OK, Ill be honest, Im a jet jock, not a real big fan of quads. Lets just say, Im in the Army (I am) and the Pubblic Affairs section at my work just got a new DJ Phatom Professhional Quad.

Im the only one in the whole building who dose RC. Im waching this lady unbox it and looking at it like its from Outer Space.

So I ask nicely what she planes to use it for, as I know they are always at our Larg Public Events takeing pictures, She says she wants to use it to get good pics and vid of the events we have on base.

I tell her "You know you cant fly that thing over a large group of peaple right?" and she gives me the deer in the head lights look. But I started to think that maybe Im being an ass and asummuning what the rules are. So my question is what are the rule when useing a Quad at public events?
She dont need AMA as this Army base is not an AMA site Right?
Even thow she is a Soilder, the Army did not tell her to do this so she would be responsalbe for injury as a person not the Army right?

Thanks Mike

I am not 100% familiar with the actual rules. But someone in that installation WILL be liable if the quad falls out of the sky and injures a spectator. I was a soldier, and the ARMY will deal with it if the "victim" is another soldier. The Proverbial S___ hit the Fan will occur when the quad injures a civilian. You can mark my words and take them to the bank. There are no rules to circumvent that.

The comment about needing AMA because....... is completely unnecessary. The quad would be flown for "commercial" purposes (internal news outlet) and the AMA does not apply. Also, the AMA is secondary to the primary insurance of the quad owner, and the AMA insurance only applies when flown in accordance to the AMA Safety Guidelines, that also state not to overfly unprotected people.

Rafael

Rafael

Forget AMA rules, Military rules, liability etc etc. She just needs to apply common sense. Is it wise to fly a machine over peoples head. Yes of course there are real airplanes etc out there, but this is completely different. The answer of course is no, it's not a wise decision to take a toy/hobby grade machine that she is not fully trained on and fly it over unsuspecting people's heads. There is a reason she didn't ask her superior officer for permission to do this.....chances are she knows what the answer would be.