Do you get excited when you see a drone?

[Bad Santa]

Yesterday I was at a kite festival. I was having too much fun flying my kites and had left my drone in the car rather than taking it into the sand.

Anyhow.

After the festival, I was back at my car a few blocks from the beach when I hear a familiar sound. At first I thought it sounded just like my Mini 4 but realized it had a slight deeper tone. I looked up just to see a drone flying by at about 20mph and 50-75 feet off the ground. It was making a bee line for the beach.

It was a larger drone than the mini.

I was a little excited because they're kind of silent after they get to 100 feet or so. I imagine more fly around than we know because we never hear them.

Still it was a little exciting to see a random drone in the wild.

 

[mavic3usa]

Yeah because I don't see them very often around here. Maybe one every couple two or three months.

 

[jaja6009]

I don't know if excited is the word for me, but definitely interested.

Ever since I got the Drone Tag RIDER Remote ID receiver, it opened my eyes up to the large number of drones flying everyday.

Almost all DJI and an interesting mix of models.

Minis, Mavics 2,3 and 4, Matrice 30's, Matrice 400, Airs 2,3, Avatas. Interestingly very few Autels. Also a Ruko and Holy Stone.

Most seem to be recreational but some are definitely commercial with easy to recognize mapping flights over properties.

Also most seem to fly within regulation, although the most violated reg seems to be over people and moving vehicles along with some obviously BVLOS. I have not seen too many altitude violations.