Authorized is a relative term. Top fuel dragsters are not allowed on the street. A guy wildly driving a Yugo thou a neighborhood full of children happily playing in the street!! OMG ban cars on the street. A transplanted Russian scientist once told me "In old USSR, if it is not permitted it is forbidden, In USA ,if it is not forbidden it is permitted. That is the difference".
If you believe her story, she said it was going around her head. Only the truth is known to the witnesses and participants. Could it be they were young men trying to impress, with their skills, a young girl in the park? I think it was a buzz job and either equipment failure or more likely an OOPS. All I have to go by is the news video.
@Dr. Crossfire
I don't know the proximity of the pilot to the victim, but if she was walking towards it, it was too low. And I agree crowd control can be an issue. If there is a crowd present then you maybe shouldn't be flying there. Not everyone is as skilled and competent as you seem to be. When rapid advances in technology enable the few to become many, then gov't regulation will surely fallow.
Tampa is more like China than Calif*. No laws against much of anything. Anything goes out there. The kids got off because they reported the accident. When this hit rcgroups several months ago, the question was whether the victim was walking towards the copter or the copter was flying towards the victim, doing stunts. Usually people gravitate towards anything that flies, so you have to do crowd control in addition to flying.
Thanks to all the local real RC pilots who stepped up to defend our hobby. These guys may have been skilled fliers, but what idiots! It may seem obvious to a grown up that you don't buzz innocent bystanders and don't fly a heli any where there are people about who are not involved. In a lot of parks any thing other than a kite is not allowed. They don't usually post it and the dummies don't bother to check. These guys just didn't care and should be liable for criminal negligence causing serious bodily harm. Its because of immature sh*# heads like this that these rules are required.
I've actually heard of more people being badly injured by RC Trucks than by airplanes. The most horrific I know of was a small kid who was hit by one of these trucks and will always walk with a limp. Another bad one is where a kid was running in a group of people and hit a dog. The dog lived but had one leg amputated. This was years ago and the average top speed was only about 50mph, now you can buy something that easily goes 80mph.
It all boils down to being responsible members of a community. Fly/Drive in a safe manner and if something bad does happen, man up and take responsibility, and get insurance.
This is going to go over like a lead balloon, but I know of a few places that wont sell video transmitters which require amature radio license w/out being able to provide your proof... For some of the more dangerouse edges in our hobby (big heli's, super fast cars/planes) I almost think that the policy for selling should be similar and the buyer should be able to show proof of a liabilty level of insurance...
The biggest problem with these things is that you can put in the hands of these people a "weapon" of this type that can be used anywhere without taking into account the safety of others, it is clear that both a helicopter , A quad on a plane, and even a car can be dangerous to use where and how not to be, the problem is being sold without any kind of consideration even in supermarkets. Hopefully they are just isolated cases and has no impact on other users modelers.
El mayor problema de estas cosas es que se le puede poner en las manos a esta gente un "arma" de este tipo que la pueden usar en cualquier sitio, sin tener en cuenta la seguridad de terceras personas, está claro que, tanto un helicoptero, un quad un avion, e incluso un coche pueden ser peligrosos utilizandolos donde y como no se deben, el problema es que se venden sin ningun tipo de miramientos hasta en los supermercados. Esperemos que solo sean casos aislados y no tenga consecuencias sobre el resto de usuarios modelistas.
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@Dr. Crossfire
I don't know the proximity of the pilot to the victim, but if she was walking towards it, it was too low. And I agree crowd control can be an issue. If there is a crowd present then you maybe shouldn't be flying there. Not everyone is as skilled and competent as you seem to be. When rapid advances in technology enable the few to become many, then gov't regulation will surely fallow.
It all boils down to being responsible members of a community. Fly/Drive in a safe manner and if something bad does happen, man up and take responsibility, and get insurance.
AMA offers good coverage for Park Flyers, here is a link
This is going to go over like a lead balloon, but I know of a few places that wont sell video transmitters which require amature radio license w/out being able to provide your proof... For some of the more dangerouse edges in our hobby (big heli's, super fast cars/planes) I almost think that the policy for selling should be similar and the buyer should be able to show proof of a liabilty level of insurance...
El mayor problema de estas cosas es que se le puede poner en las manos a esta gente un "arma" de este tipo que la pueden usar en cualquier sitio, sin tener en cuenta la seguridad de terceras personas, está claro que, tanto un helicoptero, un quad un avion, e incluso un coche pueden ser peligrosos utilizandolos donde y como no se deben, el problema es que se venden sin ningun tipo de miramientos hasta en los supermercados. Esperemos que solo sean casos aislados y no tenga consecuencias sobre el resto de usuarios modelistas.
It is impossible to legislate against the irresponsible element, so everyone involved gets tarred with the same brush, sadly.
Lets all hope this poor girl makes a full and speedy recovery
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