First TikTok, then DJI?

  • carl_dungeon@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Unless you live next to an airport or next to a federal building, it’s really not all that restrictive. Only places I haven’t been able to fly were near camp David and a local airport.

    • Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works
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      6 months ago

      For starters you cannot fly a drone over a person except the operator (yourself). The weight of the drone or inclusion of prop guards does not change this.

      So goodbye to flying around any busy area or city.

      • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works
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        6 months ago

        For starters you cannot fly a drone over a person except the operator (yourself).

        Is that because most drones are passively recording a videosteeam for it’s operator to navigate it? Would it affect cameraless drones?

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          6 months ago

          Ita because they could fall on people and cause harm.

          You can in theory fly a drone over people if it meets a few criteria such as enclosed blades, under 250 grams, purely for recreation (no helping people or taking photos of your roofs gutters, purely recreation), displaying your registered FAA number on the drone chassis, etc etc.

          Basically no drone you can buy is actually rated to fly over people, and that’s before passing the test and registering your drone with the FAA.

          • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works
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            6 months ago

            Such a blunder, imho. Since drones are the future at least for warfare, encouraging their use with certified and safe models may be a no-brainer to support the growth of that technology and educating civil operators en masse.

            • GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip
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              6 months ago

              I think people piloting drones is just an intermediate step, there isnt some huge demand for drone pilots in the future. As soon as it is feasible that task will be relegated to computers, be it truly autonomous drones or centrally controlled by a guidance system.

    • Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca
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      6 months ago

      We live 4.5kms from an airport. Can’t even fly it in our backyard since the limit is 5kms. Doesn’t matter how high you fly it.