hobby drones (2 Viewers)

[mariner]

Nice to see everyone likes to get a gun out and have a pot shot at a drone. You will only hit a drone with a .22 if it is hovering. You wont have a chance even if it is only doing 20mph. Also RC planes can be fitted with a camera more sport for the shoot it down gang.

I will be starting my glider pilots licence when the weather gets a bit better and warmer. I shall have a camera in with me. Will the pot shot gang also start on them.

GROW UP or have you got something to hide.

I doubt if you could hover in a Glider 50 feet or less above my property.

Why would anyone with a camera drone want to hover above me and mine unless they were wanting to deliberately invade my privacy?
Wether I have something to hide or not is totally irrelevant.

I assume that some would be perfectly happy for me, to get some ladders and and take photos of them over their fence wall or whatever surrounds your property, as that is exactly what a camera drone will be doing.

 

[bubble63]

I doubt if you could hover in a Glider 50 feet or less above my property.

Why would anyone with a camera drone want to hover above me and mine unless they were wanting to deliberately invade my privacy?
Wether I have something to hide or not is totally irrelevant.

I assume that some would be perfectly happy for me, to get some ladders and and take photos of them over their fence wall or whatever surrounds your property, as that is exactly what a camera drone will be doing.

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[hilldweller]

In Portugal, non celebs own the rights to their own image... take pictures of me without my permission and face the consequences.
JJ

But you are a celeb ! Ask Rocky.

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[bubble63]

Nice to see everyone likes to get a gun out and have a pot shot at a drone. You will only hit a drone with a .22 if it is hovering. You wont have a chance even if it is only doing 20mph. Also RC planes can be fitted with a camera more sport for the shoot it down gang.

I will be starting my glider pilots licence when the weather gets a bit better and warmer. I shall have a camera in with me. Will the pot shot gang also start on them.

GROW UP or have you got something to hide.

gliding, now that's a sport, only done it once
enjoy

 

[JJ]

I removed my comment on a comment...

JJ

 

[bubble63]

I don't think it is...

JJ

you're right, sorry
edited post

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[hilldweller]

gliding, now that's a sport,

No quite, more like a religion. You have to be there day in day out waiting for the weather and grab it when you can. It's a way of life.

In the north of England it's a mega frustrating way of life.

 

[tonyidle]

Model aircraft have been around for years and I don't doubt that many carry a camera these days. They don't seem to cause any major issue. They are also drones. The latest versions of model helicopters seem to be controversial - why? There have been rules and conventions around model aircraft operation that have in general worked adequately - what's changed?

 

[stuurman]

Maybe people's perception has changed, terrorism and all that.

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[golly]

My Hobby drone is a bugger to fly

 

[hilldweller]

what's changed?

Now anyone can fly one, before stabilised quads only serious flyers could fly things.

 

[Old Soldier]

View attachment 90633 My Hobby drone is a bugger to fly

Now there's an Uplifting photo...Needed something to lighten the load after all this rubbish on this thread!!...

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[teensvan99]

golly.
You have the exact drone I have. Does it lift your van

 

[stuurman]

Now there's an Uplifting photo...Needed something to lighten the load after all this rubbish on this thread!!...

Oh, I don't know, there have been one or two rubbish posts about shooting etc but overall the information provided helped me a lot in getting to know more about drones and their (im)possibilities. Thank you all (well, not all) for that. Regards Hans.

 

[Old Soldier]

Oh, I don't know, there have been one or two rubbish posts about shooting etc but overall the information provided helped me a lot in getting to know more about drones and their (im)possibilities. Thank you all (well, not all) for that. Regards Hans.

That's good then. So often the thread gets so wound up that the OP does not get the answer he was looking for...

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[Puddleduck]

Not sure how relevant this is as we are in Scotland but when Historic Scotland were doing their remote vehicle aerial survey of our local castle (they objected to the description of survey by drone), all the neighbours had to be notified in advance and if the remote aerial vehicle was likely to come within 50m of a property boundary the property owner / occupier had to give written permission to allow this.

