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    He he - you've met me mate, think I'd need bigger motors and props... 😆

    It is quite amazing how quickly the tech is moving though and what people are doing with it.
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    Hello Homestar,

    In keeping with the spirit of this thread - I do own a Bugs 2. However, I am still in negotiation with the warranty holders as the thing did not work from the first minute it arrived in the post. Now they want a video of the machine not in operation then I have to upload it to a different branch of the company - then they will decide what happens. I did ask just for their postal address so they can have the unit back. Apparently that option is too easy. Catch 22 if I do take the unit to a local operator it will probably void the warranty.

    Not so much own - a couple of years ago when I was at a loose end I was looking at leasing a Yamaha RMAX and doing agricultural spraying. After compulsory flying lessons; and costing in the CASA license and then the lease agreement including and per hour costs that it would involved with a new enterprise and no pre-existing clients ... the project did not get off the ground for me. I studied Farm Management - Horticulture. Still the worker drones are interesting beasties...

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    We fly a few fixed and rotary wing ones for survey.

    Some fun stuff What Drones do you own?

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    car has a drone at about 12khz

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    Been watching a bit of this guy recently - most of his stuff is about his plane, etc but he runs a Drone business and this video shows off a real bit of kit - it's interesting when gets the DJI Inspire out for some tight work but ends up not using it because 'it's a toy' - with the gimbal and camera he has on it, there's nearly $7,000 - which he puts away to get the $100,000 unit out for to do the job properly. Whole different league this stuff is...

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    Drones being distributed to Army units Australia wide.

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    I’m pretty sure the dinosaurs died out when they stopped gathering food and started having meetings to discuss gathering food

    A bookshop is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking

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    Interesting move in the US this week - section 336 has been repealed and a new act is coming which basically paves the way for commercial drone operation to start en masse. This was heavily petitioned for by the biggest players in the market - Amazon and Google and will see hobbyists having to register all drones now, pass a test and be willing to have all thier drone operation tracked. As you can imagine there are some that are up in arms, but as pointed out the FAA simply don't have the funding or manpower to actual check what everyone is doing.

    Hopefully here in Aus, people will play be the current rules enough that they aren't tightened any more or banned completely or made it practically impossible to fly now like many Countries
    have, but once commercial drone operations look likely here, I'm pretty sure that similar laws will find their way here.

    Not overly bothered to be honest - I only fly in areas well out of the way and not around built up areas, which you're not allowed to do, but I'm sure some privacy nuts will complain. Not sure why, privacy is an illusion anyway. 😉

    Good video about it all here -

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    I have just sold my Inspire 1 and now have a Mavic Pro 2 just for my personal pics.
    Personally i think the rules and the enforcement of them need to tighten up.
    Im a commercial photographer and so a drone to me is just another camera ,BUT.......
    To use it in my job i need a pilot licence to fly it AND an operators licence for my company to then employ me as a pilot.
    When i was going through all this licencing a few years ago the cost was about 6k for the pilot licence and a bit more for the operator. Then you need to write your maintenance manuals and pay your insurance etc. In the meantime companies all over the place are putting up drone images shot illegally. How many of you have seen 4x4 vids with drone footage? If they don't have these licences then its illegal. Dose CASA do anything about it? No!
    I was questioned about double redundancy on the GPS and controller on the inspire. It only has one GPS etc so i was informed that on a full battery in a flyaway my craft had a range of 25km from memory and could i ensure i didnt come closer than 30m to any private property or people etc in that case..........um yeah nah!
    SO yes a few changes need to be made.
    Oh on the Mavic 2.....fantastic little craft and so much easier than the Inspire to fly without drawing too much attention. Expensive though.

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    Agree 100% that there are operators out there making a quid from their footage that won't be doing it legally. I even think twice about posting my stuff on Youtube as this can be seen as a Commersial operation if I ever make money on my videos (which I won't, but you get what I mean), but most don't seem to care - the 4x4 vids are a good example - wonder if they even realise they are breaking the law?

    Again, I think it comes down to CASA not having the resources to do much - they did ping that guy that flew his drone to Bunnings for a snag, but that's the only fine I've ever seen issued.

    I just have the original Mavic Pro which does me fine - the camera does get on my nerves a bit though but I can ususally make something of it in post. The Mavic 2 sounds like a big step up from what I've seen on them. 👍
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    For me it is.
    It will shoot raw and so your able hold the highlight details better. Sunrise , sunset or sun on waves etc with the inspire was a problem. Basically the same as a Gopro. No need for ND filters either.
    Regarding the rules.....i think its common sense what is unsafe. Spinning blades and a beach full of people for example. We still see these "amazing images shot by a viewer" at the end of the weather report on the tele though dont we. One i saw being applauded was a dusk shot over Sydney Harbour with the OP House and bridge in the shot. No question as to how the person got the shot after sunset in a no fly zone that just happens to be the Helicopter approach to Bankstown Airport.

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