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Old 07-15-2015, 01:46 AM
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bruceal
 
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No, we don't allow FPV. The legislation came about because the Sheriff was afraid that someone could fly over the county jail and drop contraband to the prisoners. The legislator considers the use of "drones" a privacy issue. Allowing people to fly FPV at our field won't stop the guy that shot a video of himself driving along a country road while filming himself, or the great fireworks video he shot from way more than 400' while flying over a busy highway. Look at some Facebook pages, there are groups that don't want to fly at club fields. They use their "drones" as camera platforms and want to fly where they want. And being that you like to underline points, yes clubs do need to get involved when we are grouped with people that pose a serious threat to the hobby. Our choice not to allow FPV was made before the county took action. Our club is located across the street from a marina, county park and an active heliport. But I already mentioned that way back in this thread somewhere. I also mentioned that way back we did let people do FPV and they had trouble with VLOS.