Recent content by enzyox

My experiences with both yellow and red no fly zones is that the system is not reliable. These jobs are usually very time sensitive and may require direct coordination with local ATC during the operation. Not knowing for sure if the bird is going to fly or what it will do once airborne is...

I had a situation with a basic Real Estate shoot involving an empty lot in a messy divorce settlement with an angry ex who lived nearby who aggressively refused my team access even though he did not own the property. The agent then asked for it to shot from a distance down the road in an...

All these bidding type sites are garbage and any profesional that gets work from them only hurts the overall market prices. With zero quality control, no license verification, no insurance and are full of hacks who are willing to fly below cost for real businesses.

I show up in my work truck with blinky orange lights, an abundance of orange cones, hard hats, radios and safety signage. Never had a problem.

Welcome to the world of Professional Real Estate Photography. There are clients who use their iphones to take their MLS photos. These are not the clients you want. Thumbtack, Craig's List and any other bidding type sites attract bottom feeders who mistakenly think that undercutting market...

I fear the need to get permission to fly above private property while photographing a nearby property. Now there is a transit exception, but it is pretty vague and would potentially open you up to legal troubles. A typical low end Real Estate still shoot at 150 AGL and 150 feet away from a...

Are you referring to KBTV? It is good to see that you are reading your sectionals. Look on airmap.io and turn on class C. Notice in airmap the SFC ring is shown. Normally outside that 5 NM ring you should be good, however you may still have a problem... In airmap.io turn on Class E and see...

I highly recommend using the print to PDF option before you submit your form. Note that you can grab the corner of the keyin fields too small to display in their entirety and make them the size of the entire text before you print them to PDF. I also include an internal reference number so I...

UAS Rated Remote Pilot

It is my understanding that one or more VOs and how they are positioned is an important element to meeting that item in the standard.

Apply for your airmen certificate with IACRA and you associate your passed exam with your application once it is in the system and you immediately can get your temporary license. In 4 to 8 weeks you get the card in the mail.

A commercial film shoot is an expensive operation involving numerous people and permits not similar at all to most inexpensive drone shoots. Such a local law would make Real Estate shoots all but impossible to do at a reasonable price. A 500 foot radius would incompass 20 to 50 homes in a...

In the years I have been flying, never once has someone threatened to shoot down my aircraft. I do carry hull damage, but I have never used it. People often try and talk with me while flying. I simply ask them to wait a few minutes until I land the aircraft. Most of the time I am done with...

I find that an overt profesional presence is the key to reducing issues. On our trucks we have door signs, orange flashing roof lights (usually never on) and we always drop cones around the vehicle. We have company polo shirts, yellow vests, radios and hard hats, although large brim hats are...

This problem is really annoying in areas of high interference, the slave video is nearly useless making camera operation impossible. Sure connecting the HDMI directly to the master works but is a horrible solution. Anyone seeing any progress or at least an admission of this widely reported...