If they did then people would have to buy other brands.Hard to believe that DJI hasn't updated their nannyware to restrict flight in those areas.
The reason is that these drones can be used professionally, so they can fly into historic areas or downtowns if the pilot has appropriate permissions.Hard to believe that DJI hasn't updated their nannyware to restrict flight in those areas.
Oh no what a horrible incident. I really hope that 250g beast did not scratch anything. Seriously... Is that really worth a headline? Seems a little bit over dramatic to me. This little thing is neither a real danger to a person nor to any historic building. A similar headline would be: "Person stepped on lawn ignoring signs advising to stay on marked trails." The way the policeman is holding that drone is also exaggerating its size. It is only a mavic mini. If you have never seen one in reality be assured that it is tiny. Only about the size of a post card (a little bit shorter but also a little bit wider).
It is completely fine to ban persons from flying in those areas and to enforce those rules. But those headlines are causing harm to the drone community.
So its the headlines fault instead of the stupid non-compliant drone operator?Oh no what a horrible incident. I really hope that 250g beast did not scratch anything. Seriously... Is that really worth a headline? Seems a little bit over dramatic to me. This little thing is neither a real danger to a person nor to any historic building. A similar headline would be: "Person stepped on lawn ignoring signs advising to stay on marked trails." The way the policeman is holding that drone is also exaggerating its size. It is only a mavic mini. If you have never seen one in reality be assured that it is tiny. Only about the size of a post card (a little bit shorter but also a little bit wider).
It is completely fine to ban persons from flying in those areas and to enforce those rules. But those headlines are causing harm to the drone community.
I did not say that in any way. The drone operator was not flying in a responsible way and especially not according to regulations. Nevertheless the incident was so minor that I don't see any need for writing an article like that about it. It is just another article trying to point out how bad and dangerous drones are. Articles like that are misleading and cause the society to get a distracted view on our hobby. Here in Germany I noticed that many people have an entirely wrong view on drones. Many see them as a threat only made to invade their privacy and endanger their health because that's what some of our lower quality medias implied a while ago.So its the headlines fault instead of the stupid non-compliant drone operator?
A plastic drone hitting a 2 ft thick stone building is hardly going to cause any damage. And about your Fear Mongering there is still nobody being hit by drones falling from the sky. There is no safety issue, only a potential and percieved issue. In the U.S. there is still only one bad injury when almost 10 years ago a kid flew his drone at his sisters face and thats it, still no deaths, Im sure golf has caused some deaths in the last year, Knitting needles, Sure people probably die from knitting accidents. What about manned airflight, parachutes, ultra lights, hang gliding. There have been many deaths by these in the last year but for the last 20 years there have been No deaths from recreational drone flights and Zero from Hexicopters as well'.So its the headlines fault instead of the stupid non-compliant drone operator?
And don't tell me that little drone can do no damage, if it was at peak flight and died and fell from the sky in a high tourist area it would most likely injure a tourist, possibly a kid or infant.
Its out of control drone operators that do not follow the rules that will hurt the industry.
That's actually why our multirotor UAVs are called drones. In the early days they were not drones by any definition. Originally drones were either male bees or unarmed training targets. Even calling a MQ-1 Reaper a drone is (or at least was) inaccurate. But connecting harmless hobby aircraft to controversial military UAWs does make a great headline.Now military drones are out killing people everyday and News stations like to clump those together with Model RC Flying and thats "Fear Mongering".
Or how to fly themThe reason is that these drones can be used professionally, so they can fly into historic areas or downtowns if the pilot has appropriate permissions.
The main accidents are caused by foreign people, tourists and so on that doesn't know flight rules.
As you know, many people buys and flights drones without knowing that their use is regulated.
Laws are laws..."The drone has been seized and the tourist risks criminal prosecution." I don't think it was intentional. I think he wasn't aware of the restrictions. He shouldn't be prosecuted for this.
Can only agree, should be harder to purchase a Drone over 250gm without producing a valid Drone license.Laws are laws...
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