How many spotters would you need to have to see a drone less than a foot long that is several hundred feet in the air that is being flown 10KM or several miles ? Just curious how that would work.....?
So let me put some common sense into this equation because you can fly your drone further than 200 Ft.
My average daily flight is 2500 Ft with clear line of sight , that means no trees in the way .
When I get a spotter , I have to lower the drone down to nearly 100 ft for them to even be able to spot the drone.
Than I am good for another 2500 Ft .
Now do i know for sure there watching my drone , No
So here is what I have gathered : If I were to smash into the Titanic or the Good Year Blimp im going to Court.
There will be me : with a new drone in the court room
My spotter will be the Pretty girl with glasses smiling
At this point I become painfully aware that no matter how many spotters i have < i am in deep...
This reminds me of how Critical it is that I am solely responsible for my flights , and Visual Line of sight is guideline and every pilot is going to pick and choose what they feel comfortable with,
Risk Takers : New drone pilots want to know that there drone is Capable of the Number that they see advertised as is when i get a new car or boat , thus you do everything you can to minimize risk.
Thus when you end up in Court because you ran into the Frakenstown Carnival Ride , you will realize that you did not do everything you could to Minimize Risk.
Now the real reason why I keep close Visual line of sight is something everyone on this Forum will deal with is the Bird Strikes , you can not get around them if you can not see them , Thus the # 1 Reason why you want VLOS so you can do everything you can to avoid them so you dont crash your drone.
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