Some of the content may be dated, but it food for thought" March 2011 -- The only fine ever issued: A proposed $10,000 fine against a drone operator for an aerial picture-taking flight at University of Virginia (Charlottesville), where FAA…
"I think the Feds would have no problem with anyone Designing Liquid or Solid fuel rocket engines, inherently stable airframes, Telemetry or Data Acquisition systems, but start putting guidance systems on rockets, now you have a problem. NAR or TRA…"
"While I don't condone the way that the shooters were killing the Pigeons (aka rats with feathers), I also don't condone these activist flying over personal property. "Pilots" if you want to call them that, are suppose to fly no lower than 500-foot…"
"I also have a NAZA and verify it's performance. I've also had KK, Quadrino, MultiwII, Korean KK, MK v2.0 and last but not least the Arducopter hardware. The NAZA out performed all the others for stability out of the box with virtually no tuning.…"
"The problem with using nylon fasteners is that will stretch over time. Sure they'll shear in a crash but I doubt that it would save much. I use steel hardware on my frames and lock nuts. I also don't use thin wall square tubing that will collapse in…"
"I believe it was 6061 and I'll have to check old emails to see what the cost of the anodizing was. This was done on a CNC Punch by a company in Arkansas. They do great work."
"Excellent! I just wish the decision was made to go with aluminum when I was on the arducopter frame development team. I had a couple of aluminum prototypes made here in the US that turned out very good. Two sets were powder coated and one was…"