Originally Posted by
Titanium Dude
News! It fell down on its own after being up in that tree for 2 months of winter snow and rain, the battery still had some power and the quadcopter works perfectly. Thanks to the kind people here for your ideas.
How would someone flying a drone in public ever affect private property flyers? As much as I can see drones have not affected the R/C community whatsoever.
If a pilot were to loose control, as you did, and/or if there were a radio malfunction, the drone could harm or kill someone on private property. Not even the "failsafes" built into the drone can prevent a disaster if one of the motors stops working.
As for the second sentence, irresponsible and ignorant drone owners have led to recent federal action that requires all pilots in the R/C community to register with the Federal Aviation Administration. To say that drone operator have "affected" the R/C Community is an understatement of monumental, and Biblical proportions.
Originally Posted by
foodstick
The real worry is that any one person doing something dangerous or "newsworthy" could trigger the govt. to write more new rules on everyone across the board.
Unless I am mistaken, this has kinda already happened, based on a tens of thousands of posts in the last few months, on various R/C forums. I even have a registration certificate to prove it!
P.S., Titanium Dude: if you are not registered with the FAA, you probably violated FAA policy when you determined that "...the quadcopter works perfectly." If you did so, the fine could be somewhere close to $30,000 or so. Might be time to do a little research.
Someone mentioned a possible "whistle blower" reward from the FAA. Who do I contact?
