« Reply #41 on: October 31, 2014, 05:30:19 pm »
You ain't seen nothing yet. Get your kicks now as these things will be outlawed soon. Soon as someone puts a bomb on one then the shat will really hit the fan.
Railton
That's BS. Nothing was stopping people from doing this the same thing with R/C airplanes or even model rockets.
I'm guessing this has more to do with Joe Public being able to do surveillance and Big Brother doesn't like it.
BTW...the loads my buddy's Phantom can carry is minimal. Anything heavier than a GoPro and it struggles.
There is certainty in your remark that Big Brother does not want for Joe public to have this sort of capability to be able to invade other peoples privacy and thus, will regulate it. In California they have already passed laws against the private paparazzi guys from using drones.
There was little commercial business utilizing R/C Airplanes if any, just a few hobbyists flying their planes around farmers hay fields. Even fewer rocket hobbyists out there. These easy and stable to fly (hover really) drones that are being used (sales, real estate, etc.) in densely populated areas (subdivisions let's say) , they will become a bigger threat to other AC than pencil lasers being pointed at pilots eyes from kids in apartment buildings...for example.
And, just like your first computer (or in your case, your first motorcycle) didn't have much power - with time, that all changes. Technology never sleeps.
Railton
Bingo... a handful of hobby nerds with well-crafted model aircraft that were both difficult to fly and costly to repair / replace posed nowhere near the threat that these drones do, especially in populated urban areas. Too many stupid people + easily accessible toys = problems.
Our Phantom hauls a much larger camera... or maybe a normal-sized cat I suppose. Hmmm...
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