While I am not advocating BLOS flights, IOC is the answer to your question....would love to see someone orient their tiny 12" craft at 3,600'! - gonna have to cry "shenanigans" on that one! - there's a reason the FAA calls out the distance for LOS at 1,500', anything else would be beyond human capabilities! (...unless, wait, bakerboy, did you recently have bionic eyes implanted???)
If I hadn't done it on the weekend I would have called them out on it too, but you could see the mavic dot and you could orientate it so doubt all you like, I know it's possible...would love to see someone orient their tiny 12" craft at 3,600'! - gonna have to cry "shenanigans" on that one! - there's a reason the FAA calls out the distance for LOS at 1,500', anything else would be beyond human capabilities! (...unless, wait, bakerboy, did you recently have bionic eyes implanted???)
...ok, I'll give you the dot...but you're trying to tell me if that thing suddenly got into trouble (...say, you're screen goes black) you're confident you can tell which way that tiny dot is facing? - enough to actively "see-and-avoid" any hazards? like that 1" thick power line 30' to its starboard? or that bird charging for your craft? so it doesn't fall on to that little girl playing directly underneath?
No powerlines/trees and if there was someone playing there they did well to swim out that far.
Yes I could orientate it, strafe right, yaw until craft is heading right then fly backwards, simple stuff. I've been flying for years using analogue fpv, drop outs forever, you get used to being very conscious of your surrounds
OK; I know you were in appropriate surroundings but I'm just trying to illustrate how very difficult it is to judge the relationship between objects at long distances - and THAT is the true concept of the LOS rules - not that you can see a dot on the horizon, but that you can totally control your uav WITHOUT fpv or gps to avoid dangerous scenarios - sorry to get preachy but I'm half-convinced that flying with the freedom we have now will be looked back upon wistfully in a few short years if accidents start ratcheting up across the land...sigh, rant over!
Yes, I can control it, I have situational awareness and I consider my surrounds and conditions before flying. I'm not a plug and play idiot, I've flown for a while on much less reliable craft
The US pilots know what the FAA guidelines are and don't need a lecture about it.. so if you have nothing positive to contribute to the topic then don't!
Trust me there are a number of them on here. Be careful what you post. I don't post any videos on here period. Just don't need the aggravation
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"Mountainous terrain, birds of prey circling above and power lines buzzing nearbye. That little girl needs to find a safer place to play if you ask me.
Apparently this is either "inappropriate or name calling" according to whichever moderator deleted it. My apologies, I didn't realize that we weren't allowed to dabble in the dark art of humor here.
