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06-01-2015 | 07:30 AM

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From: Apache Junction AZ. WI 0WI8

Originally Posted by init4fun

I'll tell you this , Looking at the footage of the quadcopter he was trying to catch in mid flight , he's darned lucky he didn't loose those fingers outright ! This was no little $50 wallmart toy , the machine was certainly big enough to bring serious injury to anyone coming into contact with it's blades . To think that it's being routinely flown over a stadium full of people quite honestly boggles my mind as to the lack of forethought of the safety implications here . Sure , in this instance , the gent invaded the quad's airspace by trying to grab it . Hey , no foul on the quad's part , it did what it was supposed to do , maintain it's airspace and then administer mechanical justice on someone foolish enough to invade that flight envelope . But what of Rob's video of the "runaway drone" , how soon ya think it'll be that something like that ends up happening in a packed stadium now that they seem to have found use as a camera platform over the top of large public events ? Add another risk besides hearing loss and the occasional contact buzz to a night out listening to music I guess ......

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Originally Posted by porcia83

Lucky for us he isn't that popular in the states...., still does good sales and concerts abroad.

Not to sound alarmist, but there is a good chance something like that will happen here, at some event. Hopefully nobody will be injured. I doubt however it will be a "sanctioned" quad/drone flying though, rather it will be someone who wants to get some really beechin footage and thinks they'll be able to handle it, and then poof, down it will go. That reality, and the known exposure is why I don't think you'll ever see that happen here. Hopefully. Although not quite as dynamic, those tethered remote control cameras still get some great footage.

In the USA wouldn't this be considered (Being a part of the show) a commercial operation and require all the FAA Certification and training to fly for compensation or hire?

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