Like I said before we are all entitled to our own veiws and opinions
I think if I saw someone flying in a manner that likely to endanger me or my family I would say something, otherwise its their choice.
My opinion is the same with many laws, where I live I regularly see people smoking cannabis, yes its illegal (and it bloody stinks!) but I’d never step in, take it off them and stub it out they choose to do it, if they get caught they knew the risks however if I saw a neighbours house or car being broken into I’d do something about it.
Rules? What rules? I thought you could buy a drone and fly anywhere. I flew through Heathrow the other day!! Got some fab close-ups of planes landing, nearly got my drone sucked into an engine!!
I think this is a slightly different point than the original point you was trying to make, this would assume that you are protecting your drone against theft and a security code would prevent anyone else flying it as opposed to inputting your specific code in order for the CAA to know that’s its actually you flying that particular drone.
The similarly in a car would be the code would mean you cannot ask someone else to take your points after being flashed by a speed camera as you have input your specific code so the local police force would know beyond reasonable doubt that you was driving at that time.
The regulatory regime that is closing in around recreational (and commercial) drone flying influenced by some very big financial interests, is gently nudging the public towards paid services by some method, any method as long as it leverages money.
Surely, as we in the UK approach the season of the indiscriminate release of unguided explosives, largely in urban areas. Before tons in weight and thousands of pounds in flaming value collectively lift off for who knows where, the highly responsible individuals involved together with their ‘spotters’ will all have passed a paid exam in H&S related to the handling of such …? 1000 injuries per year I think I recall reading.
I flew control line in UK parks in the 1970s and the only injury I caused was to a large bully trying to take a plane from me that stepped into my flight circle, I hit him in the arse and he fled. Nope, there’s no moral here.
My mini 2 came with leaflets about New Zealand & Canada bizarrely. It came from Amazon.
Yesterday someone was flying a DJI FPV quite low over a crowded beach doing random moves. Also saw another mini which was being less idiotic.
We waited for sunset and found an empty spot and got some stunning pictures and footage which I’ll post when I get back and have chance to run through premiere pro.
But anyway yes seems people just buy and have no idea and the right information is not in the packaging which can’t help.
Do I care about the rules? Yes. While others obviously have no idea or do and don’t care.
Rule breaking, dishonesty, thieving, etc etc . It’s the English way. ‘The people’ look up to a lying criminal. A genocidal maniac.
If you’re tally untrustworthy abs unreliable Englishmen will worship you.
The fat useless himbo clown De feffle is ‘our’ role model.
He’s also gonna use a drone to strike down civilians in the next few weeks apparently so what can one expect from our public using a DJI…?
There was a post in one of the FB groups the other day from someone with a brand new Mini 2 flying it within an NT property very close to the edge of an FRZ. He believed it was ok because he was flying under the “height limit” for the FRZ, which turned out to be a runway extension zone ceiling built into the Mini’s geo-fence limits.
As the group admin noted, it was an opportunity to share some information rather than to (a) pile onto a rule-breaker or (b) an opportunity to dismiss the rules and say anything goes.
Exactly this, I don’t think there should a pile on (save for the occasaions when someone has done something silly and won’t lisen/acknowledge the issue).
We need to educate the rest of the community, I know there will be individuals who won’t care in the same way that there are people who still use their phone while driving, drink drive, steal etc you will never change the minds of those who either don’t care or are intent on breaking the rules.
I just think we could actually take some ownership of our hobby and the improvement of it’s reputation.
Yes I do, and what worries me is that they will get the community a bad name that will result in more legislation limiting what we can legally do or own. Those responsible will continue to fly without regard for the law.
I think there is a comparison here with guns, where nearly all guns used in crimes are illegally held but the legal gun owners are the ones who bear the brunt of the clampdowns.
A local road I used to live on had a lot of drivers speeding along it. The council’s ‘solution’ ? Rather than enforcing the existing limit, they dropped the speed limit from 30 to 20.
The result - people who obey the speed limit now drive at 20 while the speeders still ignore the new limit as they did the old one
It needs money and with all the other organisations out there no one is going to pay to join something that will stop them doing what they want (not my view just how it will be portrayed.)
Just a shame we have no way to try and improve our standing/reputation beyond being responsible ourselves.
Sadly I think you are right. At least now I have recently seen some drones with notification about whether registration is required and about the drone code so that is a start, but too late for lots of drones already out there. I brought a Mini 1 before and there was only the drone code, then lots more legislation came in, a pain in the rear, but admittedly for the good of all including the drone pilot. I registered my Mini 2 and then also took the optional test as it was free and the info it provided was useful. Just a shame others just do not bother to learn flying the drones properly
however if I saw a neighbours house or car being broken into I’d do something about it.
