If he did that to one of mine he'd be in need of having one or two of my golf clubs surgically removed from his head.
Then I'd sue him for damage to the drone and the club cleaning.
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Flying Drones are becoming a life threatening problem here in California.
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If he did that to one of mine he'd be in need of having one or two of my golf clubs surgically removed from his head.
Then I'd sue him for damage to the drone and the club cleaning.
And exactly how would a drone start a fire? They're just plastic, a battery, four or more electric motors and sometimes a camera. I'd be more concerned with some runner dropping a cigarette butt than a drone starting a fire.
Just noticed that a boat on the trailer is burning in upper left corner. Now that would really bum me out if I lost was my boat and car at the same time.
I think that there are some excellent uses for drones that may save lives. But so far I have just seen or heard about idiots who are flying these. In years to come
drones are going to get more plentiful, bigger and more sophisticated. So far the issues have been lost of backyard privacy, interference with first responders and drones flying in the approach patterns of major airports. The lawmakers need to get on top of this.
I think that there are some excellent uses for drones that may save lives. But so far I have just seen or heard about idiots who are flying these. In years to come
drones are going to get more plentiful, bigger and more sophisticated. So far the issues have been lost of backyard privacy, interference with first responders and drones flying in the approach patterns of major airports. The lawmakers need to get on top of this.
^This seems like the best solution to disable them. But I don't think they can do that until laws are in place to make it legal to bring one down.
There have been model helicopters for a good while now.
Some model planes are easier than others, I am sure.
More that you didn't have the payload to carry a worthwhile camera and that taking badly framed shots was expensive before digital.
See comment about model helicopters
I think the real difference is that model aircraft used to be line-of-sight as lightweight video cameras either didn't exist or were too expensive. With drones you can use 'first person' views which is conceptually easier for humans, and go out of line-of-sight.
They are also beginning to be used in agriculture. There are changes to crops that are hard to see at ground level that indicate issues with things like water management. It's prohibitive to have actual aircraft, but regular sweeps by drone are being used. And for things like forestry, and also search-and-rescue as you could send out a f thfour drones to find someone lost on a mountain for less than the cost of a helicopter, find the person more quickly, then send the actual rescue helicopter direct to the person. If communication is an issue you could potential deliver a mobile phone or radio too.
There is also an open-source drone effort for disaster relief, to provide detailed assessment or mapping of an area where roads are down more cheaply and quickly, again while full-sized helicopters concentrate on rescuing people or moving cargo.
Like I mentioned earlier, there are excellent uses for drones. But in cases you named above, a skilled trained operator would be at the controls. Not some bozo who bought it on the internet and flies it with no training because he just thinks of it as a toy.
Very much so. And over a farmer's field is a different environment to a fire. I can see they might be good for looking for forest fires, though.
I've seen them used for archaeology using LIDAR, in the sense of talked to a company doing it.
If the battery is LiPo, it could cause a fire if the battery is punctured in a crash. LiPo batteries are quickly becoming the norm in RC because of the increased runtime, lighter weight, and kigher amperages. One of their issues is their volatility if the battery cell housing is damaged. The chemicals can flare up fairly easily. The battery manufacturers recommend that they be charged inside a protective case to prevent burning down the owners house if there is a battery problem.
Which is, really, quite unlikely. Not impossible, I'll grant that but very unlikely. No worse than other technologies. I've crashed model airplanes with these batteries at very unfortunate speeds with the batteries surviving just fine. The ones used today are 'smart.' Packs will immediately disconnect and 'go around' a cell that's showing thermal trouble. Still, damaged lithium polymer batteries are somewhat hazardous and definitely could start a fire.
Answering myself, there's a commercial proposition here, as in the UK there's a non-trivial risk of trying to build something in a field and discovering that there is something of archaeological value there, which has to be investigated (not always by Tony Robinson and his friends). So if you can build your thing in different part of a large field it can avoid a lot of time cost as a band of roving archaeologists may not be available at the drop of Phil Harding's slightly sweat-encrusted hat.
Yes. The readiest method is to just turn on another RC radio that happens to be on the same frequency as the drone. Try your luck. Or, you could try a focused microwave beam......
