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Quadcopters, Video Cameras, etc.
I am just amazed at how far, and how fast, this technology has come in
such a short period of time. I try to keep up with technology but this one has caught me totally flat footed. Absolutely astounding. I think the general public is still way behind the curve on this but will probably start becoming aware very soon. That is not a good thing for hobbyists in my opinion. Much like when the general population discovered the internet back in the late 90's, there will be a lot of anguished cries about how awful this all is, and why aren't there any laws, regulations, etc. My advice is to buy what you want as soon as possible because within a year or two we will see groups called "Mothers Against Remote Video Cameras", "Mothers Against Quadcopters", etc., plus a lot of calls for legislative action. Meanwhile law enforcement agencies will start using them in droves and people will start getting arrested for taking a whizz against a tree in a wilderness area. These things will probably end up as highly regulated as handguns. |
Quadcopters, Video Cameras, etc.
On 3/5/2014 8:55 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
I am just amazed at how far, and how fast, this technology has come in such a short period of time. I try to keep up with technology but this one has caught me totally flat footed. Absolutely astounding. I think the general public is still way behind the curve on this but will probably start becoming aware very soon. That is not a good thing for hobbyists in my opinion. Much like when the general population discovered the internet back in the late 90's, there will be a lot of anguished cries about how awful this all is, and why aren't there any laws, regulations, etc. My advice is to buy what you want as soon as possible because within a year or two we will see groups called "Mothers Against Remote Video Cameras", "Mothers Against Quadcopters", etc., plus a lot of calls for legislative action. Meanwhile law enforcement agencies will start using them in droves and people will start getting arrested for taking a whizz against a tree in a wilderness area. These things will probably end up as highly regulated as handguns. Or target practice. No problem with the hobbyist who go to locations authorized and used for flying them or even using them in their own yards. But to fly them over other people's property taking pictures or videos is going to cause problems. I think the current FAA regulations that apply to aircraft is a minimum of 500 feet altitude and I think that applies to helicopters. Fixed wing is higher, IIRC. I wouldn't be surprised to see laws passed that are even more restrictive for the growing RC type aircraft. |
Quadcopters, Video Cameras, etc.
On 3/5/2014 9:10 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 3/5/2014 8:55 PM, Wayne.B wrote: I am just amazed at how far, and how fast, this technology has come in such a short period of time. I try to keep up with technology but this one has caught me totally flat footed. Absolutely astounding. I think the general public is still way behind the curve on this but will probably start becoming aware very soon. That is not a good thing for hobbyists in my opinion. Much like when the general population discovered the internet back in the late 90's, there will be a lot of anguished cries about how awful this all is, and why aren't there any laws, regulations, etc. My advice is to buy what you want as soon as possible because within a year or two we will see groups called "Mothers Against Remote Video Cameras", "Mothers Against Quadcopters", etc., plus a lot of calls for legislative action. Meanwhile law enforcement agencies will start using them in droves and people will start getting arrested for taking a whizz against a tree in a wilderness area. These things will probably end up as highly regulated as handguns. Or target practice. No problem with the hobbyist who go to locations authorized and used for flying them or even using them in their own yards. But to fly them over other people's property taking pictures or videos is going to cause problems. I think the current FAA regulations that apply to aircraft is a minimum of 500 feet altitude and I think that applies to helicopters. Fixed wing is higher, IIRC. I wouldn't be surprised to see laws passed that are even more restrictive for the growing RC type aircraft. Knowing nothing about the RC craze, I was just reading that there are currently no regulations in the US covering their use other than frequency and transmitter power allocations. There's an association known as the Academy of Model Aeronautics' (AMA) that governs rules that apply to their sponsored or affiliated flight areas, one of which states that the ground based "pilot" must always have the RC aircraft within visual view. Apparently that's a problem for many because one of the features that people like is the ability to view areas out of sight of where they stand, using the camera in the aircraft. As a result an increasing number of people are flying them outside of areas affiliated with the Academy of Model Aeronautics that are subject to the visual view rule. I see some black market half watt broadband and "dirty" transmitters used as jammers becoming popular. :-) |
Quadcopters, Video Cameras, etc.
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Quadcopters, Video Cameras, etc.
On Wed, 05 Mar 2014 21:53:11 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: On 3/5/2014 9:10 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 3/5/2014 8:55 PM, Wayne.B wrote: I am just amazed at how far, and how fast, this technology has come in such a short period of time. I try to keep up with technology but this one has caught me totally flat footed. Absolutely astounding. I think the general public is still way behind the curve on this but will probably start becoming aware very soon. That is not a good thing for hobbyists in my opinion. Much like when the general population discovered the internet back in the late 90's, there will be a lot of anguished cries about how awful this all is, and why aren't there any laws, regulations, etc. My advice is to buy what you want as soon as possible because within a year or two we will see groups called "Mothers Against Remote Video Cameras", "Mothers Against Quadcopters", etc., plus a lot of calls for legislative action. Meanwhile law enforcement agencies will start using them in droves and people will start getting arrested for taking a whizz against a tree in a wilderness area. These things will probably end up as highly regulated as handguns. Or target practice. No problem with the hobbyist who go to locations authorized and used for flying them or even using them in their own yards. But to fly them over other people's property taking pictures or videos is going to cause problems. I think the current FAA regulations that apply to aircraft is a minimum of 500 feet altitude and I think that applies to helicopters. Fixed wing is higher, IIRC. I wouldn't be surprised to see laws passed that are even more restrictive for the growing RC type aircraft. Knowing nothing about the RC craze, I was just reading that there are currently no regulations in the US covering their use other than frequency and transmitter power allocations. There's an association known as the Academy of Model Aeronautics' (AMA) that governs rules that apply to their sponsored or affiliated flight areas, one of which states that the ground based "pilot" must always have the RC aircraft within visual view. Apparently that's a problem for many because one of the features that people like is the ability to view areas out of sight of where they stand, using the camera in the aircraft. As a result an increasing number of people are flying them outside of areas affiliated with the Academy of Model Aeronautics that are subject to the visual view rule. I see some black market half watt broadband and "dirty" transmitters used as jammers becoming popular. :-) === There will be counter measures, encryption, counter-counter measures, ad infinitum. The "Mothers Against Everything" crowd will be beating the drums pretty loudly the first time they or one of their daughters gets photographed skinny dipping the family hot tub and we all get to see it on Facebook. :-) If guys start flying these things over clothing optional beaches (and they will), there will be a huge cover up and subsequent uproar. |
Quadcopters, Video Cameras, etc.
