Thank you for that.
I have no compunction to go fly near people, cars or whatever else anyway, I'm happy just to get the muscle/memory thing wound up again and fly "beginner" mode with the MP.
I fly on my own piece of land and practice all the options slowly but sofar mostly with older full control stuff mixed with a tiny bit of MP and I'm in no hurry.
I am totally not against registration or insurance but loathe the kind of control that tends to run our lives rather than govern and guide.
The quotes I got for insurance were just not feasable to even consider.
One company that works both the US and Canada charges around $75 Stateside but wants $625 here in Ontario.
So I hope that will all work out in the wash.
Thanks for the info. PJ
I fly with people in the area, but I am well away from them (and further than the govt specified 30m) and if I happen to be nearer on a fly by I will generally go talk to them and say what I'm doing. But 99% of the time I don't want people around me or my drone, one they are going to distract you, 2 someone is gonna do something stupid and wanna touch your drone or something.
Having a drone is becoming similar to owning a handgun up here. Those who respect the rules end up being ambassadors and good will types as well as education experts on drones, laws and what it's all about. You see people like that on the news, promoting safety, respect etc. it will end up being the same with drones. I don't own much more than the land around my house but even that is regulated with the same rules, which I don't agree with at all. It's my house, I pay taxes. as far as I'm concerned I own some of my own airspace
I agree with registration something simple like in the states, a few bucks as a one time fee and you're set. but the government will do their best to make a profit on it for themselves.
I've looked up the insurance too, did a lot of that when I first thought it was currently a requirement, (thankfully its not right now) and like you I found the same garbage. we get screwed enough by our insurance companies up here, this is just a new source of revenue for them so they are going high out of the gate. It's pathetic. It shouldn't matter what I am doing it should be possible to get affordable personal liability. They want 700+ a year because its a drone, yet I could get on my mountain bike and cause 5x the damage. It's stupid.
I personally see the insurance thing causing the new government rules a lot of issues. which might be good for us on the whole, as they may drop the requirement or mandate an insurance policy change regarding it. If they want to stick with the current draft of the rules they want it would be easiest to incorporate a drone into your drivers license (they want service ontario testing it anyhow, would not be that hard), then allow your auto liability to be used as your insurance. But the insurance companies would still rip us off regardless. It will be interesting to see what happens.
But soon you'll need a beginners to fly a drone, then a flying test, lol. can you imagine. It just goes all sorts of wrong from this point. The government has to learn that they can't regulate stupid
Have fun flying
The weather around here for the next 2 weeks is no flying
ugh.
