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I had an order open with B&H for three months before I cancelled it. Each month B&H said the manufacturer (DJI) said they had a new updated expected delivery date of the end of the next month. So, they were unable to fulfill the order.

Hey guys, I was curious if anyone else is still flying their DJI Inspire 1 and having a difficult time finding TB48 batteries to purchase? We've been told by three large vendors (RMUS, B&H, Multicopter Warehouse) that they are unable to fulfill our order for these batteries. The conspiracy theorist would suggest that this is the way DJI has chosen to force people to upgrade their drones. If you're able to still purchase TB48s, can you provide contact information for them? Thanks!

Hi Bill. I know it's been a LONG time since you posted this, but the status hasn't changed. Are these 2 TB48 batteries still available?

I concur with @Dave Pitman. We were asked to do a project near an airport and we asked the FAA drone representative here in Denver if we could tether it and avoid the Part 107 requirements and we were told that we could not. We then asked if we put a camera on a pole that is the same height and proximity to the airport (75' AGL) if that would create issues and they said no, we could do that.

Hey @AprilRamone, welcome to the world of UAVs and to the forum; there are a lot of great people in here with experience and a helpful attitude. I own Colorado Aerial Imaging and have been flying drones in the Denver Metro area for a little over 3.5 years, primarily performing inspections. I'd be happy to help you understand the local Colorado and federal regulatory rules as well as the equipment options. DJI owns the market share of drones in the world and they have very good products. The Mavic 2 Pro or Zoom are great drones for hobbyists and "prosumer". They cost about $1,500 w

I'll be at Xponential. Hope to see you guys there.

Beautiful! Well done!

Welcome @TriniDP. I'm sure you'll find a lot of good information in here to help you on our path.

@Dustin Wise Great job forwarding the information from AirMap. What AirMap has done on their site will confuse everyone out there. You've done a great thing here by helping to improve our community by making this information available to the rest of us. Thanks

Welcome to the group @Scott C Burns. There's a lot of experience in these forums and we're glad you're here to add yours.

@JBR LIFE Photography Thanks for posting these details. DJI's firmware is the THE most frustrating part about using their equipment. You would think they would have better quality assurance. This is why many people consider them to be an expensive toy manufacturer, not a professionals drone. But, at the same time, they have all of our business, so they must be doing something that is just better than the competition.

@Av8Chuck based on your comment above, I think you're taking my post a little more literally than I intended. My intent was more inline with the other comment you made when you said, "You made a valid point that hobbyists probably wouldn't think about running into a skydiver over a stadium..." Again, the point I was trying to make was more along the lines of, "all pilots need to check the airspace for TFRs before they fly using one of several apps that we've all talked about in these forums (AirMap, Skyward, etc)" and here's an extreme example". Thanks for poking at my post to force me to

Unfortunately, yes. http://bfy.tw/Exai

Here's another example that hobbyists probably don't think about when flying their drone near a stadium.

Hey Bill, you may be interested in this YouTube segment for a STEM education event that we supported in a rural area of Colorado. It's a long video segment (just linking to the segment on drones) and I'd encourage you to take the time to watch the other pieces. My former aviation battalion was even featured in this STEM event. Eads has a population of a few hundred people, so to have this much turn out for it was pretty awesome. Good luck in your STEM program. Let me know if there is anyone I can put you in touch with to share lessons learned.