Recent content by Bgoodin

Hey Ralph; Then that is good. Our needs do not require live radiometrics. I am too busy watching the I1 keeping it away from Transformers and 161 KV line buses to worry about looking at a screen to see immediate temps. As long as they fix the palliate on jpegs to reflect what we take the...

Ralph; Hate to say this bud and it does not reflect on you or your company. I have nothing but praise and high regard for you and your company. If DJI and FLIR come out with the XTR at or anywhere close to what we paid for the XT, I am not going to be a very happy camper! And if I'm not a...

I have the Shield with 6.0.1 and the latest Go app and also UF and have no problems. Also have no problems with the RC holding the unit. I did have to tighten the nut where the holder mounts to the RC. Oh wait! My bad... I had to do that when I mounted my Galaxy pro 12.2 on it. Now there is a...

Now that rule we can live with. Not sure on the hiring of a local pp. We will more than likely require that it would be under contract with a w9. Anyone doing work for the utility that is not on our payroll is listed as contract labor. The drone is covered under our blanket liability insurance...

That is the same here. We have the I1 pro with the XT camera. Once local pd, fire, SAR and a few others found out they all wanted to learn more about the capabilities of this platform. I was happy to inform them. When asked to fly over a piece of land to search with the ir for a missing person...

I just read earlier that a police department in the state got a COA in under 90 days for test and training with drones. Now, please explain why they can be classified as government and a municipal utility can not? They are city/county owned, like we are. As a utility we are tax exempt from the...

We started the process for a COA, sent a letter from the utilities legal counsel to the FAA stating the charter and sections that pertained to our public status. As a municipal utility we are subject to the same rules and regulations as the city. We are owned by the city, but the city does not...

We use the 9mm also here. Just right for getting 3 big transformers in our substations in view from about a height of 50 feet. Our engineers are just loving the video from the XT. Hope we can get radiometrics incorporated soon!

I have a question for y'all! Well 2! What is the definition of commercial pertaining to 333? Where would a municipality owned utility fit into the great scheme of the 333? Background: The utility is part of local government. Will be using the drone for substation infrared transformer...

Since the utility is owned by the city, it is part of the local government, like the city police or sheriff's department. Thus the reason why we had to send a public declaration letter to the FAA listing the statutes/charters/codes to prove the utilities public status. With that letter we had to...

Mike; You may want to do a search on "49 U.S. Code § 40125 - Qualifications for public aircraft status". ...B

Working for a Utility company and having an I1 for use in line inspection, right of ways and substation IR temp readings on transformers, I too thought that I would have to have a COA since the utility is a municipality. While contacting the FAA about this, I started the process and sent a...

I am glad you got it working. I know I will be a lot more careful on future updates. The I1 is a dream to fly! We just got ours last week and have been out flying it to get acquainted with the features. I work for an electric utility company and we are doing a pilot program to see how it...

What version did you download from the DJI website? Newest firmware on the site is 1.3.0.60 for the AC. I made the mistake of downloading the one for the Inspire 1 and not the pro so it did not update the AC what so ever. I think I have read that the RC will not connect to the AC if the versions...

Hi Ray! Just wanted to say thanks and the usb debug did the trick for me! Had tried to update the RC via DJIGO and it got to 99%. On the \phone with support. They were ready to RMA the unit. I came across this and tried it one last time and it took the update! I am a happy camper now! See I just...