Recent content by dperez

Thank ya. Interesting, RC folks taking the survey much more than general aviation folks. Help a kid out!! :)

Cracka/Hillbilly (and the rest of you), Thanks for the help.

HELP - Survey on commercial Drones/UAS for a highschooler Son's doing a high school paper on commercial UAS regulation. Do you mind filling out the following survey? 7 questions, mostly multiple choice, no personal information. He's planning on closing the survey Thursday end of day. Thanks in...

USB portable battery chargers have gotten pretty cheap - $40ish. My favorite is the $100 one that can also jump start your car.

Because certificate holders "should appreciate the potential for endangerment that operating a UAS contrary to the FAA’s safety regulations may cause" we "warrant a civil penalty above the moderate range". I'm guessing they're referring to upcoming regs since the existing stuff seems to be...

With entry level RC plane/helicopter/multi-rotor prices coming down so much, I'm not surprised. You can get a full setup RC setup for flying at a field or park for $40-$200 to start. But if you want to fly at an AMA field, you need to add another $100+ per year. Equipment prices are coming...

Looks like they've cancelled the cancellation of AC 91-57 so looks like it's back in place.

Any tips on getting the fsdo to give an ok? When I called they said they would have to inspect the installation regardless of how easily it attaches/detaches and how small the camera is. Thanks. I'd like to get a perspective other thanks from inside the cockpit someday.

I was right at about 10k including everything - books, bag, headset, charts, examination, medical. Seems about average. Saw earlier in the post $5k for instrument rating. I wonder if that's what I would expect. I was thinking it would be more.

Any access to a simulator at your airport? Not quite as impressive as the real thing, but could be fun to see 5th graders try to land.

Looks like Gazelle dropped there offer price to $80. Gamestop dropped their price even more. Sold my nearly flawless iPad1 last month for $100 to a person locally. I think it would be tough to get more than $100 now that the new ones are out.

I used GPS. To stay in my comfort level, I wouldn't go through without feeling confident I had VPONX and VPOOP lined up and had the alititude nailed first so there would be time to look out for traffic and visual checkpoints and look around for engine out options. First time I went through...

I did this route - almost exactly the same - for the first time solo a few months ago. Dropped down to 1500 after passing Davis so that I was well lined up for VPONX and VPOOP at 1500 before getting near the Bravo rings. 1500 felt pretty low, I didn't want to have to be lower to squeeze...

Did you see the aopa article that came out yesterday? Free bikes at Slatington airport (69N) for the biking there. Looks interesting.