apacheguy Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/02/15/faa-drone-rule/23440469/ 100 mph drones being flown by 17 year olds with no pilot's license? Time to look for an office job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wally Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 What's missing in all the drone discussion is 'skin in the game' for drone operators. I'd suggest a couple million dollars bond as a starting point.Imagine hitting a drone- you die, your aircraft a total loss. Consider drones in comparison with how problematic lasers are... Here's the players after you're a smoking hole:Investigating officer "What were you doing?"Judgement-proof drone operator "I didn't see the helicopter coming. Hello, Amazon? I want another drone, here's my credit card number..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobie Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 The regs don't apply to 'hobbyists'. These guys are really the ones creating the problems. I would like to see the RC industry self-regulate and install an 100' altitude limitation device. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akscott60 Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 The first one I hit is going to be fun for the operator. I will find him, and I will beat him to death. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shainbourassa Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 The first one I hit is going to be fun for the operator. I will find him, and I will beat him to death.Sounds like we got a Liam Nesson among our ranks 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zVo Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Drones are here to stay unfortunately. It's the next 'boom' for aviation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akscott60 Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Its cheap, and anyone can do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zVo Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 (edited) Excactly. It's also going to replace a lot of helicopter jobs, the 'when' is just a matter of legality. Law enforcement, ENG, aerial photography, pipeline patrol, and so forth will be the first to go the way of the drone. Along with unique applications, not-so-distant replacements of the helicopter include hauling cargo (e.g. slingloads), aerial agricultural spraying, fire fighting, and so on. The writing is on the wall. A wise man or woman would begin to investing themselves in a new non-aviation set of skills. Edited February 18, 2015 by zVo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
achfly Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 A large bond/insurance policy might be a good idea to give potential operators a wake up call to the seriousness of the situation. However, the whole reason the FAA's rules are weak is because they don't want to make UAV operation 'inaccessible'. So I don't think they will be on board with a million dollar bond requirement. : ( I heard a radio interview yesterday with the man in charge of a three university research team that is soley focused on small UAV operations. He seemed pretty reasonable. He said that we need t new laws about privacy from congress and new regulations from FAA about the airspace directly over private property 0-500 ft. Unfortunately he made a general statement about the lower levels of class G airspace being totally under used and "there really isn't any traffic there because airplanes all fly much higher." I guess he's never heard of helicopters or the low level work they do. Knuckle head. It's going to take a large fatal accident to wake these people up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BH206L3 Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 They throw the word Drone around like its water! Its so much hot air, when I hear the word drone or UAV I am thinking of things like the MQ-9's, not the line of sight remote controlled Aircraft that was considered pretty much toys till the cameras gotten small enough and good enough to take pretty good photos and video, just like cell phones! Its all nonsense! But if you are going to operate them in a manner other that just flying around like RC use to just do, then knowing at least some of the Aviation Regs and the airspace long with where you can and can not fly makes sense to me, making them pay a fee to the FAA for it well that is pure bs, but hey the Feds for some odd reason can spend money hands over fifths on junk that nobody wants, so I guess they could use the $ 300 bucks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apacheguy Posted April 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 The FAA is still collecting comments on the proposed UAS regulation for the next couple weeks. http://www.regulations.gov/#!submitComment;D=FAA-2015-0150-0017 Do yourself a favor and head over and leave a comment to the powers that be about the UAS rules change. And yes, you can remain anonymous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annerajb Posted April 9, 2015 Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 Wait I am confuse do this rules do or do not apply to RC amazon hobbyist?Or are this rules tailored for amazon and companies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.