I am a member of the DC drone user group (200 strong). We are having a fly in this saturday and I will be interviewed by a media person concerning the use of drones. I don't want to mess this up as this is a politically volatile time for drones enthusiasts.
What talking/bullet points would you include? What are the things that I will kick myself for not including after the interview is done?
• Benefits of drones
• potential good uses of drones
• future of drones
DIY DRONES COMMUNITY- please help.
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Stress safety - operating under FAA guidelines, away from people and buildings.
+1 in America its RPAS and the ones that the police want in service by 2015 are RAPS. Wider civil commercial use is not anticipated before 2020. The RAPS have to prove its safe first.
The #1 thing you should tell them is that they shouldn't be calling them "Drones". It has strong negative connotations to the wider public, and we want to concentrate on using the technology for the benefit of all people.
Then watch when the article comes out that they will completely ignore that point. "Drones" are a hot-button topic in the media. It's the only reason they're interested in doing the article.
Small UAVs have an important role to play in precision agriculture, making food production more efficient.
like Neill said.. I think that you need to make it very clear that UAV/Drones are a very power platform for doing many useful domestic tasks such as vegetation stress analysis, wind turbine inspection, bridge inspections and analysis, search and rescue, etc, etc. The laws that states are trying to pass already exist through anti spy and privacy laws... if states want to add more safe guards then strengthen privacy and spying.. not outlaw remote controlled vehicles which have been flying for decades.
I think it is important to stress that we already have laws in place and that the UAV / drone platform can change how we do things like agriculture, inspections and analysis.. all without putting people in harms way (when done right).
Ensure that you mention that legislation is already in place to prevent these from being used to infringe upon peoples privacy, and that they will not be used to do so. Educated and well delivered responses to these types of questions are absolutely essential in this, as you said, time of great turmoil and uncertainty.
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