Drones

[sloughfoot]

I think the mounting hysteria over "Drones" is hilarious. Nothing more than a RC aircraft and people have been flying them for 50 years or more. The FAA thinks they can regulate them?

Government can never keep up with technology. Watching them spit and sputter over things they can't control is very entertaining.

I hope every household purchases one. I got one with a digital camera for 65 bucks from a gun store. That makes it even more delicious when I fly it.

 

[Crbn79]

I think the mounting hysteria over "Drones" is hilarious. Nothing more than a RC aircraft and people have been flying them for 50 years or more. The FAA thinks they can regulate them?

Government can never keep up with technology. Watching them spit and sputter over things they can't control is very entertaining.

I hope every household purchases one. I got one with a digital camera for 65 bucks from a gun store. That makes it even more delicious when I fly it.

I have wanted to get one with a camera setup for a while.

 

[BogWalker]

I laugh at all the "drone" hysteria as well. 99% of the time it's a remote control quadcopter.

 

[printcraft]

You laugh at the hysteria now... just wait until the police hit you with a boner drone..... then let's see who is hysterical.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

I've flown literally millions of drones on my place:

 

[printcraft]

I've flown literally millions of drones on my place:

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Those things can be deadly.

 

[SnoopLoggyDog]

I am really tempted to get one. However, I can see where they would be addicting and I already have enough hobbies to drain the wallet.

 

[hoosierdoc]

You laugh at the hysteria now... just wait until the police hit you with a boner drone..... then let's see who is hysterical.

Does that thing penetrate storm windows and latex paint? Seems like it's been a loooong time since they got me

 

[printcraft]

Does that thing penetrate storm windows and latex paint? Seems like it's been a loooong time since they got me

Oh they know..... That's how diabolical they are.

 

[david890]

I think the mounting hysteria over "Drones" is hilarious. Nothing more than a RC aircraft and people have been flying them for 50 years or more. The FAA thinks they can regulate them?

Government can never keep up with technology. Watching them spit and sputter over things they can't control is very entertaining.

I hope every household purchases one. I got one with a digital camera for 65 bucks from a gun store. That makes it even more delicious when I fly it.

By such reasoning, the folks who shine hi-power lasers (even a .5mW laserpointer can be blinding) at an aircraft is no big deal....until it is. Someone will fly a quadcopter into some No-Fly zone and it will get sucked into a jet engine. Lose an engine on final approach or take-off? Either is a recipe for disaster.

It's not that necessary for the FAA to keep up. Just saw a news item about the top QC-maker in China, and they're writing code into the software so that such vehicles won't operate in designated No-Fly zones. Will someone be able to hack the code? Obviously, but not your average Joe.

Finally, I guess you'd have no problem with your neighbor's QC hovering over HIS property, but with the QC's HD camera focused on your (or your daughter's) bedroom window. FREEDOM!!

 

[Woobie]

He's gonna hate it when he loses his $150 rc helicopter to a $.01 .177 pellet.

 

[BogWalker]

By such reasoning, the folks who shine hi-power lasers (even a .5mW laserpointer can be blinding) at an aircraft is no big deal....until it is. Someone will fly a quadcopter into some No-Fly zone and it will get sucked into a jet engine. Lose an engine on final approach or take-off? Either is a recipe for disaster.

It's not that necessary for the FAA to keep up. Just saw a news item about the top QC-maker in China, and they're writing code into the software so that such vehicles won't operate in designated No-Fly zones. Will someone be able to hack the code? Obviously, but not your average Joe.

Finally, I guess you'd have no problem with your neighbor's QC hovering over HIS property, but with the QC's HD camera focused on your (or your daughter's) bedroom window. FREEDOM!!

We have laws against interfering with flying aircraft, flying anything into no-fly zones, and we have laws against watching/recording people in their homes.

No further regulation on these is needed. Anything bad you can do with them is already illegal. The only further steps we could take would be to regulate purchasing or outlaw them.

 

[Notalentbum]

I've been flying RC stuff since the '70's. Just like those involved in firearms, there are idiots involved in RC. Now it's even worse because they have made it so easy to fly that anyone can pick it up and do something stupid. All the laws in the world aren't going to fix the idiots in this world whether they're playing with RC models or firearms or anything else.

Matt

 

[Kutnupe14]

I've been flying RC stuff since the '70's. Just like those involved in firearms, there are idiots involved in RC. Now it's even worse because they have made it so easy to fly that anyone can pick it up and do something stupid. All the laws in the world aren't going to fix the idiots in this world whether they're playing with RC models or firearms or anything else.

Matt

It used to be BIG money getting into RC, now, not so much.

 

[Notalentbum]

It used to be BIG money getting into RC, now, not so much.

Still can be. But there are a lot of cheap RC rigs available these days.

Matt

 

[Kutnupe14]

Still can be. But there are a lot of cheap RC rigs available these days.

Matt

Any beginner getting into R/C with something above a 4-channel, is asking for a financial headache.

 

[Notalentbum]

I'm a bit of an addict!



Matt

 

[Kutnupe14]

I'm a bit of an addict!



Matt

Wow, that's quite the collection (ie expensive). No choppers?

 

[Notalentbum]

Other side of the basement is my building bench and helis, quads. Reloading bench and gun cabinet I n another corner.
I really need a better storage system.
Matt