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> Mid-tier stuff would be a world like Amateur Radio - modernized to be online or something as you've suggested. I generally agree with you, but I want to vent out about that amateur radio bit. Going on-line is something that makes it meaningless. Doing radio over real radio waves is playing with the limits physics throws at you. Doing it over the Internet is just throwing logs under your own feet because Skype isn't…
What I meant to suggest was that mid tier applications should be regulated like amateur radio; strict rules about what takes place, but anything goes within those confines. By online I meant the testing process could be done online.
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Yeah, we should regulate drones. Thing is, no one really flies "drones". People are just flying RC helicopters. But we call them drones and associate them with flying death machines and suddenly everyone is scared. RC has been around for the better part of 60 years and it's never caused a major problem. The only difference between then and now is that now they are much more controllable and a little cheaper, and so m…
Why would this make people turn to DIY kits? DIY drones also have to be registered.
Fantastic. Simply fantastic.
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Why would this make people turn to DIY kits? DIY drones also have to be registered.
That won't be enforceable.
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That won't be enforceable.
I don't see why not. If an unlicensed drone is found operating off of the owner's private property, it's confiscated. Straightforward enforcement.
Rather, follow the drone until it lands. If the owner is stupid enough to bring it back to him, you can go quite a bit further.
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That won't be enforceable.
I don't see why not. If an unlicensed drone is found operating off of the owner's private property, it's confiscated. Straightforward enforcement.
Also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10406261 .
That article was rumor/speculation a couple of days before this (the actual announcement). Good discussion in both places, but this one has the better info - thanks for keeping this one up.
Drones should be licensed and/or registered, much the same way as cars are. There are places where you can drive an unregistered car without a driver's license. And that will be true of drones as well. There will be places where you can fly them unlimited. Just not in the common space defined by the government as such. That's what the government is for. "Drone ranch" here we come. I am a private pilot, so I appreciat…
> Also I think drones are super cool and access to them should be easy. But not free. Why not free? Surely their use should be regulated on the basis of scope and competency rather than cost. Use of drones in personal airspace ( a few metres above one's land ) within the boundaries of one's property should not be the concern of the Government. This would be the equivalent of driving an unlicensed car on one's propert…