Drones

bbone · Mar 15, 2015

water cannon?

gsell · Mar 15, 2015

AllGoNoShow said:
WTF. That would seriously weird me out, I would probably do something stupid and shoot it with a shotgun and then promptly get arrested.

x2..... old school solution, costs about a buck...... How would you handle it if your wife was laying by the pool getting some sun and the drone came creeping? boom is all I have to say......

LandSpeeder · Mar 15, 2015

Guys, it's his landlord that has already shown it to him... He can't shoot the ef'er out of the sky with buckshot.
My solution is to tell your LL to shove it, and go get your own property, then shoot it out of the sky when it crosses your property line.

ibrokeit · Mar 15, 2015

I'll have my phantom 2 at gray rock. laughing1

patooyee · Mar 15, 2015

There are actually already several cases of people shooting drones out of the sky. In all of them the shooter has been arrested and charged with felonies. Probably not the best solution.

After researching the law a bit it appears there is nothing that can be done. You do not own or rent the airspace above your land. Any aviator with the correct licenses is within their rights to fly there. A full-size helicopter pilot could apparently just hover in my yard as long as he wanted so long as he didn't land. So since operating a drone does not require licenses and is not prohibited any drone can fly anywhere legally. I would be perfectly within MY rights to fly my own drone out in front of his pawn shop to stare in as well as his orgy-shed. Some law makers are trying to make it illegal to operate a drone above private property but nothing has passed yet.

gsell · Mar 15, 2015

LandSpeeder said:
Guys, it's his landlord that has already shown it to him... He can't shoot the ef'er out of the sky with buckshot.
My solution is to tell your LL to shove it, and go get your own property, then shoot it out of the sky when it crosses your property line.

ok... so string some very thin steel wire across the property at certain spots..... you know to hang clothes on.... lol......

ibrokeit · Mar 15, 2015

For commercial use, a license is required. If he is your land lord and flying around your rented property, that could be argued that he is using it for commercial use.

gsell · Mar 15, 2015

ibrokeit said:
For commercial use, a license is required. If he is your land lord and flying around your rented property, that could be argued that he is using it for commercial use.

We were at a Car show this morning and a drone was flying around, I overheard a guy saying that if the video is published to youtube, it becomes a commercial video. A little off subject but just another aspect of the whole drone situation IF that statement is true. Supposedly amazon is testing drone delivery of products local to in town locations. Could you imagine folks blowing them out of the air to what kind of prize they get? lol.... It definitely will be interesting to see how things pan out. A buddy of mine uses one at work to inspect the paint on water towers...... this is only the beginning....

John Galbreath Jr. · Mar 15, 2015

gsell said:
We were at a Car show this morning and a drone was flying around, I overheard a guy saying that if the video is published to youtube, it becomes a commercial video. A little off subject but just another aspect of the whole drone situation IF that statement is true. Supposedly amazon is testing drone delivery of products local to in town locations. Could you imagine folks blowing them out of the air to what kind of prize they get? lol.... It definitely will be interesting to see how things pan out. A buddy of mine uses one at work to inspect the paint on water towers...... this is only the beginning....

There has been a FAA "opinion" that YouTube COULD constitute commercial use IF you have ads and benefit monetarily from the video. Most on Phantom Pilots forum do not think it holds water. Guess if they pursue this, there would be another case to tie up the courts, which outcome could mold future case law. So far, the only person I have heard got caught for commercial use has not made it through the court system. The case is an individual hired by a university to take photos for university use on their web site and recruitment brochure. The person was fined $10,000. Once it makes it to court, whether the FAA has the ability to control commercial use will be determined. If they do not have jurisdiction, farmers and Realtors will benefit hugely from it. Hobby use is allowed as long as air space limitations are adhered to and fly lower then 400 feet.

As to JJs issue. Take the Eric route, hold up a big **** you sign.

Bumpers · Mar 15, 2015

Re: Re: Re: Drones

gsell said:
We were at a Car show this morning and a drone was flying around, I overheard a guy saying that if the video is published to youtube, it becomes a commercial video. A little off subject but just another aspect of the whole drone situation IF that statement is true. Supposedly amazon is testing drone delivery of products local to in town locations. Could you imagine folks blowing them out of the air to what kind of prize they get? lol.... It definitely will be interesting to see how things pan out. A buddy of mine uses one at work to inspect the paint on water towers...... this is only the beginning....

I heard that about amazon thing. that wouldnt ever fly around here (pun intended) drunk rednecks sittin out with shotguns waitin on the prize lol.. dove season there wouldnt be a single delivery made lol

mac5005 · Mar 15, 2015

A buddy that has one says it operates on same frequencies as most home wifi setups.

He also has told me of his mistakes when the gps loses a clear signal in a building or heavy trees causes it to lose stability and have to fly like a real remote helicopter without and auto stabilization.

Not sure if this helps. He has crashed a few times when operating out a direct line of sight. Meaning having the camera pointed on direction while moving another and clipping a tree limb and crashing it.

He also said that if it loses signal to remote it will automatically return to location it took off from. The path it does this is direct from a to b which almost always results in a crash unless in an open field.

ibrokeit · Mar 15, 2015

mac5005 said:
A buddy that has one says it operates on same frequencies as most home wifi setups.

He also has told me of his mistakes when the gps loses a clear signal in a building or heavy trees causes it to lose stability and have to fly like a real remote helicopter without and auto stabilization.

Not sure if this helps. He has crashed a few times when operating out a direct line of sight. Meaning having the camera pointed on direction while moving another and clipping a tree limb and crashing it.

He also said that if it loses signal to remote it will automatically return to location it took off from. The path it does this is direct from a to b which almost always results in a crash unless in an open field.

All that is spot on. My only crash was because of dead battery. Went return to home and clipped a pine tree about 50' up. Cost me $700.