We had a blast at Maker Faire, which was the best one yet. This video captures the spirit of it perfectly, from the Game of Drones battles to the fire-breathing sculptures. Many thanks to the Maker Faire team for letting us do this!
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Craig,
Just to be clear, I'm not being critical of 3DR the company.
mP1,
Your statement is absolutely correct:
If the copter falls out of the sky its going to hit someone. It doesnt matter what protocols anybody claims.
Therefore the proper safety protocol is never having masses of families below you, or at least use a Parrot Bebop or something. The onus for caution is on the operator not the potential victim. Even if laypeople agree to the notion of a camera drone flying over their family, they are expecting a certain level of expertise behind the activity.
People love fireworks and will sit as close as they are allowed to, but when they get hit in the face with an faulty fireworks shell who's responsible?
Craig Bussel,
By every safety measure do mean prop-guards, RF spectrum analysis and control, buffer zones, fail-safe protocols, safety proven airframes ?
In your disclaimer at the end of the video, what does "hobby-grade" mean?
I know that the "professional-grade" companies out there, are really getting fed up with these irresponsible stunts being performed just for the short-term hype value. The risk this brings to the market, as a whole, is unacceptable -- a lot of people are gambling their livelihoods on this burgeoning industry. Do you think these guys are ready to give up all that money? Nope! They will just regulate the little-guys out of the market, and all they need is a small disaster to make an example out of.
It's also a bit juvenile to hide behind the blessing of the Maker Faire organizers. What do they have to do with best-practices in the UAV industry? I'm sure that most people would agree that the responsibility for proper decision making in this manner, lies with the guy who is the CEO of the UAV company.
Hobby-grade, indeed!
Just to elaborate: This has been months in planning with Maker Faire, including a full safety review and approval. Everyone who attended MF was informed that there would be drones flying overhead and signed a waiver. There was a ground team under the copter at all times clearing the space under the copter.
I was a bit disappointed seeing it flown over people. only takes a minor problem to end up with painful consequences.
Sorry Chris, but it's even worse. There is clearly serious risk of injury (impact from the fall and cut & bruises from the props) if something fails on the multirotor if you fly like that. For this kind of aerials you should use blimps/airships. Whoever gave permission was wrong, please don't wait till it's too late... fly safe.
Giovanni: the dedicated area with the net was for Game of Drones (drone fighting, knocking each other down). There were many other areas of MF where drones were allowed to fly free, and this particular video was taken with MF organizer permission and supervision.
What's the point of having a dedicated area, with protection nets, and then flying anywere else, all over the crowd?
Epic fail.
Video editing has come a long way.
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