On Wednesday, March 5, 2014 7:55:43 PM UTC-6, Wayne. B wrote:
I am just amazed at how far, and how fast, this technology has come in such a short period of time. I try to keep up with technology but this one has caught me totally flat footed. Absolutely astounding. I think the general public is still way behind the curve on this but will probably start becoming aware very soon. That is not a good thing for hobbyists in my opinion. Much like when the general population discovered the internet back in the late 90's, there will be a lot of anguished cries about how awful this all is, and why aren't there any laws, regulations, etc. My advice is to buy what you want as soon as possible because within a year or two we will see groups called "Mothers Against Remote Video Cameras", "Mothers Against Quadcopters", etc., plus a lot of calls for legislative action. Meanwhile law enforcement agencies will start using them in droves and people will start getting arrested for taking a whizz against a tree in a wilderness area. These things will probably end up as highly regulated as handguns. I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but when you read stuff like this, it kinda makes you wonder what's really going on. techtimes.com/articles/4036/20140304/facebook-drone-a-potential-doer-of-good-not-evil.htm |
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Quadcopters, Video Cameras, etc.
On Wed, 05 Mar 2014 20:55:43 -0500, Wayne.B wrote:
I am just amazed at how far, and how fast, this technology has come in such a short period of time. I try to keep up with technology but this one has caught me totally flat footed. Absolutely astounding. I think the general public is still way behind the curve on this but will probably start becoming aware very soon. That is not a good thing for hobbyists in my opinion. Much like when the general population discovered the internet back in the late 90's, there will be a lot of anguished cries about how awful this all is, and why aren't there any laws, regulations, etc. My advice is to buy what you want as soon as possible because within a year or two we will see groups called "Mothers Against Remote Video Cameras", "Mothers Against Quadcopters", etc., plus a lot of calls for legislative action. Meanwhile law enforcement agencies will start using them in droves and people will start getting arrested for taking a whizz against a tree in a wilderness area. These things will probably end up as highly regulated as handguns. That's what I've been saying since Christmas! It's unreal, and it's cheap. I got a baby (3" rotor") helicopter two or three years ago that cost about $30 at Radio Shack. It flew into a wall on the second flight, and it flew no more. This Christmas my daughter got me this one: http://tinyurl.com/kok4op7 When I opened the box, I thought she'd paid way too much (over $100) for a toy for me. She told me it had good reviews, so the next day I went to look. I was surprised as hell to see the price was $29 on Amazon. And, if you looked at the link, you'll see the price has been cut almost in half since then. I'm ordering a couple for the kids to play with at Solomon's Island this year. |
Quadcopters, Video Cameras, etc.
On Wed, 05 Mar 2014 21:53:11 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 3/5/2014 9:10 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 3/5/2014 8:55 PM, Wayne.B wrote: I am just amazed at how far, and how fast, this technology has come in such a short period of time. I try to keep up with technology but this one has caught me totally flat footed. Absolutely astounding. I think the general public is still way behind the curve on this but will probably start becoming aware very soon. That is not a good thing for hobbyists in my opinion. Much like when the general population discovered the internet back in the late 90's, there will be a lot of anguished cries about how awful this all is, and why aren't there any laws, regulations, etc. My advice is to buy what you want as soon as possible because within a year or two we will see groups called "Mothers Against Remote Video Cameras", "Mothers Against Quadcopters", etc., plus a lot of calls for legislative action. Meanwhile law enforcement agencies will start using them in droves and people will start getting arrested for taking a whizz against a tree in a wilderness area. These things will probably end up as highly regulated as handguns. Or target practice. No problem with the hobbyist who go to locations authorized and used for flying them or even using them in their own yards. But to fly them over other people's property taking pictures or videos is going to cause problems. I think the current FAA regulations that apply to aircraft is a minimum of 500 feet altitude and I think that applies to helicopters. Fixed wing is higher, IIRC. I wouldn't be surprised to see laws passed that are even more restrictive for the growing RC type aircraft. Knowing nothing about the RC craze, I was just reading that there are currently no regulations in the US covering their use other than frequency and transmitter power allocations. There's an association known as the Academy of Model Aeronautics' (AMA) that governs rules that apply to their sponsored or affiliated flight areas, one of which states that the ground based "pilot" must always have the RC aircraft within visual view. Apparently that's a problem for many because one of the features that people like is the ability to view areas out of sight of where they stand, using the camera in the aircraft. As a result an increasing number of people are flying them outside of areas affiliated with the Academy of Model Aeronautics that are subject to the visual view rule. I see some black market half watt broadband and "dirty" transmitters used as jammers becoming popular. :-) There is no requirement to join the AMA. And from what I've read, the 'license' requirements apply to things like TV transmitters which use different frequencies than the aircraft. As I'm not interested in a camera, I've not spent any time researching the matter. |
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