Recent content by ADofIdaho

I had a similar situation last fall, in Southern Idaho USA, only a woman shot in my direction while I was flying my I2. I was filming a subdivision development I provided the local law enforcement with flight logs, videos and pictures, all the evidence necessary to convict her especially when...

I actually had a P3 fly into a tree one time about 60 feet up. We ended up cutting this 50 branch out. It rotated as it fell leaving the drone on top of a leafy cushion. Picked it up a flew it. I use my drones primarily for roof inspections a couple of years ago I clipped a tree branch with...

WOW!!! Just astonishing. My jaw is hanging open. This could happen to any of us...only ending much less favorably. You are one lucky guy.

I'm happy to hear that...as proven by the other posts on this thread, it is pretty easy to be consumed by the technology and overlook the obvious at times.

I have had this problem a lot. Finally a couple of months ago I realized that my proximity to power lines will affect my image transmission at times. The last few times I have lost the image transmission I walk around and relocate where I am controlling from and the signal reconnects. This...

All my flying is commercial work.

I have my part 107 and State Farm. That likely explains why I have a deductible and double your premium. I know no drone operators and I find this quite interesting. Thanks!

Yes I'm in the USA. I had no idea that 39 countries use the dollar. Are we as commercial drone operators required to have knowledge of world finances?

Have been using uav's for several years now in my inspection business. Within the last year bought an Inspire 2 and have started doing some video work. Don't know about the rest of you folks but the I2 with an assortment of lenses and other accessories has been quite an investment for me. In...

Thanks for your reply Dave. We have scores of starlings here also. They make good targets for my pellet rifles :). Really don't think it take much of a strike from a bird to take a drone down. I have watched one of my Phantom 4 pros fall a couple of times and the last one was a total loss of...

I can believe that. In a way it is pretty cool to see raptors like that. On the other hand I have watched as a couple of my drones have fallen from the sky (pilot error). The thought of watching my Inspire 2 fall from the sky while entangled with a hawk is unsettling to say the least. Also...

Do you think and Bird would attack a drone? That was my worry that the hawk and my inspire would come crashing to the ground and I have to explain how my drone killed a hawk...

We were flying a real estate shot and were greeted by a Red Tail Hawk. The video was pretty cool. Flying my Inspire 2 with x5s. Location southern Idaho, USA.

Kenney Young