 

[tonyidle]

Now anyone can fly one, before stabilised quads only serious flyers could fly things.

True - the less experienced simply crashed them .

 

[teensvan99]

Im glad all the banter has helped some members. Drone flying is the easy way to get into R C Planes. The planes need a lot more skill. Hardest part landing and getting the feel of the transmitters and how they move a plane. When a plane is flying at you left on transmitter turns plane right and vice versa takes a lot of time to get used to this. I have smashed up 2 small planes but the drones are still flying well. Loads more practice and money.

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[GWAYGWAY]

That is so far out of perspective. the winglet is over 6ft tall and you would not break it with a drone it is strong. another thing is that at 200knots climb out you would not see a stationary or slow item it would just be bang nothing seen. Otherwise I would see the bird coming at the screen before it broke and splattered.

 

[pappajohn]

Not sure how relevant this is as we are in Scotland but when Historic Scotland were doing their remote vehicle aerial survey of our local castle (they objected to the description of survey by drone), all the neighbours had to be notified in advance and if the remote aerial vehicle was likely to come within 50m of a property boundary the property owner / occupier had to give written permission to allow this.

That scenario is a commercial venture and is correct and should be undertaken by a licenced pilot.

 

[Peter Sansom]

I beg a brief moment of your indulgence, Young John, in order to illustrate my point...........

God knows that the outcome would have been if it had been the cockpit windscreen and not the wing tip!

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[bubble63]

God knows that the outcome would have been if it had been the cockpit windscreen and not the wing tip!

its not real its spooooof

 

[teensvan99]

Some people will be taken in by anything that is in BAD PRESS. These are the ones that have not got a clue on the short distance the toy drones fly. 90% of them is 200 mtrs max kids ones 30-50 mtrs so the picture of the drone with the plane is CRAP unless the plane was doing a very low flyby

 

[GWAYGWAY]

God knows that the outcome would have been if it had been the cockpit windscreen and not the wing tip!

Damn sight less than a goose splattering on it, in front of your nose. Screens are multi laminated and quite tough, however a andean vulture at 29000ft managed to come through the front nose cone , the pressure bulkhead, the pedals and break the co-pilot's leg, before hitting the cockpit rear wall in bits.

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[Minxy]

Flying a drone = good, clean, innocent fun.

Flying a drone with a camera, around other people and their property taking pictures/video = nosey git/peeping tom/pervert.

In Portugal, non celebs own the rights to their own image... take pictures of me without my permission and face the consequences.

JJ

But ... who in the right mind would want to take a photo of you in the first place JJ ...

[the phrase "face the consequences" reminds me of the TV ad with the bloke that's got a white cat on his knee with a squeaky voice ....]

 

[Allanm]

Now anyone can fly one, before stabilised quads only serious flyers could fly things.

I'm not sure thats right, everybody had to start with no experience.
I started flying with free flight planes, both wind up rubber and petrol powered, then had gliders and a Mig jet ( anybody remember Jetex engines?) all home built with balsa wood and doped tissue paper.
When I thought about trying a helicopter, I was told that the bigger it is, the easier it is to fly.
Hah!
So, I bought a 600 size electric helicopter. Imagine, just a few feet in front of you are two razor sharp blades with a diameter of 1.2 metres, spinning at around 2000 rpm, and you are going to control them with a 6 channel radio, for which you ( me) need 3 hands and 2 brains, just to get the thing off the ground.
And they say drones are dangerous..........

 

[Paddywack]

Here's one that's not faked

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...scher-has-near-miss-as-drone-falls-out-of-sky

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[Minxy]

Here's one that's not faked

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...scher-has-near-miss-as-drone-falls-out-of-sky

That was very much a lucky escape, it didn't seem to fall that much behind him and if one of the rotors etc had come off and hit him it could have been disastrous!

 

[bubble63]

Here's one that's not faked

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...scher-has-near-miss-as-drone-falls-out-of-sky

Defiantly a fake you can see the bloke with the cow bell throw it. Must be out of warrantee