Winging It

Proposed FAA Drone Remote ID Rules

January 3, 2020
/ drones
/ By tom

The FAA has issued a Notice Of Proposed Rule Making for UAS Remote ID. The rules they are proposing will effect every drone pilot when it goes into effect in 3.5 to 4 years (3 years after adoption). These rules were obviously tailored to commercial drone services like package delivery, power line and pipeline inspection and […]

Happy New Year 2020

December 31, 2019
/ Happy Holiday
/ By tom

Happy New Year 2020. Goodbye teens and welcome to the twenties!

Merry Christmas 2019

December 23, 2019
/ Happy Holiday
/ By tom

This year I am back to my all time favorite Christmas Carol. Enya’s version of Silent Night.

Happy Thanksgiving 2019

November 27, 2019
/ Other
/ By tom

Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone!

Mavic Air In Cold Weather

November 1, 2019
/ drones
/ By tom

I took my DJI Mavic Air out for a test flight today to see how it handled the cold weather. It wasn’t extreme cold but it was below freezing at the time. Not only was it cold but the wind was strong too. UAVForecast was reporting winds of 17 mph gusting to 24 mph at […]

Happy Halloween!

October 31, 2019
/ Happy Holiday
/ By tom

Litchi App For DJI Drones

October 10, 2019
/ drones
/ By tom
/ 1 COMMENT

Litchi is an app for DJI drones that can be very useful for automating flight paths. Often touted as a replacement for the DJI GO 4 app, I prefer to think of it as a supplement to that software. Both apps are good and both will have their place in my flying. While the Litchi app […]

Practicing With The Mavic Air

September 17, 2019
/ drones
/ By tom

I have flown a couple more practice sessions with the Mavic Air and am getting comfortable with the controls. I now trust it enough to put the remote down and take pictures of it in flight with my Nikon P1000. It’s cool to just leave it hanging in the air while I walk around it […]

Northern Illinois Airshow – Wings Over Waukegan

September 8, 2019
/ airshows
/ By tom

We picked Max up after school on Friday and then on Saturday we all went to the Northern Illinois Airshow at Waukegan National Airport. We got to the airport a couple hours before the actual airshow was to start, set up lawn chairs to save out spot and then walked around the grounds to see the […]

First Drone Flight

September 5, 2019
/ 3D Printing drones
/ By tom

I managed to combine 3D printing with drone flying today. The highlight was doing my first flights with my new DJI Mavic Air! I will get into that more it a little bit but just let me say it was super easy to fly – at least in beginner mode. First, let me talk about […]