Drone carrying a video camera

wbwood wrote:

Duck wrote:
I was reading a article in the newspaper about a man who called the police because a neighbor had a drone and was flying it over his property. Police seem not to care so he grabbed his shotgun and blew it apart. YEAH
Don

Depending on the state, the drone pilot could be sued, especially if photos/video were taken. Pretty hefty too. In NC it's $5000 per photo or video. Here's an article in the Charlotte Observer from September last year. You will see there are other restrictions as well. I had planned to get DJI phantom for Christmas to use with my Youtube channel, but the new laws make it not even worth it worrying about anymore. Especially when I was going to spend $800 on one. I also read somewhere else that you can not land them or take off on state property here. We like to camp in state parks and was where I wanted to use it some.

There’s a difference between drones and the remote-controlled airplanes hobbyists enjoy. So notes a new law effective Wednesday that firms up the definition of “unmanned aircraft,” colloquially known as drones, for statewide regulation.

The law, which was written into the state’s budget, goes into effect amid growing conversations about privacy and surveillance given the potential with drones in aerial research and law enforcement.



Under the new law, drones cannot be used for surveillance of persons or dwellings without consent of the person or owner of the dwelling. That prohibition goes for individuals, organizations and state government agencies alike.

Drones are further banned from photographing anyone for the purposes of publishing or publicly disseminating the images without the subject’s permission, the new law says. Exempt, however, are news agencies gathering photos of newsworthy events “or places to which the general public is invited.”




There are law enforcement exceptions as well. Police can use drones for anti-terrorism and plain-view surveillance or to search for a missing person, suspect or escapee or if they have a “reasonable suspicion” that a life or property is in danger.

The new law says anyone who experiences illegitimate surveillance by drone has a case against the offending party and can recover, in lieu of actual damages, $5,000 for each photo and video taken. