Guys, stop buying and flying quads when you don't know what you are doing. Especially over crowds or populated areas. This should be common sense.
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I think the FAA should introduce a RC flying licence similar to that of real pilots licences.
You have to Take an online Training and test of about 1 hour total and £5 or $9 for a licence in the post
This means it is still easy to get into RC model flying but it is legitamized and should some idiot fly into a crowd, regulations would not be called upon, not all rc fliers would suffer and the person who crashed would have their licence revoked for a period of time say 6 months.
then they can re take the test.
If the do it again, they will face 2 year revoke/ban
the fact is unless we do somthing like this, the only other solution will be a ban or heavy regulations.
We are just waiting for someone to be killed or maimed by a multirotor and BAM they are banned.
This is in my opinion the easiest solution to a growing problem.
If you are caught flying without a licence you can face a ( fine and mandatory training) or a ban
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@Peter, It was 100% a DJI Phantom. The white arms and LEDs can be seen several times through out the video as well as the distinctive white DJI transmitter when the pilot is shown.
I do not think that was a DJI Phantom? A phantom would have broken into pieces hitting buildings like that. It looks to me like this guy was flying FPV? Entirely stupid thing to do but certainly not new worthy!
Monkey see, monkey try and copy and crash. Any vids of copters attract the *wrong* types. Dont make vids.
@ Alex, politics stand down. AND the use of all caps in anything but an acronym(APM,PID,ect) is against the rules.
@ Chis A, our beloved leader, I was going to say something, but Mike K beat me to it. With the new power of the ARM, maybe some limits can be in the code. Sure it's open source, but it raises the bar for idiot irresponsible noobs who can't read code. I would take this very seriously if I were you.
Totally agree with you Gary, I am just worried thats all. But really it is not just about if someone gets hurt either...but that guy was flying near windows of apartment buildings...not smart. Even for privacy the opponents may try to start shutting us down, the opponents won't know the difference in a phantom and a S800 or a NAZA and an APM, to them they all look alike. Again, I am just worried thats all.
- Signed a concerned flamewheel with APM controller parent that does not want its baby grounded ;-)
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The hysteria in the US about "drones" really is kind of sad... in a country where 30,000+ people die yearly from gun deaths, idiots who fly quad copters over people and haven't killed anyone make the news and law makers jump on board, yet don't do anything about the things THAT ACTUALLY KILL SHIT LOADS OF PEOPLE.
Me thinks some change in priorities might be in order....
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Note: to manufactures ....put label on Box , Require Commonsense and sense of safety
Hi Edgar, I don't actually think you are responding to me, but I do think it needs responding to.
First, I don't blame DJI or 3DR, responsibility for using these ultimately falls with the user - period.
But, the simple fact of the matter that with the increasing public uproar is also going an increasing public curiosity and exposure and a lot of otherwise not involved in this hobby people are being attracted to little quadcopters.
They (deceptively) look cute and safe and with modern controllers are easy for a 5 year old to fly.
Unfortunately in some ways it is like giving access to a 5 year old to daddy's gun safe, because they are not really all that safe.
Even the adults have no idea of the potential physical danger these things represent, unlike a gun where it is pretty obvious if you line up with the wrong end of it, something bad is going to happen.
They have already become consumer products and the instructions that come with them are on how to fly them and if there is a safety sheet, it is just one of those things like the sheet that came with your skill saw that you ignore.
Getting back to the first point though sure it could have been a 3DR copter, but it wasn't.
And one of the reasons it wasn't is because the people who buy 3DR stuff generally have a serious familiarity with the DIYDrones web site and as a result have a much better idea of what stupid things are and how not to do them.
And they know if they do something dumb that hurts somebody or gets us bad press they will be soundly reviled (and "Shunned") here on this site.
Most of those who buy a Phantom or Blade have no idea at all.
Little Palm copters (one of which you can even get with a 720P HD video camera) actually are safe, and they are even really cheap, this is what the emphasis should be for selling to consumers.
And they still even have a lot of room for improvement.
They only weigh an ounce or 2 and they have enough surface are so that their terminal velocity is so slow they won't even do noticeable damage if they fall on top of your head from any height.
It would be a really good idea to push consumer copters in this direction.
If we don't "police" this ourselves, our ability to use them at all is likely to be removed from us.
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