Out of the box thinking is what got us to land on the moon...what got the Wright brothers in the air. What you are seeing is the dumbing up of America. Most people believe what their friend says or what they hear in the news, paper etc. without any research into facts. Take the average college student...many are just priming themselves to work for someone else. They have no ability to think outside the box...they are what I call prime candidates for the Special Olympics. They can only do what a book says you can do. For example...relative to us, can the speed of light barrier be broken? Yes! Try to get some college kid to understand that! the book is wrong, or more accurately misinterpreted. The appropriate research will show that C that we view as 186MPS can be broken.


Now, for UAV stuff: what do you want to know? It's not that difficult now as there are several 6dof devices out there and the software is shareware. Cameras? not a problem, heads up display, not a problem...this is actually old technology. The only new part is the price is low enough that the average modeler can afford it.

Go check out http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/adv...ction=products

Lets look into the actual FAA regulations. From what I recall, a UAV that stays under 1500 feet and does not fly over populated areas is free to fly. Above 1500' you may be in controlled airspace.


Lets get back to getting the UAV stuff up. there is diydrone.com that deals with all kinds of UAV data.