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Should Authorities reconsider line of sight with 360 drones ?

And what exactly of any of that training, etcetera makes them any more safe than me? Remember, we are talking large drones capable of carrying packages over relatively long distances vs a very small drone capable of far less and thus far less dangerous. You are not referring to an adult table, you are referring to a corporately funded table.
It remains to be seen how safe fleet drones are. I suspect there will be glitches and mishaps. But all of that corporate money is going to be invested in technologies, like collision avoidance and precise route planning and timing, that off-the shelf products are unlikely to have to enable safe BVLOS, at least at prices the average consumer might be willing to pay. Part 108 operators also may be vulnerable to disastrous hacks by malicious foreign and criminal entities, so a lot of corporate money will be spent on security measures.

I don't know what skills you have or how safe you are. You're probably about as skilled and safe as countless other folks who fly drones. though if the Dunning-Kruger effect is in play, you may think, like the rest of us, that you're more skilled and safer than you really are.

Right now, we need to think only about avoiding impacts with trees, wires, and (very rarely) low flying aircraft. Conflicts with other drones? Not so much. In the future, it's likely we'll be sharing the airspace with large numbers of Amazon, UPS, FedEx, and other large (55 lbs. up to 1300 lbs. or so) autonomous drones. AI is going to play a huge role in their autonomy. Will they be equipped to avoid colliding with our drones as well as their own and those of other operators with whom they may share network data? Will Joe Sixpack be able to avoid theirs if he opts to fly BVLOS? Will he even be able to launch his drone if there are constant ADS-B (or the fleet-drone equivalent) warnings that autonomous drones are flying nearby?
 
‘Right now, we need to think only about avoiding impacts with trees, wires, and (very rarely) low flying aircraft.’

And anything that the drone may fall on in the event of a battery or flight controller failure.
 
And what exactly of any of that training, etcetera makes them any more safe than me?

And what exactly do you know, in any detail of that training, etcetera to even ask such a question?

We aren't here to do your homework for you.
 
Have you? The hoops they're talking about going through I don't think is quite what @tstr14 is talking about...

Yeah I have, actually. I will more than likely be operating under it when it becomes law as well.

Hoops are hoops. There's plenty of hoops in 107 as well. The fact that 108 even exists is proof positive that VLOS flight has been recognized by the powers that be to be an impractical standard for many people/organizations.
 
Yeah I have, actually. I will more than likely be operating under it when it becomes law as well.

Hoops are hoops. There's plenty of hoops in 107 as well. The fact that 108 even exists is proof positive that VLOS flight has been recognized by the powers that be to be an impractical standard for many people/organizations.

I hope I haven't been misunderstood... I agree with you 100%. In fact I've argued here other times that VLOS requirements are unnecessary. I'd allow BVLOS flight with a little extra training as part of TRUST.

The FAA doesn't agree with me at all however. I was trying to suss their reasons, and IMO it's mainly to keep recreational flyers in very limited range, the logic being this in itself reduces risk substantially when combined with the other rules.

I don't agree, mainly because people of all skill levels fly BVLOS all the time, more than 50% of flights in my opinion, and the safety record speaks for itself.
 
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I would hardly call line of sight - a very limiting range. It wasn’t so long ago that a coupkr hundred metres pretty good and acceptable range for drones
 
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