Well it took a few months but it finally happened!
I was showing my father in law (big aviation enthusiast) my Mav Mini and flying at a legal and safe altitude exploring the neighborhood and showing off the drones capabilities when a neighbor a few houses down walked up with a puffed chest and a chip on his shoulder. He claimed I was “flying into his backyard“ and “spying on him and inside his backyard” which was simply not true and technically impossible.
He followed it up with “just wanted to see who owned this before I took it out of the sky” which I informed him with the legal issue of that he claimed “he had a way around the FAA”.
I expected for people to ask questions but the blatant hostility was a bit out of left field. I guess if you have things to hide you get twitchy seeing a drone 150ft up passing though... yikes.
Fly safe all!
I was showing my father in law (big aviation enthusiast) my Mav Mini and flying at a legal and safe altitude exploring the neighborhood and showing off the drones capabilities when a neighbor a few houses down walked up with a puffed chest and a chip on his shoulder. He claimed I was “flying into his backyard“ and “spying on him and inside his backyard” which was simply not true and technically impossible.
He followed it up with “just wanted to see who owned this before I took it out of the sky” which I informed him with the legal issue of that he claimed “he had a way around the FAA”.
I expected for people to ask questions but the blatant hostility was a bit out of left field. I guess if you have things to hide you get twitchy seeing a drone 150ft up passing though... yikes.
Fly safe all!