jdelamater
lvl.1
Flight distance : 17064 ft
United States
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I live in fairly close proximity to about 4 airports, 2 of which are class D and within 3SM. A 3rd class D is about 10SM and a *very* busy class B about 15SM away. I never receive notifications from the Class B airport, as they are already sufficiently high by the time aircraft reach my area. Same thing for the farther away class D, but the two closer class D airports will occasionally trigger a yellow caution alert on the screen.
One time I was flying at my parents house, who are about 10SM from the nearest airport and got red caution alert for manned aircraft in the area, and I'm not sure what this guy was doing, as he wasn't in any of the flight paths for the runway and was still miles off, but he was below 1000'. I wasn't concerned about my drone being near him, as I was changing the battery at the time, but the app gave some audible beeps, and when I looked at it, there was a giant red airplane on the map as it flew overhead.
Point of all that is, maintaining VLOS is important, but ADS-B system is a nice backup if for some reason a manned aircraft ends up getting near you without you noticing. Its just an extra layer of notification to help keep you informed. |
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