tvashtarkatena Posted March 25, 2015 Posted March 25, 2015 got one. love it. my pal can fly his over a landscape and create a 3d rotating model of it. awesome. i want to get one that can place pro a rob a minimart for me. Quote
ivan Posted March 25, 2015 Posted March 25, 2015 jesus, luke's drone-tr of desert tower climbing yday looks absolutely amazing - hard to hate, though yeah, I suppose they detract from the sense of wilderness Quote
max Posted March 25, 2015 Posted March 25, 2015 Suck: check. 1. Cool pictures and video from drones are like crack for the mind: no effort, no work on the users part, just pure reward. Talk about lazy! 2. They're annoying, and there's no denying it. In general, I think the environemtn around us should be disturbed as little as possible. 3. Legal? Probably in many places, but hopefully not for long. 4. Biggest one for me is they seem like a huge amount of money diverted from something more worthwhile. Do we really want to spend $500 to see a video of some guy ski? I guess if it's of yourself skiing, its ok. 5. Sniper style with a bb gun. Flame on, bitches. My bet is most people either are pro or don't have the nuts to stand up and say that even though they are "legal" at this point, they should go away. Quote
ivan Posted March 25, 2015 Posted March 25, 2015 likely a mote pt - like saying smart phones suck - the tide of history turns but one way... Quote
AlpineK Posted March 25, 2015 Posted March 25, 2015 I attended a presentation on drones a few months back. They'll probably be restricted to Daylight flight only No flying within 5-miles(?) of a real airport Operator must have visual contact with the device Permission from property owners for overflight While you might get away with it that probably rules out flying in wilderness areas, and you can forget about the Amazon delivery copter Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted March 25, 2015 Posted March 25, 2015 The surest way to become anti-wind is to piss into it. Technology will become what it will become. Drones are incredibly useful - they are here to stay. Prohibition? Not a policy that has worked as advertised so far. Damn humans. If a drone flies and there's no one there to hear it, is it still annoying? What if it doesn't make any noise at all? Such thinking has so far failed to ban planes and satellites. I wouldn't hold your breath. The best you can hope for is to regulate the personal information drones can collect by requiring warrants, periodic use reporting and appropriate levels of approval for deployment. When faced with a budgetary choice of paying $1000 for a drone or buying less than an hour of chopper time - yeah. You got it. The FAA restrictions listed in the previous post are already in effect. The FAA cares about safety - it does not care about public nuisances or civil liberties. Dealing with the latter are the responsibility of state or local lawmakers. The feds, of course, can do wha-evuh. Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted March 25, 2015 Posted March 25, 2015 Current or proposed near term government and commercial uses of drones: Aerial surveys: Disaster areas, agricultural land, forests, wetlands and water courses, wildlife, traffic, geothermal.... Accident response: Structural damage to burned buildings, SAR, delivery of relief supplies... Logistics: Package delivery (this is the only viable way Amazon's going to beat that intractable 48 hour delivery limit imposed by a dysfunctional traffic system) NOAA: Weather/nautical monitoring etc etc etc Quote
Stefan Posted March 26, 2015 Posted March 26, 2015 Maybe they can carry my pack for me someday. Quote
Jim Posted March 26, 2015 Posted March 26, 2015 (edited) Been using them for work now and then - remote sensing, wildlife surveys, etc. Very efficient for landscape-scale surveys. Programed one to capture video and LiDAR for a run up the river and return to base. Holy cow - saved us at least $8k over a flight and two weeks in schedule. But, as in most technology, there will be some a-holes at the controls. Was on the Priest in Moab when one buzzed by - do we really need another form of chest-thumping from weekend warriors. Mixed feelings on the recreation use end of it. Edited March 26, 2015 by Jim Quote
max Posted March 26, 2015 Posted March 26, 2015 Jim: I'm with you. "utility" uses (to me) are legit. Quote
mountainsandsound Posted March 26, 2015 Posted March 26, 2015 The new, more obtrusive and irritating incarnation of the Go Pro for self-important types. Quote
ivan Posted March 26, 2015 Posted March 26, 2015 the earliest written records human's left behind were chest-beating pieces about who'd they'd killed and what they'd done to be remembered forever - self-importance is in our dna - kinda makes sense, given the reality of evolution (which of course has also created this new nuisance of yours ) Quote
mountainsandsound Posted March 26, 2015 Posted March 26, 2015 Very true. I however strive to break the DNA bonds that confine me (I guess all I have to do is break a few hydrogen bonds really) and be the first of my species to be completely selfless, invisible, and will be completely sustained by air, perhaps through nitrogen fixation. I will defy human evolution and I will not film it or write a trip report about my transformation. But it is actually pretty cool, so I should at least mention it in spray. Quote
Jim Posted March 26, 2015 Posted March 26, 2015 Self-aggrandizing part aside - I could see some field work applications of that tiny bird - have to admit the technology is pretty cool Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted March 26, 2015 Posted March 26, 2015 The next white throated swift that wing beats me is going to discover there's a new law in town. Quote
diepj Posted March 27, 2015 Posted March 27, 2015 Can those rotors eat 60cm of dyneema? While the clock is never turning back technologically speaking is it unreasonable to think that personal use restrictions might be widely enacted and enforced in public spaces ala Smith Rock? (THANK YOU Oregon State Parks! Can you imagine???) Quote
G-spotter Posted March 31, 2015 Posted March 31, 2015 Canada approved 16,000 drone use permits in last year. USA, 48. Quote
G-spotter Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/32323053/asparagus-carrying-drone-crashes-and-burns-in-the-netherlands Quote
G-spotter Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 Anti-drone drone (with net) http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-anti-drone-drone/ Quote
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