Drone-based businesses soar in Canada, as FAA grounds US entrepreneurs

Post by locusm » Sat, Sep 13, 2014, 4:20 AM UTC

bigiain wrote: post #14

bennesvig wrote: post #5

It's bizarre that it's legal to fly a drone/quadcopter as a hobby, but not if you charge for the services. If there were laws about flying above a certain height or over people in well populated areas, that would make more sense than just banning commercial use. There are going to be a lot of drone-based businesses soon. I got a DJI Phantom 2 last month and have been amazed at the quality of footage that it can captu…

I don't think it's "bizarre" at all - getting paid _fundamentally_ changes things. Although the "ban commercial use completely" approach is a pretty big hammer to use - as a hobbyist RC pilot who's flown with a camera aboard for some time ( http://bigiain.com/Mini-Swift-RC-plane ) I've had _many_ requests to take photos/video for other people, many of whom have offered money for it, and almost _all_ of which would re…

Post by markdown » Sat, Sep 13, 2014, 5:59 AM UTC

thaumaturgy wrote: post #21

markdown wrote: post #6

Request: Please don't come and ruin it for the rest of us, like this irresponsible american drone operator potentially did (thankfully there have been no repercussions yet as the authorities haven't seen it). See the first few seconds of this video: http://vimeo.com/99295619 Flying anywhere near aerodromes is illegal just about everywhere.

You will probably luck out the same as the U.S. -- and every immigrant destination -- has forever. The people that have the talent, ability, and motivation to successfully emigrate from one country to another don't tend to be the dumbest people.

Post by nadiaks » Sat, Sep 13, 2014, 6:50 AM UTC

andrewstuart2 wrote: post #25

nadiaks wrote: post #3

Here is a link to the original article in the Financial Post ( http://bit.ly/1m1lGdi ) with the due credit to the original author, Quentin Casey, and the companies mentioned in the article, fluttrbox and Resson Aerospace (which is conveniently not mentioned by this author). I am the co-founder of fluttrbox(applied YC W15)

The articles may overlap a bit but they're certainly quite different. The submitted article has a lot more content than the one you linked and most of it deals with the state of drone usage in the US rather than the startups in Canada which are using drones. Also, Resson Aerospace is definitely mentioned in both articles. Quentin Casey wrote a good article. So did this guy.

Post by spacefight » Sat, Sep 13, 2014, 8:46 AM UTC

markdown wrote: post #6

Request: Please don't come and ruin it for the rest of us, like this irresponsible american drone operator potentially did (thankfully there have been no repercussions yet as the authorities haven't seen it). See the first few seconds of this video: http://vimeo.com/99295619 Flying anywhere near aerodromes is illegal just about everywhere.

Post by baddox » Sat, Sep 13, 2014, 9:07 AM UTC

Yardlink wrote: post #23

baddox wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I oppose all those instances.

Cooking too? Food safety has bigger risks if you're making 10000 donuts than 1. Restricting everyone equally would put an unreasonable burden on everyday life. Scale is a big reason why there's a difference. Unrestricted commercial drone flights would be much more common than hobby, and would therefore cause much more accidents.