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07-27-2014 09:09 PM

Trumpet

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Vancouver fireworks:

http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Canada/BC/ID/2477697025/

Mark.

07-15-2014 03:02 PM

Jimmy P

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Originally Posted by Wizzard

Would that not be the same as saying the car makers are to blame for drunk driving? After all they make the cars, sell them to anyone off the street then someone gets drunk and drives. I know, extreme example but along the same line....

Actually Wizzard Ford made SUV'S with firestones on them that killed a lot of people, Ford was found at fault.

I'm not here to argue with anyone, but everyone is up in arms, I only suggested the manufacturers that continue to make them will ruin the hobby not the bozo's that fly them.

Also on the drinking and driving, the bar you were at is responsible for cutting you off and making sure you get home. They can be charged and convicted if found to be serving alcohol to intoxicated people, yes they do it and people die because the bar is gready for your money not your safety. Just ask any parent who has lost a child. Myself included. I came back here to talk and help people but I see it isn't worth it, have a good one anyways.

07-15-2014 12:22 PM

Arceenut

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And yet another thread.

As you can see in the headlines, we are all being painted by the media with the same brush.

http://globalnews.ca/news/1451087/mo...cial-building/

.....the lines are being blurred

I wonder if this guy is going to be liable for the damage and fire fighting costs? If he was a MAAC member do you think MAAC will cover him? If MAAC does cover him, what do you think our membership will cost next year?

07-15-2014 11:59 AM

Arceenut

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Yah know guys a simple fix. The manufacturers are building these things and letting anyone buy them, seeing a baby could fly one I would scream at the hobby industry manufacturers. They are the ones producing these things. Being a peeping tom is not an r\c hobby.

Like all simple fixes it would be simply impossible. Do you think that any legislation or any action taken by anyone can stop a multimillion industry that is overseas. Dream on.

07-15-2014 11:26 AM

Wizzard

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07-15-2014 08:48 AM

Jimmy P

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07-15-2014 06:59 AM

OLD PRAIRIE RED NECK

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Originally Posted by Sharpy01

.....the lines are being blurred

Of course they are! Just like all native people are the same, all East Indian/Pakistan are the same, all Muslim are terrorist etc. etc.

Anyone that thinks the media and therefore the general public will differentiate between the exhibitionists and regular model flyers is living in a dream world! I believe it will take a sizable advertising campaign to inform the public of the difference.

Yes MAAC could and should be the leader in this!

And the best timing is right now!

07-15-2014 06:38 AM

Sharpy01

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07-12-2014 05:50 PM

Arceenut

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Originally Posted by Eye Can Fly

Perhaps my point was missed, if FPV was on a frequency other than the 2.4, there is a chance that IC could catch them. If you've done nothing wrong there wouldn't be any problem.

Think of it like a stop-check for drunk driving around the X-mas holidays. Plus the IC guys would have their boots on the ground, not in some stuffy office..... (couldn't resist a poke at the inverted Christmas tree, one guy workin' and multitudes supervising)

Edit: Think of changes as a way to protect what we have, the law abiding fliers "Saying here I am". Of course you'll need a blanket stoppage of 2.4 FPV transmitters, anyone caught using it would lose their equipment and privileges.....

The point is, it doesn't matter what frequency was "supposed" to be used, do you think you can get the "rogues" to adhere to the requirement of using the "traceable" frequencies? They totally ignore the rules now and not very likely to obey the requirement of using the required frequencies. Another hitch to this is that frequencies are very crowded and it would ne impossible to be assigned a bit of spectrum for this. Another hitch is, could anyone, governnent legal entity have the power to require FPV manufacturers overseas to change what they produce by the millions?

Yes bcsalt, I have pointed out only negatives as I don't have the answers and I don't know how to fix stupid as the saying goes. I am not after the fpv flyers that fly sensibly and are cognizant of the dangers and limitations of the equipment and their flying skills. I am after the stupid/arrogant/ignorant types that think it is fun to fly in situations that may be exciting to them but can be dangerous like flying near an airport within the flight path of full sized aircraft and showing off in front of crowds in a park.

The only thing that is going to reduce the stupidity is full prosecution of anyone caught endangering the safety and security of the public or causing harm and make it known that prosecution has teeth - not a slap on the wrist and told 'don't do it any more.

I see the British have prosecuted successfully a FPV flyer that claimed equipment failure and flew into an area where the 'drone' was not supposed to be. I believe the fine was in the order of multiple hundreds of pounds. I think the total cost came to near the $10,000 fine of the US prosecution. Good for them. The guy claimed the fine was excessive as it would put his TV repair shop out of business. That was an excuse? He had the money to play with hobby when he had a failing business?

07-12-2014 02:18 PM

bcsaltchucker

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only a small minority of FPVers are using 2.4 for video link. I don;t use it as I fly with reg RC pilots and they need 2.4 for RC

So it would be easy enough to use my ground station to monitor all the other FPV freqs on 900, 1.3 and 5.8. Just cycle through the channels till you get a video signal then train your yagi antenna until it is strongest and go in that direction till you find the plane's destination. I can record any video signal I get in a moment's notice, to use as evidence.

but that doesn't help to locate most of the rogue pilots. Because they are not even using FPV. They just use 2.4 Spektrum and more difficult to locate them. And now we have Lightbridge digital and the new Parrot digital video link which cannot be viewed by anyone but the pilot

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Now on our videolink we can broadcast our HAM handle, which makes it easy for authorities to know who is flying and how to find me. But only a handful of expensive OSD can do this (I own two OSD with that capability and they do show my handle, and I have perhaps 12 OSd without it). Most of the OSD cannot display our HAm handles. Would be nice to have this on all OSD. I would do it, just to show I am accountable and responsible. But today, there is no one monitoring it anyways.

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