And the fire service has been operating Infrared ships (manned) for years. So, this is presented once again by the media and the drone advocates as if a drone is doing something that's never been possible before, when in fact all they're doing is putting a highly trained human out of work and replacing that person with someone with a lot less training.
Cost may in fact be less, but they're not trying to sell that.
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daedaluscan wrote:https://youtu.be/t5JgnMJzCtQ
Note the British Safety Slippers
LOL. It's a bit of a design flaw when the pilot's head is in the same plane as the rotors, and a clear umbrella must be employed as a defensive shield.
Still, good on these guys for trying design something than can actually haul a human.
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daedaluscan wrote:https://youtu.be/t5JgnMJzCtQ
Note the British Safety Slippers
Great. Now we'll see him hovering over his neighbor's pool with a camera in hand...
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Hahaha!
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No audio, just trying to figure this out!!
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Buckland...
That's where Beulah Ballot told me that old Hoser the Wonder Dog "him have good fur," and that when he died she'd make a hat out of him for me.
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That's where Beulah Ballot told me that old Hoser the Wonder Dog "him have good fur," and that when he died she'd make a hat out of him for me.
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Interesting... It seems like we're usually the ones calling for less regulation.
http://www.innovationmovement.com/drones
Drone industry is calling flight restrictions "anti-innovation." The bill seems aimed at a new form of trespassing by means of UAV. While I'm still quite wary of the drone craze and its threat to safety of manned flight, this seems an odd tack on the matter.
CA senate bill:
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces ... 20160SB142
http://www.innovationmovement.com/drones
Drone industry is calling flight restrictions "anti-innovation." The bill seems aimed at a new form of trespassing by means of UAV. While I'm still quite wary of the drone craze and its threat to safety of manned flight, this seems an odd tack on the matter.
CA senate bill:
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces ... 20160SB142
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I like it. Amazon wants unrestricted access to airspace 350' agl and lower, with a 50' "demilitarized zone" between 350' and 400'. California says no UAV's over real property 350' and lower without the owner's permission, effectively grounding drones except over public land. A clever way around the fact that the FAA, not the states, controls the air. And since the FAA's thinking is along the 350' line that puts the problem right back at the FAA's feet. Kudos to California.
The drone industry has no one to blame but themselves for thinking they could have unfettered access to the air, and do anything they want to, anywhere. This all started with PETA spying on hunters, then idiot drone operators flying in approaches to airports, interfering with law enforcement and fire fighter operations, and snooping on people within their own fenced in yard. Of course interfering with law enforcement and fire fighter operations I suspect was the impetus. I expect other states to follow suit as their drone use increases.
The drone industry has no one to blame but themselves for thinking they could have unfettered access to the air, and do anything they want to, anywhere. This all started with PETA spying on hunters, then idiot drone operators flying in approaches to airports, interfering with law enforcement and fire fighter operations, and snooping on people within their own fenced in yard. Of course interfering with law enforcement and fire fighter operations I suspect was the impetus. I expect other states to follow suit as their drone use increases.
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http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Unconfirmed-Drone-Airplane-Collision-Reported-224792-1.html
The FAA has reported that an “unknown object” struck a Piper Apache while in flight near Romeoville, Illinois, but according to the drone website suasnews.com, that object was likely a small drone. Citing an “unconfirmed report,” suasnews states that a Piper PA-23 twin impacted the drone at about 2,500 feet near Lewis University Airport (KLOT) in Illinois on August 27. Photos of damage on the aircraft appear to show a series of vertical indentations and a slice into the rubber de-ice boot along the leading edge of the tail surface. The airplane landed safely and nobody was hurt.
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Zzz wrote:Interesting... It seems like we're usually the ones calling for less regulation.
http://www.innovationmovement.com/drones
Drone industry is calling flight restrictions "anti-innovation." The bill seems aimed at a new form of trespassing by means of UAV. While I'm still quite wary of the drone craze and its threat to safety of manned flight, this seems an odd tack on the matter.
CA senate bill:
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces ... 20160SB142
It's odd that privacy concerns resonate more than the lethal threat of mid-airs, but I'll support anything that result in increased safety for all of us. I took advantage of their link to send a message supporting the bill.
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I hate that this issue pits two otherwise passionate flying interest groups. It's not the normal battle where we're up against an environmental conservation group or something like that. I have yet to get into the drone arena with my own camerawork, in part because I don't want to jeopardize my own pilot certificate for using the footage in what could be considered a commercial endeavor (website with advertising.)
While my primary concern is my and other manned aircraft pilots' safety, I fear a battle to enact regulation on any airspace will result in a loss of freedom to all of us. And of course the clueless idiots who just unboxed their drone and started flying it without any study will continue to do so with or without regulation.
While my primary concern is my and other manned aircraft pilots' safety, I fear a battle to enact regulation on any airspace will result in a loss of freedom to all of us. And of course the clueless idiots who just unboxed their drone and started flying it without any study will continue to do so with or without regulation.
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Zzz wrote:And of course the clueless idiots who just unboxed their drone and started flying it without any study will continue to do so with or without regulation.
I don't support any additional regulation, but it's only fair to point out that legislation to require geofencing in the drone would indeed prevent the clueless idiots from violating.
DJI already has this in their platform, and is adding more, even in the absence of legislation. With DJI you can turn these controls off if, for example, you have permission from the airport authority or the pilot you are coordinating filming with. When you turn them off you get a warning screen, so even then the clueless idiots will have been warned. I gotta think this would reduce their numbers substantially, but certainly not completely.
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Oregon180 wrote:http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Unconfirmed-Drone-Airplane-Collision-Reported-224792-1.htmlThe FAA has reported that an “unknown object” struck a Piper Apache while in flight near Romeoville, Illinois, but according to the drone website suasnews.com, that object was likely a small drone. Citing an “unconfirmed report,” suasnews states that a Piper PA-23 twin impacted the drone at about 2,500 feet near Lewis University Airport (KLOT) in Illinois on August 27. Photos of damage on the aircraft appear to show a series of vertical indentations and a slice into the rubber de-ice boot along the leading edge of the tail surface. The airplane landed safely and nobody was hurt.
Good news, at least for us drone flyers. It wasn't a drone.
http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Re ... 805-1.html
Residue on the aircraft’s de-icing boot was analyzed by the Smithsonian Institution and found to contain the remains of a small, non-predatory bird, sources familiar with the investigation told Avweb on Friday.
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Finally, a cat I can truly enjoy….
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