Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Drones 101 Seminar

Early morning gathering of Airstream drone enthusiasts in a field adjacent to the expo center where we found five drones being demonstrated including DJI Phantom 3 and Phantom 4, Mavic 4 and a GoPro Karma. Amazing leaps in technology in just over a few years including collision avoidance, auto return, gyro stabilization for photo and video, 4K HD video and out of sight video control. Interesting this year FCC require Ham Operator Licensing for out of sight drone operation - just got that certification in May! Downside is that drone ops are forbidden in National and State Parks...