Google Wants a Piece of Air-Traffic Control for Drones
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#2Skynet!
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#3>The idea really is anyone should be free to build a solution
I can't think of a worse outcome.
If drones and automated cars don't operate off of an open and public communication system, it will be a massive failure.
GPS works because a for-profit company isn't in charge of it.
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#4One thing i'd like to see from drones is a registration of the drones firmware signature. So as a drone is flying, it would broadcast the signature, and you can see above you what's flying around.
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#5This is very exciting, and inevitable. This sort of infrastructure will lead to a lot of innovation because it alleviates many of the questions about operating drones in shared spaces.
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#6Retailers will be in for a lot of heartache if they hope that the FAA will "work with them."
ADS-B is already mandated for 2020. The spec is cast in stone, and the only thing that could change is the month it's enforced.
As we've seen with the SoCal fires last week, integrated tracking is essential for safe low-level flight.
Certified ADS-B avionics prices have ranged from $10,000 - $1,000,000+. Experimental prices are around $2,000 now.
Obviously that's more than the price of most consumer drones.
Also, what load can the ADS-B system handle? How many drones would overload it?
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#7This is actually an FAA/NASA initiative.[1] They're trying to figure out how this can work.
The FAA's first round is out, with the proposed "drone pilot licenses" and coordination with existing ATC for drone operations in controlled airspace. That won't scale up to large numbers of drones, but can be done now. The FAA is considering fewer restrictions on very small drones (The FAA is trying to get this under control before some large quadrotor with motors with cobalt-neodymium magnets gets sucked into a jet intake.
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#8Retailers will be in for a lot of heartache if they hope that the FAA will "work with them." ADS-B is already mandated for 2020. The spec is cast in stone, and the only thing that could change is the month it's enforced. As we've seen with the SoCal fires last week, integrated tracking is essential for safe low-level flight. Certified ADS-B avionics prices have ranged from $10,000 - $1,000,000+. Experimental prices a…
This. Alot of drone guys or people who dream of drones forget that there's GA planes up there. I've had to dodge stupid cameras on balloons while landing. That's so dangerous
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#9Retailers will be in for a lot of heartache if they hope that the FAA will "work with them." ADS-B is already mandated for 2020. The spec is cast in stone, and the only thing that could change is the month it's enforced. As we've seen with the SoCal fires last week, integrated tracking is essential for safe low-level flight. Certified ADS-B avionics prices have ranged from $10,000 - $1,000,000+. Experimental prices a…
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Re: Google Wants a Piece of Air-Traffic Control for Drones
#10Retailers will be in for a lot of heartache if they hope that the FAA will "work with them." ADS-B is already mandated for 2020. The spec is cast in stone, and the only thing that could change is the month it's enforced. As we've seen with the SoCal fires last week, integrated tracking is essential for safe low-level flight. Certified ADS-B avionics prices have ranged from $10,000 - $1,000,000+. Experimental prices a…
Hobby ADS-B receivers are super cheap is there any reason an ADS-B transmitter for a drone couldn't also be made cheaply?