What an Idiot!
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What an Idiot!
Just the PR we need. Some idiot is flying a drone over the #Sandfire forest fire in central California (>4000 acres, 10 homes destroyed so far). All air support (water bombers, spotters) will have to be stopped because of this idiot! May his drone, car and house go up in flames.
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Just the PR we need. Some idiot is flying a drone over the #Sandfire forest fire in central California (>4000 acres, 10 homes destroyed so far). All air support (water bombers, spotters) will have to be stopped because of this idiot! May his drone, car and house go up in flames.
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http://www.capradio.org/articles/201...ill-evacuated/
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Update: 11:53 a.m.:
The air attack on the Sand Fire has resumed following a short delay due to reports of a drone flying in the area. Officials stopped the aerial water and fire retardant drops on the fire for safety concerns after a video appeared on YouTube showing the fire from above.
The operator of the remote-controlled helicopter was contacted, and the all-clear was given, according to updates on Twitter from fire officials."
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Update: 11:53 a.m.:
The air attack on the Sand Fire has resumed following a short delay due to reports of a drone flying in the area. Officials stopped the aerial water and fire retardant drops on the fire for safety concerns after a video appeared on YouTube showing the fire from above.
The operator of the remote-controlled helicopter was contacted, and the all-clear was given, according to updates on Twitter from fire officials."
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That cheap r/c drone, in the right spot, can bring down the real aircraft. This type of activity is "exactly" why the FAA is going to implement some rules regarding "all" toy aircraft. And as with most laws it is the law abiding citizen that pays the price.
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If you look at the video, this was definitely not a $99 quad-copter from Tower. It was obviously FPV with more than one camera. Can you imagine what one of these sucked into the engine of the DC-10 water bomber would do? Yes, that "cheap R/C drone" could bring down a multi-million-dollar plane and kill the crew. Also, at one point in the video, you can hear a helicopter very close to the drone. Comments like yours show why we are going to lose the right to fly our planes.
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You are absolutely correct. What a lot of non-aviation types do not understand is a cheap drone can kill a pilot and/or those unfortunate enough to be at the crash site. Small birds damage aircraft nearly every day, large birds have brought down aircraft, even airliners. Cheap drones have more mass than a small bird plus steel parts to help penetrate into an aircraft. It seems like I see new report about drones and/or RC aircraft being places they do not belong 2 or 3 times a week and I am not even looking for the stories. I work in aviation so my normal reading habits have me reading magazines, emails and news sources where something like shutting down aerial fire fighting or having an R/C camera platform close enough for a pilot to identify the make and model is big news.
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If you look at the video, this was definitely not a $99 quad-copter from Tower. It was obviously FPV with more than one camera. Can you imagine what one of these sucked into the engine of the DC-10 water bomber would do? Yes, that "cheap R/C drone" could bring down a multi-million-dollar plane and kill the crew. Also, at one point in the video, you can hear a helicopter very close to the drone. Comments like yours show why we are going to lose the right to fly our planes.
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There is. But some people are either too stupid to realize they should check or don't think they need to follow the rules. "Common sense" (sadly something lacking in many) would say you should not be flying anything in that area that is not part of the fire-fighting effort, and if it is, it would be under close control of Air Command.
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Want to know who the idiot is? Here you go:https://www.facebook.com/jason.bross...=browse_search
Go to this page and post what you think about his little stunt. I DID!
Go to this page and post what you think about his little stunt. I DID!
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Just the PR we need. Some idiot is flying a drone over the #Sandfire forest fire in central California (>4000 acres, 10 homes destroyed so far). All air support (water bombers, spotters) will have to be stopped because of this idiot! May his drone, car and house go up in flames.
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These comments need to be posted on youtube so the idiot will see them. And those who think it's a cool video may think otherwise..
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I put a nasty gram on his facebook page and recommend everyone else to do the same. The more the idiot is "spoken" to the more evidence there is to show that the rc community does not support his behavior!
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Might be better if we all contacted the FAA and disavowed this type of behavior and recommend they direct their attention on the pirate operators instead of those who are operating in a responsable manner, and yes stopping all activity until the area was safe to operate in again was the correct thing to do. A home can be replaced but a person can not, firefighters should not have to worry about things like this. I hope the authorities file some kind of charges against this moron.
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Saw two videos this week on LiveLeak, one from a guy down under who was up about 300 meters, over a high rise, then zoomed down along the beach. The second one was a guy in CA, Huntington Beach actually, showing off his new totally beyotching Phantom with a gimball....over 7 minutes of video over cars, and people at the beach. In that case he asked for comments, and got 'em. Doubt he expected what people left.
He bragged about how good business had been, and was taking suggestions on what kind of vids to get on Los Angeles. It's doubtful either of them belonged to any RC association, be it local or national. More fodder for those that want to control the hobby.
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Might be better if we all contacted the FAA and disavowed this type of behavior and recommend they direct their attention on the pirate operators instead of those who are operating in a responsable manner, and yes stopping all activity until the area was safe to operate in again was the correct thing to do. A home can be replaced but a person can not, firefighters should not have to worry about things like this. I hope the authorities file some kind of charges against this moron.
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Just the PR we need. Some idiot is flying a drone over the #Sandfire forest fire in central California (>4000 acres, 10 homes destroyed so far). All air support (water bombers, spotters) will have to be stopped because of this idiot! May his drone, car and house go up in flames.