

Depends on how much you can afford to lose, but if all you've flown is a P2 then I'd recommend you build a moderate sized quad to try different motors, props and controllers and really learn how to build, repair and fly. Otherwise there's a high probability that you will become a statistic like...

It will be interesting if AOPA chimes in on this. Whether the FAA intended to or not they just fired a shot across the box of AOPA. For me the things that is getting annoying is that the FAA is treating lawful citizens as though they're criminals and in the case of licensed pilots AOPA should...

Its funny, we're in a forum where dropping $10K-$20K on a multirotor is not uncommon, if you crash, it sucks but your alive to repair it and explain to the DP why you just ruined the RED. Yet you'd consider flying an airplane that costs in the $20K range? Over the past six years the economy...

I have the perfect solution for you, its a nice step up from what your learning in with a one piece windshield, all the glass and interior is in great shape, you can easily remove the rear seats - room enough for one or two multis (depending how you arrange them). So its high...

Thanks, that's kind of what I thought. If I understand you correctly, SuperX is weird when it comes to Y6 because all the tops are CCW and the bottoms CW, I was expecting it to be more like you described. I haven't setup my X8 yet.

Wouldn't you know it, the second flight is the one after I leveled the motors… I'll see if I can't figure out how to improve that. G is 55-65%, I upped them to 116% using the knob but it oscillated. The gains are set to .8 in the GUI and its not as locked in as my quad. Should I up the gains...

The AMA provides representation for Hobbyist, AOPA represents aircraft owners/renters/pilots, There are several other startup advocacy groups like the DPA and Small UAS Coalition, but the former has not found much traction and seems to be at odds with hobbyist, SUASC is simply a lobbying...

Probably the place to start is everyone answer [and ask additional questions that help define what we want to accomplish] a few questions: 1. What should this organization do? Not what should the rules be but what does it stand for? 2. What would it take for you to join? 3. If you join...