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| 01-24-2017 10:05 AM | ||
| extreme911 |
Re: It Happened What if the "see and avoid system" fails? is there any fail safe system for that case? |
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| 02-08-2016 08:50 PM | ||
| bcsaltchucker |
Re: It Happened didn't know the Lily doesn't have any see-and-avoid capability. a few of the drones about to hit the market do have this technology, like the wee Onagofly which features optical object sensors. But no one is sure about the video quality of that rig yet. |
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| 02-07-2016 04:31 PM | ||
| Cougar429 |
Re: It Happened Anyone else caught this one from LA? Quote:
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| 02-07-2016 01:56 PM | ||
| Helno |
Re: It Happened That keeps getting posted but it seems to be vapourware. It doesn't have any sort of see and avoid tech so I bet a good number of them once they actually sell will fly into many random obstacles. And it really isn't a solution for much of anything other than getting people who have no interest in actually flying it able to fly a camera. The cops probably would come down just as hard on someone taking a selfie with this as they did to this guy flying a 4.3 ounce toy. |
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| 02-07-2016 01:46 PM | ||
| bbbair |
Re: It Happened Perhaps THIS is the Solution... (assuming that it works as well as the promotional video  )Meet LILY THE Future has arrived... Throw and Shoot Camera. 20 minutes of overhead tracking photography. Just throw it into the air. They are selling at $495 to $699. Amazing what there is on the horizon. Golfers, you can just throw this camera into the air before you tee-off, and it will record ALL of your great shots. This technology is bordering on science fiction. It will revolutionize the movie and TV industry and with this equipment, home videos will be more fun to watch. Lily is the world's first throw-and-shoot camera. It lets anyone create cinematic footage previously reserved for professional filmmakers. Lily is waterproof, ultra-portable, and shoots stunning HD pictures and videos. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4vGcH0Bk3hg?rel=0 |
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| 02-05-2016 09:20 AM | ||
| fsone |
Re: It Happened There will be changes coming in regulations. Now that there is more frequent mishaps , this will get the ball rolling. |
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| 02-05-2016 08:24 AM | ||
| bbbair |
Re: It Happened And AGAIN! Reuters Feb 5, 2016 , Last Updated: 1:31 AM ET A New Jersey man was arrested on Thursday after a drone he was flying crashed into the 40th floor of the Empire State Building in New York City, police said. The 29-year-old man was taken into custody after a small aircraft he was piloting struck the iconic building before coming to rest on the 35th floor on Thursday evening, the New York City Police Department said. The man asked building security personnel for his drone back after they retrieved it, but instead they called authorities, a police spokesman said. No injuries and no property damage were reported, according to police. The local NBC affiliate in New York identified the man as Sean Nivin Riddle. A man with the same name Tweeted that he was filming with a drone and that it had stuck the Empire State Building. He faces reckless endangerment and avigation in and over the city charges, police said. The incident comes as U.S. government agencies and state and local police forces seek to better identify and regulate unauthorized drone flights due to mounting security concerns arising from the unmanned aircraft. |
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| 01-31-2016 08:24 PM | ||
| Helno |
Re: It Happened The golfers didn't like it around KW. |
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| 01-31-2016 06:07 PM | ||
| bcsaltchucker |
Re: It Happened yeah I was just thinking of such forced approach practice. Perfect example of fullsize you'll encounter 10s of km from an airport, flying extremely low and totally silent. My instructor would have me take us down to about 300ft agl before overshoot. Folks on the ground would have no engine sound and also when a plane it coming directly at or away from you, it becomes close to invisible. This is a normal and important part of pilot training - each pilot will have to practice it maybe 20+ times in PPL training. And def not always at the same location. Our club has about 50 people in training any given time too, so that could mean a few dozen of these forced approaches being practiced over a wide rural & wilderness area just one of those things. the tiny amt of risk is always there. only way to eliminate it totally is to ban on all RC flying, kites, golf, power lines, fullsize aircraft, etc |
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| 01-31-2016 03:54 PM | ||
| Helno |
Re: It Happened Quote:
We did a simulated engine failure and he picked a field to land in. As we went around and over flew the field I noticed that it had a hangar. On closer inspection we would have landed directly on his snow covered runway. Completely unpublished yet we randomly chose a field to land in that happened to be an unregistered aerodrome. They are everywhere. |
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