ORIGINAL: tmw09
Scale:
1 = very uncomfortable-would not consider at all
2 = uncomfortable – reluctant, but would be interested in trying after the technology has been in service for 10 or more years
3 = Not Sure/Undecided
4 = comfortable – like to see this technology incorporated and would be willing to try it after 2 to 5 years of being in service
5 = very comfortable – would try it as soon as the technology was incorporated to the flying public

Survey:
__________1. The thought of flying in an airplane/airliner knowing that an unmanned airplane is able to fly in the same vicinity makes you feel…..

__________2. The technology exists for unmanned aerial vehicles to safely fly in any flight level of commercial airspace. The thought that these pilot-less aircraft are flown in the United States, makes you feel…..

__________3. A majority of commercial aircraft can be flown without seeing out of the cockpit window but by instrumentation such as collision avoidance and weather radar software and guidance from air traffic control personal. The fact that pilots sometimes have to rely on instruments instead of their vision makes you feel…..

__________4. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have the capacity to take off, climb to a designated altitude (from 300 feet to 50,000 feet), obtain data via cameras and sensors, perform research or tactical missions, and return to a pre-selected base or airport. All of the while, these vehicles are unguided by a pilot operator onboard. Knowing that these aircraft are flying above your neighborhoods, towns, and cities, makes you feel….

_________5. Some items that we as society use everyday are unmanned or not manually operated by a human being. Some of these include elevators in office buildings, escalators in malls, subway trains in and around airports, monorails (raised track trains that are used to transport travelers around theme parks, etc), and amusement rides. All of these technologies have person monitoring they status or performance. However, those individuals do not reside in the actual vehicle. The use of these items makes you feel…..

ORIGINAL: tmw09

Guys. You all read way too much into the threads. I am just a poor guy working my way thru school at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. Stop being so parinoid and answer the survey if you wish. If not, don't answer it. It is for my graduate class. I am interviewing many groups of people at shopping malls, at work, at the flying field, on rcuniverse, my friends and family. Generally, you send out a survey, some people answer and some people don't. you aim for 1000 and expect 100 responses. It happens all the time in every industry.

What type of computer do you have?

Where do you like to shop for your food products?

What do you think of traveling to the moon one day?

There is about as much thought that I put into those 3 questions right there as passing gas.

It is not that difficult. Just read it for what it is worth.


school project at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Look up the school....it has great classes for pilots, aircraft mechanics, etc. etc.





Objective of this survey:
Hello Fellow Modellers! I have been flying for years in this hobby and I love it. I am doing some personal research to determine the flying public’s perception of unmanned aerial vehicles flying along side of commercial airliners and in the National Airspace System.

Background to the question:
This unmanned “pilot less” airplane or UAV is probably operated by the US military, or some research agency such as NASA. It is flown remotely.

Directions:
Please take 1 minute of your time to fill out the attached survey. There will be a scale of 1 to 5, ranging from very uncomfortable to very comfortable. Only your responses will be included in the survey results. PLEASE RESPOND NO LATER THAN AUGUST 10, 2007.

You can email me at [email protected] with your responses or include them here.

Scale:
1 = very uncomfortable-would not consider at all
2 = uncomfortable – reluctant, but would be interested in trying after the technology has been in service for 10 or more years
3 = Not Sure/Undecided
4 = comfortable – like to see this technology incorporated and would be willing to try it after 2 to 5 years of being in service
5 = very comfortable – would try it as soon as the technology was incorporated to the flying public

Survey:
__________1. The thought of flying in an airplane/airliner knowing that an unmanned airplane is able to fly in the same vicinity makes you feel…..

__________2. The technology exists for unmanned aerial vehicles to safely fly in any flight level of commercial airspace. The thought that these pilot-less aircraft are flown in the United States, makes you feel…..

__________3. A majority of commercial aircraft can be flown without seeing out of the cockpit window but by instrumentation such as collision avoidance and weather radar software and guidance from air traffic control personal. The fact that pilots sometimes have to rely on instruments instead of their vision makes you feel…..

__________4. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have the capacity to take off, climb to a designated altitude (from 300 feet to 50,000 feet), obtain data via cameras and sensors, perform research or tactical missions, and return to a pre-selected base or airport. All of the while, these vehicles are unguided by a pilot operator onboard. Knowing that these aircraft are flying above your neighborhoods, towns, and cities, makes you feel….

_________5. Some items that we as society use everyday are unmanned or not manually operated by a human being. Some of these include elevators in office buildings, escalators in malls, subway trains in and around airports, monorails (raised track trains that are used to transport travelers around theme parks, etc), and amusement rides. All of these technologies have person monitoring they status or performance. However, those individuals do not reside in the actual vehicle. The use of these items makes you feel…..