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Run off by school security
On Sunday, September 21, 2014 3:31:21 PM UTC-4, Harrold wrote:
On 9/21/2014 7:22 AM, F*O*A*D wrote: On 9/20/14 11:09 PM, wrote: On Sat, 20 Sep 2014 18:14:04 -0700 (PDT), John H wrote: Apparently the FAA found out about our flying behind one of the local schools and informed the county it was a no-no. School security came out this morning and nicely ran us off. The next closest legal place is in Maryland. Hell of a place to go for anything, but you gotta take a little bad with the good. The new field has a 50 yard asphalt runway and lots of room. I'm going to learn to fly this damn airplane yet. That is where the quad rotor starts to show it;s advantages. You can fly them in more places. The kid who works for my wife has developed a pretty good business building these things. Most of the skill (and profit) is actually in programming the on board electronics tho. He is also getting a lot of interest in commercial operations but the legality is still in limbo. People want him to shoot aerials of golf courses, housing developments and other real estate, them edit them into a well produced video. To get around the legal problems he is trying to figure out a way that they are actually doing the raw photography with a rented copter. He is only selling the post production and renting the copter. That is probably illegal too but he has more plausible deniability. FAA really needs to fix this BS. Knowing how our government works, they will want a license that requires years and thousands of hours of training to get. Seems perfectly ok to fly these little devices around open fields designated for such use, but flying over the backyards of people not participating in the taking of these vids seems like an invasion of privacy and shouldn't be allowed. On the other hand, might be an opportunity to develop and sell jamming devices that cause the model planes to crash and burn. Let's make a case of Google showing pictures all around your house. You have a pretty good invasion of privacy case if you want to pursue it. BTW have you filed a case against the guy who tapped on your window and scared the bejeesus out of you? Perhaps that guy just had excellent vision and spotted an asshole from 50 yards! |
Run off by school security
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Run off by school security
On Friday, September 26, 2014 8:58:38 AM UTC-4, John H. wrote:
On Sun, 21 Sep 2014 12:12:23 -0400, wrote: Yeah, only the government and Google are allowed unrestricted access to spy on you from the air (and ground).. And any 'news' agency that can afford a helicopter. Did you see that a few film production companies have been given permission by the FAA to use drones in the US? They're the first, and the story said that the FAA was moving slowly in allowing more commercial use by realtors, farmers, etc. Also said that they were cracking down on current illegal commercial use of them. Funny thing is, folks have been doing this for years with RC helis. It just that recently the quadcopters have made it easy for anyone with the pocket change to fly one. A traditional heli is a bitch to learn to fly. |
Run off by school security
On 9/26/2014 8:58 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Sun, 21 Sep 2014 12:12:23 -0400, wrote: On Sun, 21 Sep 2014 07:22:11 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote: Seems perfectly ok to fly these little devices around open fields designated for such use, but flying over the backyards of people not participating in the taking of these vids seems like an invasion of privacy and shouldn't be allowed. On the other hand, might be an opportunity to develop and sell jamming devices that cause the model planes to crash and burn. Yeah, only the government and Google are allowed unrestricted access to spy on you from the air (and ground).. And any 'news' agency that can afford a helicopter. That's not quite true. Just type his address into a search engine and see the wealth of information that is presented on his 2500 SF palace. |
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