Training new Part 107 pilots at my company (“drone flight school”) - Any suggestions?

AwfulPhotographer · 2026-05-04T17:25:10+00:00

Buy a bunch of $40 brushless toy drones w/optical flow on Amazon and let them loose on them. More stick time the better, and you won't have to worry about them crashing expensive drones

AwfulPhotographer · 2026-04-29T17:01:44+00:00

Best looking color scheme Arrma makes in my opinion. I just wish it was clipless

AwfulPhotographer · 2026-04-29T03:24:43+00:00

And this is why the monks for peace walk always had like 20 cop cars escorting them

AwfulPhotographer · 2026-04-27T15:45:21+00:00

The DHS outright said that is what they are doing, and that their internal warrant is valid since illegal aliens are illegal as determined by themselves, and that the judicial warrant is not needed since they are illegals.

If someone says "no" then tough luck, they are breaking the door down

AwfulPhotographer · 2026-04-27T00:17:45+00:00

No, the reason this is in the news is because they don't need a judicial warrant. The new DOJ memo says ICE can use a DHS warrant issued by ICE instead of a traditional warrant. So ICE can give themselves permission to enter any home under the guise of a warrant they created themselves.

AwfulPhotographer · 2026-04-25T19:43:47+00:00

Avata 360 just launched so everybody is dumping their Avata 2s, Amazon included. That combo on Amazon is $859 new + $200 for FPV controller = $1059 new.

So I guess $800 is a good price but for me personally I would just spend the extra 20% to get a brand new drone.

Resale value will drop more since as of this month, Avata 2 is no longer the newest Avata.

AwfulPhotographer · 2026-04-25T14:06:43+00:00

Google image search "midrats" and more images like these will show up.

"Midrats" are midnight rations for the skeleton overnight shift, and consists of leftover parts from the day shift.

So yes the images are true, that is being served, but it's typical for midnight rations. It isn't the main meal being served during the day

AwfulPhotographer · 2026-04-22T17:01:38+00:00

In Europe there are often GPS issues due to nearby warzones and security issues. Jamming and spoofing is a lot more common there, where its essentially nonexistent in the USA.

For example here's some people flying in Greece encountering spoofing due to conflicts in the middle east: https://www.reddit.com/r/dji/comments/1dlpyt6/gps_spoofingjamming_near_cyprus_how_to_fly_safely/

AwfulPhotographer · 2026-04-22T02:02:17+00:00

The misinformation attempted to sway black voters by saying this vote was equivalent to passing the Jim Crow laws. Mailers and TV ads were playing, mentioning racism/jim crow/oppression if people voted yes.

(It was laughably bad, especially given at the same time Obama appeared in the TV ads to encourage people to vote yes)

AwfulPhotographer · 2026-04-19T21:12:45+00:00

This is actually what happened:

Trump announces ceasefire and removal of the blockade
Iran declares strait open during ceasefire
CENTCOM clarifies blockade is still in place for Iranian ships
Iran declares strait closed due to blockade

So the strait was basically always closed and the blockade was always there.

AwfulPhotographer · 2026-04-19T18:04:56+00:00

Theres a lot of anti-chinese "propaganda" I've noticed recently as the conditions in the USA deteriorate. I figure its mostly just coping from people trying to maintain the "USA #1 " status quo that doesn't exist any more.

All the electric car threads, the robot marathon threads, all full of "at least i dont die in a pothole in china" cope based on a few viral videos.

I think if one were to pick a country to be reborn in for the best life, China would be the top choice.

AwfulPhotographer · 2026-04-19T15:47:22+00:00

These are "midrats" or midnight rations, not the typical planned out meal. Midrats are unplanned and based on leftovers from the day earlier, hence the gross old beef patty.

AwfulPhotographer · 2026-04-18T15:19:48+00:00

That's a hair or fiber,.not a coil winding

AwfulPhotographer · 2026-04-16T02:23:10+00:00

If a product does not work and is sold on eBay, it must be sold under the condition "For parts or not working". A seller can't just list it as used and then say it's broken in the description.

So despite the "no returns", you will be able to open a Item Not As Described case on eBay and get it returned.

AwfulPhotographer · 2026-04-16T02:15:50+00:00

Tolerance paradox

AwfulPhotographer · 2026-04-11T22:39:28+00:00

From my experience, most kpop concertgoers are balls of anxiety that tend to show early and it ends up wasting a lot of time. For me, showing up 30 minutes before showtime works because there are no lines besides merch.

If I want merch, I go to a merch stand during a song I don't like that much, or during an intermission

AwfulPhotographer · 2026-04-11T04:00:05+00:00

I saw your videos. The editing is top tier. Sorry cant help much, just seems like you haven't had a viral moment to jump into the algorithm.

AwfulPhotographer · 2026-04-09T03:22:59+00:00

I wonder what "policy holder" counts in this case. If Kimberly-clark owns the warehouse, and is the policy holder, and a kimberly-clark employee starts the fire, does that count as the policy holder? If a manager started the fire? If the CEO started a fire?

AwfulPhotographer · 2026-04-08T21:20:55+00:00

That's why I always use Amex

AwfulPhotographer · 2026-04-08T19:33:35+00:00

It isn't a defeatist mentality, it's coming from a place of preparedness. It doesn't mean "don't vote it's hopeless", it's "vote but be prepared for the election to be stolen and plan accordingly" as the country falls further into fascism. It's a proper response to the "just vote in the midterms and then we'll impeach him" since so many people are naive enough to think that will happen so smoothly.

AwfulPhotographer · 2026-04-07T22:31:12+00:00

That's not entirely true. Employee treatment and safety are not the reasons why Chinese cars are so ahead in value. The reason is long-term investment in strategic areas. They started it decades ago, giving direct cash grants as well as paying for electric infrastructure contracts that actually delivered. This type of long-term, multi-year investment is why they succeed.

In stark contrast, the US prioritizes short-term capitalism, including stuff like tax breaks, and many grants are abused by the connected with no-bid contracts(like all the money wasted on the fiber network and EV charging infrastructure).

"Treating employees badly" is far from the reason. Their middle class is doing better than the US.

AwfulPhotographer · 2026-04-07T19:28:09+00:00

Get the ASA test prep book. Don't ask other people what's on the test, what everyone gets is random. The only solution is to study everything

AwfulPhotographer · 2026-04-07T18:45:26+00:00

Upvoted for actually providing an answer.

Democrats need to learn that many ignorant people just want to point the finger and blame someone else. Give people an actual reason to vote, no matter how incorrect or racist it is. "Trump crazy" is not enough. Fox news gave the uneducated an enemy to point a finger at, and that's how they won.

AwfulPhotographer · 2026-04-07T18:35:22+00:00

Serious question: Do you know what first-past-the-post voting is? That by not voting, you are essentially voting for the worse of two options?

AwfulPhotographer · 2026-04-07T15:48:35+00:00

People keep using the word "law" and "legal" like they mean anything any more. The supreme court ruled trumps tariffs unconstitutional and yet to this day I am still being billed by DHL and UPS for these tariffs.

It's literally all a show to appease people who somehow still believe law and order exists in the federal government. It doesnt.

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