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#2977
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[TD]FAA projects 7 million UAVs sold in US by 2020
FAA has forecasted total unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) sales of 7 million in the US by 2020 and also released a new report detailing UAV sightings around airports, which the agency said have “increased dramatically over the past two years.”
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Of the 357,000 registered aircraft in the United States,
As recently as 2011, FAA was forecasting 25,000 total UAVs sold by 2020, but the agency is now projecting 1.9 million recreational UAV sales in the US this year, plus another 600,000 commercial unmanned aircraft sold. By 2020, according to FAA’s latest forecast released on March 24, there will be 4.3 million recreational UAVs and 2.7 million commercial UAVs sold for a total of 7 million annual UAV sales in the US.
7 Million Drones / 375000 planes means that DRONES will out number Full Scale Planes in the USA by a margin of 18.66 to 1.
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FAA has forecasted total unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) sales of 7 million in the US by 2020 and also released a new report detailing UAV sightings around airports, which the agency said have “increased dramatically over the past two years.”
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Of the 357,000 registered aircraft in the United States,
As recently as 2011, FAA was forecasting 25,000 total UAVs sold by 2020, but the agency is now projecting 1.9 million recreational UAV sales in the US this year, plus another 600,000 commercial unmanned aircraft sold. By 2020, according to FAA’s latest forecast released on March 24, there will be 4.3 million recreational UAVs and 2.7 million commercial UAVs sold for a total of 7 million annual UAV sales in the US.
7 Million Drones / 375000 planes means that DRONES will out number Full Scale Planes in the USA by a margin of 18.66 to 1.
Last edited by HoundDog; 03-28-2016 at 04:43 PM.
#2979
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FAA has forecasted total unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) sales of 7 million in the US by 2020 and also released a new report detailing UAV sightings around airports, which the agency said have “increased dramatically over the past two years.”
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So......we have 3.5 million MR up in the air.....what would ever make the FAA need to get involved and start regulating them? What is that some say, a few errant drones flown by scofflaws? Those tiny few who "ruined it for us traditional folks", and then of course the AMA embracing them.
Ya, I don't think so. The FAA has known all along these would be cluttering up the skies, and knew that it had to do something about it. I don't see blame on the "outlaw fliers" ie: Trappy, nor the AMA, or even the FAA for that matter. This was about technology advancing to the point that legitimate safety concerns were raised. Yes, I doubt some of the "sighting" numbers battered about by FAA reports, but that's not taking into the account the huge number of these things that will be in the skies eventually.
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So let's that that number at face value, or heck, better yet...cut it in half. Figure that number might be off as the "trend' might be gone by then, and then take into account that one might be sold, but used once and crashed, or the person just got bored with it.
So......we have 3.5 million MR up in the air.....what would ever make the FAA need to get involved and start regulating them? What is that some say, a few errant drones flown by scofflaws? Those tiny few who "ruined it for us traditional folks", and then of course the AMA embracing them.
Ya, I don't think so. The FAA has known all along these would be cluttering up the skies, and knew that it had to do something about it. I don't see blame on the "outlaw fliers" ie: Trappy, nor the AMA, or even the FAA for that matter. This was about technology advancing to the point that legitimate safety concerns were raised. Yes, I doubt some of the "sighting" numbers battered about by FAA reports, but that's not taking into the account the huge number of these things that will be in the skies eventually.
So......we have 3.5 million MR up in the air.....what would ever make the FAA need to get involved and start regulating them? What is that some say, a few errant drones flown by scofflaws? Those tiny few who "ruined it for us traditional folks", and then of course the AMA embracing them.
Ya, I don't think so. The FAA has known all along these would be cluttering up the skies, and knew that it had to do something about it. I don't see blame on the "outlaw fliers" ie: Trappy, nor the AMA, or even the FAA for that matter. This was about technology advancing to the point that legitimate safety concerns were raised. Yes, I doubt some of the "sighting" numbers battered about by FAA reports, but that's not taking into the account the huge number of these things that will be in the skies eventually.
I suspect we are at or near peak numbers right now. Won't seem so cool when everybody has one. So they will sit in closets and garages.
#2982
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I'd still give it another year before sales level off, or start to decline significantly. The costs are already coming down, and the big producers are packing these things with more options for less money. There are more showing up at one field I fly at, more for racing and using on an obstacle course. I would say within a year the furor over them being involved with the hobby, as well as being accepted in some clubs will be largely a thing of the past. What will be the first sign that this is on the decline....ads from Tower, HH, and HK will go back to fixed wing and helis.
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Not for us, that restriction is for non recreational use. Or maybe not, at least not after they pass the new law.
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But I love night flying. Did this use to be a restriction?
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But I love night flying. Did this use to be a restriction?
#2985
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Nope Never we've had Night flying and still do at our Electric Festival. That's why we have to get Registered R/C fields exempt from most of this crap. Even the 400' stuff. FAR 91.119 states that Maned air craft Must maintain at least 1000' above the Highest object with in 2000' of the AC when "over any open air assembly of persons," What I'm saying it is the Full scale pilots responsibility is to know where R/C fields are and avoid them or fly higher than 1000'+ AGL
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Minimum safe altitudes: General.
Except when necessary for takeoff or landing, no person may operate an aircraft below the following altitudes:
(a) Anywhere. An altitude allowing, if a power unit fails, an emergency landing without undue hazard to persons or property on the surface.
(b) Over congested areas. Over any congested area of a city, town, or settlement, or over any open air assembly of persons, an altitude of 1,000 feet above the highest obstacle within a horizontal radius of 2,000 feet of the aircraft.[/TD]
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Last edited by HoundDog; 03-30-2016 at 07:11 AM.
#2986
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Just got this as an Email have fun ... Doesn't seem the FAA is going to stop or wvwn slow the Tide
http://diydrones.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network
http://diydrones.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network
#2987
Just got this as an Email have fun ... Doesn't seem the FAA is going to stop or wvwn slow the Tide
http://diydrones.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network
http://diydrones.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network
#2990
I should have pasted a smiley! I did not mean that in a critical way, just thought I missed something or some article disappeared before I go to it.
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The picture of the quad on the desk shows that it is in pristine condition, just after crashing through a plate glass window and striking a person in the head. Most quads look worse this after the first few flights. This kind of impact would cause substantial damage, at best.
There is a good chance that the picture was taken a few minutes after it was unpacked from its shipping container.
#2998
I have a hard time believing that a drone this size could go fast enough to go through an office window. Maybe South Africa's building standards are lax but here in the US the window would have to survive a lot of wind and would be laminated glass. It would likely shatter but not allow the object to penetrate.
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I have a hard time believing that a drone this size could go fast enough to go through an office window. Maybe South Africa's building standards are lax but here in the US the window would have to survive a lot of wind and would be laminated glass. It would likely shatter but not allow the object to penetrate.
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OK. All the talk about MR'S AKA Drones has been hashed over many times. They are the Primary Reason that caused all the uproar and that led to Registration of all RC Now, take a look at the new contraption they have invented, and may be on the Market for sale next year!
How is the FAA going to regulate that?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/real-hove...320.html?nhp=1
How is the FAA going to regulate that?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/real-hove...320.html?nhp=1