NPR piece on DIY Drones
Last month Chris and I were interviewed by Carrie Kahn from NPR West regarding drone use.
The report is unfortunately a bit of an anti climax (see link). I really tried very hard to present our community as progressive, safety aware innovators and the main theme of the piece is more concerned with privacy issues.
For the record there are a number of inaccuracies in the piece i.e. I did not build the sUAS in question in 2005 and at no point did I intend to sell sUAS. I did start playing with the technology starting back in 2005. I do intend to offer aerial imaging for agriculture if and when the FAA provides rules I can operate under.
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Moderator Comment by Gary Mortimer on March 15, 2011 at 2:43am -
Nice one Condor and Chris, I thought it turned out pretty well considering what it might have been.
Chris I reckon you are about three years behind, but then that makes sense as you guys don't have the regs yet ;-) I think its 1980
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Comment by Ritchie on March 15, 2011 at 3:40am -
A pretty nice article apart from the mistakes about you Rory (hopefully she might edit that). Would have liked an expansion on irrational fear to be honest but at least we have one normal voice out there :D
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