Request for Drone Pilots in the Southern PA area

[Seahawk Driver]

Hello to the Mavic pilots out there. I am hoping to enlist the help of 10 to 20 pilots in conducting a little test. I live in the vicinity of the Fairfield soaring club. They fly out of a small, local field. I am attempting to prove a concept that I am working on regarding drones and flying over them over airfields. This would not involve conducting this test at anytime during flight ops, however, the goal would be to run the op during the day and at night to be able to test the concepts I am trying to develop. The point of this effort is develop a viable counter drone concept that anticipates your launch point. But, as with any idea, its got to be proven in a real world scenario. It would involve the launch of 1 to 2 drones at a place and time of your choosing. It would then involve the launch of multiple drones for overflight of the field. I would not be privy to your plan, your launch time or your path. I am simply trying to develop a reporting process to formalize critical information highlighting detection of the drone, the amount of time the drone spends over the field, altitude, and when it departs. This is a nascent concept and I am trying to gauge the interest of members in providing flight services. There would be no pay - this is simply done if you feel like spending your time and skills in assisting me with this process. Thanks and have a great day.

 

[Cymruflyer]

I don't understand why a drone needs to be flying in the close proximity to a glider port. As a drone flyer and a pilot of gliders and powered aircraft, I see no earthly reason why you should be dabbling in the vicinity of an airport that is a sailplane club as well.

Such airports are almost always out in the country somewhere and you would have ample space to go and fly somewhere else, without bothering the local pilots, especially glider pilots, who no option but to land, when on finals. What concept are you trying to prove?

 

[Seahawk Driver]

I don't understand why a drone needs to be flying in the close proximity to a glider port. As a drone flyer and a pilot of gliders and powered aircraft, I see no earthly reason why you should be dabbling in the vicinity of an airport that is a sailplane club as well.

Such airports are almost always out in the country somewhere and you would have ample space to go and fly somewhere else, without bothering the local pilots, especially glider pilots, who no option but to land, when on finals. What concept are you trying to prove?

So first of all, I appreciate your question. This concept is trying to develop a process for a standardized reporting system for drone incursions in restricted airspace. The aim is to develop a methodology that will allow the formulation of a predictive model that will point out the most likely starting point for nefarious drone activity. The point of this effort is to protect the public from those that wish to use drones for illegal and dangerous purposes.

 

[GadgetGuy]

So first of all, I appreciate your question. This concept is trying to develop a process for a standardized reporting system for drone incursions in restricted airspace. The aim is to develop a methodology that will allow the formulation of a predictive model that will point out the most likely starting point for nefarious drone activity. The point of this effort is to protect the public from those that wish to use drones for illegal and dangerous purposes.

What is wrong with RID? Isn't that exactly what RID is intended to be used for, maintaining historical data of all past flights by each drone RID? Isn't that exactly what the DroneTag RIDER already does in its Cloud database of all flights in any given area?

 

[Cafguy]

Your late to the game.

the most likely starting point for nefarious drone activity.

that would be BEST BUY.