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I canceled my Blackmagic micro order today. I knew they would never deliver on "mid-July", but thought maybe late August would be more likely. Well, it's the end of October and Blackmagic still has not delivered. With winter inbound I wouldn't get the thing in the air much until next spring, and...

One huge problem is conflating a 24-hour flight time capability and coverage of many kilometers of space, with aerial photo work from a multirotor with 12 minutes of flight time. I keep saying the same thing, I know, but we really could use some intelligent regulatory thought on the vast...

I can't see why you think ridicule and sarcasm are positive contributions to this discussion, but, this being the internet, such is hardly unique. Carry on.

This is the destructive power of fickle and inept governance. Uncertainty is far worse than even poor but clear regulation. People can't plan, invest, budget, or do anything else to build a business when the rules are unknown and unstable. Worse, the few rules we have require an irrelevant...

Rather than labeling people and offering associated negative implications (libertarian is a positive descriptor in my mind, though apparently not in yours), why not join the conversation and offer your own point of view?

Nice. Good read.

The "task force" already knows what the outcome will be. The coming month is for them to think about how best to spin it, acquire budget, etc.

Other thoughts: One possibility is companies like DJI (which requires customer registration for many product uses) just turn over data to the feds. We may not get a choice about whether we register. And how does this work if a drone is lost, destroyed, sold, etc? Once on the fed's list, can...

I think being a gun owner (and having lived in the very anti-gun state of Massachusetts), I am looking ahead to the end game here where this all turns into security theater, with real risks ignored (being largely uncontrollable -- e.g., intentional use of a drone/rc craft to inflict harm) and...

This is just a stepping stone to greater control. And it will appease people who don't understand or care to consider the real world. The comparison to gun registration is apt. In Massachusetts, for example, there is a registration requirement on new purchases and transfers of guns. In reality...

That's how authoritarianism works: Everyone thinks the new laws won't affect them. And once it starts, there is no stopping it. Additionally, I realize that it is just accepted among many that every cubic inch of airspace in America is under federal government control. Somehow if I fly a multi...

I'm not a pilot, and I don't want government knocking on my door. I understand that many (most?) want government to protect them from all manner of risks -- real or imagined -- and feel comfortable handing government authority over private life in the process. I'm not one of those people. I...

I'm seriously thinking of exiting this hobby altogether. I really don't want to be on the door-to-door visit list when some idiot in my neighborhood flies his drone in restricted space.

And this, partly, is why we live in a time with anemic economic growth. Regulations and obsession with "safety" undermine innovation. Just take real estate aerial photography as an example. Imagine the FAA offering a simple and clear path, e.g., a ceiling under 200 feet, no flying over property...

I'll put it this way: Name something government does well, where the outcome is measurable, and where unintended consequences, excessive bureaucracy, or poorly managed costs are not present. Registration is a classic useless government activity that does nothing but burden the commoner with...

Registration precedes confiscation. What problem would this solve? Is there even an example of a captured / retrieved "drone" that couldn't be traced to an owner due to lack of registration? Or, far more likely, is this just one more government power grab leveraging senseless public fear in...

MO for now. I'll check in when I get back out east.

Yes, still using the 1552s. That's the default setup on my S1000 and it has been my go-to bigger rig for quite a while now. Just mounted a Gremsy H3 on it this week and will post up some footage soon in the H3 thread. I've been very slowly pulling together an X8 that I plan to use these folders...

The 400kv MN4014 is pretty close in thrust/watt with a 15" prop.

Yes.