"@Jared, how can the FAA issue someone with a licence then take the licence away to ban someone, when that person is already doing something is is banned?

I agree that manufacturers of these drones which are targeted at n00bs, should take…"

"How do you stop the X5 from losing its canopy when you pop the parachute?"

"nice"

"@TCIII unfortunately trademarks are jurisdiction dependent, so unless 3DR has a trademark for China, it would be difficult to enforce.  eg.  Apple had to licence the iPhone trademark that someone else owned in a jurisdiction outside the US."

"The animal welfare organisations should be protecting animals, however, if farmers (who are the few in Australia that have guns) think that they are being targeted by PETA, I suspect that both hobby model aircraft and UAVs operating quite legally…"

"It has a $500 Mikrokopter flight control board inside of it."

"The guys at Coptercam are already using HD links to broadcast live sports on TV.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBLqljSToCA&feature=youtu.be"

"@Joshua you are right, there are plently of crash videos online, and there should be more videos posted of successful and safe operations.

I recall last time Ruwan posted that an Australian company had  safely operated a UAV at a sporting event,…"

"@Duran, I doubt that, I saw it flying at Etihad Stadium on Saturday night. I think this news article published 2 days ago is pretty clear http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/cricket/foxkopter-takes-to-the-sk...

I believe drone that crashed was a…"

"http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/cricket/foxkopter-takes-to-the-sk..."

"Well done Coptercam team.


@Greg, I doubt that Cricket Australia would allows a UAV to operate at such a public event without public liability insurance.  "