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Here we go... stupid dronies flying over California fires hampering firefighter efforts.
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<blockquote data-quote="Hotwire" data-source="post: 58936" data-attributes="member: 505"><p>Hundreds, if not thousands of people have died in aircraft accidents caused by bird strikes. How many have died as a result of hobby RC models?</p><p></p><p>The FAA have been the major opponent in this argument from almost the beginning. They don't qualify as a credible or unbiased reference.</p><p></p><p>The areas now restricted from flying RC models and aerial imaging UAVs, have grown many fold sinse the media drew attentions to this changing technology. Most of that attention was due to the images collected by these aircraft. RC models aren't new to the skies of the world, just more obvious. Even their prevellence is not much different to the past 30 years but their presence is more known.</p><p></p><p>The spin-off from this is VTOL passenger drones that will emerge in the next 10 years and beyond. Not only do the traditional interests in our air space want us gone, the emerging passenger technologies will also make their bids. Demonising photographers with a harmless interest in getting a different perspective for their images or the benign RC modeller, represents phase 1. This is not a conspiracy theory, it's SOP for this kind of acquisition and it's motivated by money.</p><p></p><p>Don't be drawn in by the demonising strategy. The more times you hear it the more it sounds plausible.</p><p></p><p>Ask yourself , how often do you look in the sky and see a manned aircraft. (every day!) How often do you see a drone ? The number of people out taking images or video with their Spark or Phantom is unlikely to change much, if past trends are to go by. Even less if all our air space is taken away.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for discussion. I very much respect your opinion but concur to disagree. Please feel free to have the last say...</p><p>Cheers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hotwire, post: 58936, member: 505"] Hundreds, if not thousands of people have died in aircraft accidents caused by bird strikes. How many have died as a result of hobby RC models? The FAA have been the major opponent in this argument from almost the beginning. They don't qualify as a credible or unbiased reference. The areas now restricted from flying RC models and aerial imaging UAVs, have grown many fold sinse the media drew attentions to this changing technology. Most of that attention was due to the images collected by these aircraft. RC models aren't new to the skies of the world, just more obvious. Even their prevellence is not much different to the past 30 years but their presence is more known. The spin-off from this is VTOL passenger drones that will emerge in the next 10 years and beyond. Not only do the traditional interests in our air space want us gone, the emerging passenger technologies will also make their bids. Demonising photographers with a harmless interest in getting a different perspective for their images or the benign RC modeller, represents phase 1. This is not a conspiracy theory, it's SOP for this kind of acquisition and it's motivated by money. Don't be drawn in by the demonising strategy. The more times you hear it the more it sounds plausible. Ask yourself , how often do you look in the sky and see a manned aircraft. (every day!) How often do you see a drone ? The number of people out taking images or video with their Spark or Phantom is unlikely to change much, if past trends are to go by. Even less if all our air space is taken away. Thanks for discussion. I very much respect your opinion but concur to disagree. Please feel free to have the last say... Cheers. [/QUOTE]
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