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How many of you have had people or farmers or land owners come up to you and either be angry or just have a general chat about the drone and leave you alone just a general question to see how many people get confronted about where they fly there drone
 
No confrontations but plenty want to chat.
A farmer approached me & I thought he was going to complain but he wanted me to fly up a fell to look for his sheep, ended with him wanting a drone.???
I was once told I shouldn’t be flying on National Trust property, it wasn’t a problem because he was correct, I didn’t know at the time, I thought the National Trust came under National Parks.
 
Ah yeah I’ve got some trust land near me and see if I could fly but wasn’t allowed, new to this hobby, normally just take off in a random field away from people, one day prob get a farmer or land owner get the ump and shout at us ?
 
@Ryanmini actually you can fly over NT land if you observe the drone code rules ,but the issues arise if
(1)your drone goes down on their land ,
(2) you stand on their land to fly your drone
(3)they could take out a civil suit against you if they wanted too,for trespass or invasion of privacy
they are very anti drone, but maybe with the advent of the new rules that start soon they may change their position in future who knows
 
How many of you have had people or farmers or land owners come up to you and either be angry or just have a general chat about the drone and leave you alone just a general question to see how many people get confronted about where they fly there drone
Never had a problem. People have asked to see footage and ask questions about drone - I occasionally let them 'have a go' - probably illegal now.
 
Never had a problem. People have asked to see footage and ask questions about drone - I occasionally let them 'have a go' - probably illegal now.
I personally would NEVER let someone 'have a go' i've got to much money
tied up in my MA2 kit to trust in another persons hands. Perhaps i'm being mean.
Also most people don't wash their hands after .........you get the idea ??
 
I personally would NEVER let someone 'have a go' i've got to much money
tied up in my MA2 kit to trust in another persons hands. Perhaps i'm being mean.
Also most people don't wash their hands after .........you get the idea ??
Know what you mean - but thankfully if they obey 'hands off' then the drone just hovers and I take over again.
 
Never had a problem. I'm always very careful to take off and land away from people and especially dogs with owner. People can see what you're doing and I've had people thank me for being considerate. I've had plenty of chats with all sorts of people, and answered many questions. People always want to know how high / far / fast can it go, plus I'm always keen to tell people about the safety features of the drone.

I haven't been asked by anyone to "Have a go" and I certainly wouldn't do that either. Not because of the dreaded lurgi so much, but because I don't want somebody who's never flown a drone crashing it, or causing damage to buildings and people etc.

I think people tend to ask questions partly because the behaviour of the drone challenges their views. IE they might have had a go with a cheap one, seen a cheap one flying or just assume it will be all over the place. When they see it's totally stable, and can perform palm landings (always impresses :) ) they want to know more. I was flying down the beach one time, and a lady asked me what happens if the signal between drone and controller drops out if it's over water. She was surprised to find out that it would hover to see if it could get a signal, or return to take off point. We had a very long chat!
 
Never have had a problem. But, I always try to respect other people and their privacy. Never try to grandstand with the drone to attract attention.
In my neighbourhood, lots of senior citizens, we have neighbourhood watch. My drone and I are part of it, I don't flyover their houses, these are older people. Have to show them respect.
 
I've never had a problem. Lots of questions, but I've never had the bad experiences that other people have had. Once, a neighbor called the cops. I was with a neighbor, in his yard across the street from mine. I was flying my Phantom at around 250 - 300 ft over his house, so we could get some shots of the hills. The cops came by, stopped for a minute, and then took off. And that was it. As @SpitFire, it comes down to respecting other people and their privacy.
 
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Mostly people wanting to know about it. Had one women yell at me to stop taking her picture, I told I hadn't and that was that.
 
Mostly people wanting to know about it. Had one women yell at me to stop taking her picture, I told I hadn't and that was that.
I've had people ask if I was looking at them. I usually offer to show them what comes up onscreen. At that point, they usually become very interested in seeing the view from above.
 
^^ yes often people want to see the view. I avoid flying around people or pets and usually try to bring it in low and slow to keep the drama to a minimum if someone is there.

Bringing it down fast directly over the landing spot will create a lot more drama than doing most of your descent out over the water then flying the rest of way home slowly. This has worked well with both my Inspire 2 and Mp2. If I have to come in fast directly overhead, it’s going to be noisy. But then again I am usually way out in the woods or tucked away on a remote beach.
 
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I bring mine home at RTH height and directly down on to landing pad. Low and slow seems like a sure way to draw attention.JMO
 
^^ yes often people want to see the view. I avoid flying around people or pets and usually try to bring it in low and slow to keep the drama to a minimum if someone is there.
A problem with low and slow is that gives people a chance to get too close.

I was flying my Phantom at a friend's summer home, on a lake in Vermont. The first flight went great, got some great video of the kids jumping into the water from a float. I did a second flight on a battery swap and the drone lost GPS lock and was drifting. There was a decent breeze and I figured the safe thing would be to bring it and start over. The house had a small amount of beachfront property, more than enough space to land. The house was surrounded by old-growth trees, it was my only choice for a launch point.

I brought it slowly since I was flying without GPS and as it was about to land, a toddler started running towards it. The parent knew that I was flying the drone, but it was what was. The drone was just a few feet up, so I brought it down fast. I was comfortable with hand catching the Phantom, but that seemed risky without GPS. Too fast. It came down hard, bounced and it flipped over into the lake. I immediately yanked the battery out and then pulled the drone out. It was fresh water and after letting it dry out for a week, it was fine. But I'll never do that again.
 
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