joejaxvic123
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Wytnyt: I just nominated you for the next episode of ''Hoarders".... LOL.
I'm the same way, you never know when you'll need something. I may take up metal detecting again, hopefully the $1000 collection still works...
...Even though I know this pilot, he wasn't standing near me at the time. His house is a quarter-mile away. I very much got that creepy feeling of being watched by a drone. It was just too close.
What this guy did is not something I'd EVER do. I would NEVER drop my Mavic to such a low altitude near people I'm not standing with at the time. When I fly around our neighborhood my Mavic is at a minimum altitude of 300 feet and more frequently clear up at 400 feet. It's just bad manners to fly so low, even above people you know...
Mark
Its funny people absolutely lose their **** over a recreational drone not realizing they look like a black dot on the screen from 200 feet up. People truly believe drones have 60x zoom and x-ray vision.
If people are this concerned about privacy how come they are not out in the streets protesting the Patriot Act? How about the ability for government to activate their cell phones camera and microphone without them knowing and even with the phone being powered off? How about the government being able to record and save all of their private phone conversations???
Seems people love .gov spying on them but if its a recreational drone flying around they immediately go into hysterics
Wow.After I bought my Mavic, I became acutely aware of the sensitivity some people have against invasion of privacy, whether real, or imagined. My first exposure to FPV flying came from watching YouTube videos posted by the Black Sheep Squadron, who are at times possibly not the best examples of responsible flying, but when I began examining these forums, it became clear that adherence to AMA/FAA rules is critical if we wish to avoid disruptive laws.
My former home was surrounded by heliports (hospital, ranches, and one private airport), all just within the 5-mile boundaries, which required calling each one before a flight, which I usually restricted to below 100 ft, and only straight above my property. I also kept "test flights" below my fence line, to avoid upsetting my neighbors, but I still had to call all of the heliports.
Now, I live so close to an airport (less than 1/2 mile) that I will not even try to fly around the yard, so flying my Tello drones indoors is my only avenue for "thrill" flying, unless I want to drive 30 miles away from Houston, or go to an AMA registered air park. Funny, though, that the AMA model-plane air parks also exist well within the 5-mile boundaries of multiple heliports, but I have yet so see someone call in their activities for notification or permission. I suppose these have some kind of agreement with the nearby airports and helipads?
Regardless, despite the laws and rules, if I am flying legally under "hobby rules", but someone expresses concern about their privacy, right or wrong, I comply willingly, presenting a non-combative attitude, land the quad, and get ready to pack it up. On quite a few occasions, one the quad was down, the people who expressed their concern became disarmed, and curious. This is when I will show them photos or videos, and explain the facts about responsible flying, and that their safety and privacy trumps my desire to fly, every time. Plus, I am required to avoid flying over people under any circumstances, so I would probably have had to ground the quad anyway. Fortunately, I have not had to deal with totally unreasonable/radical people as many on these forums have.
Commercial flights are different, requiring a lot of preparation to shoot real-estate sessions. For these, I am wearing my FAA vest, and have signs with my company logo and verbiage explaining the nature of the shoot, proof of permission to fly at the ready, and an admonition not to disturb the pilot during the flight. Under these circumstances, I am not so compliant to trivial concerns, and I do not ground my quad unless unscheduled people or vehicles enter the property, something goes wrong with the equipment, or someone of authority shows up (who usually examine my registration, license, and permits, and then tell the complainer that I am in compliance, and that the "drone" will be gone very shortly). And since, permits or not, I will never fly over another property without permission just to get a shot, I keep a stabilized camera with a wide-angle lens to mount on a 30' pole for shots that are too tight to capture with the quad because adjacent property is too close to my subject.
Flying over peoples' heads at 300 or 400 feet is not much safer than flying three inches above them; I saw one YouTube video where a Phantom lost power while flying around 60 feet over the edge of a ball game field, well away from the main crowd, and came down hard, hitting an isolated woman squarely on the head. I don't think the outcome would have been any better if the quad had fallen from 400 feet.
My neighborhood flights were restricted to a zone immediately above my property, at under 100 feet, which is still risky, because despite the reliability of DJI products, "things" still happen, and I don't want to risk hurting anyone at worst, or facing the liability of property damage.
"thats funny right there, I don't care who you are".As others have said, it's his new super toy that he's showing off.
He's effectively showing you that he's gone and bought one after your conversation.
Throw a rock at it next time and, when he comes fo pick the pieces up, say you forgot to mention that if you get too close to people with it, that's what will happen
Only joking......
Speak to him and tell him if he invades your privacy again, you'll throw a rock at it.
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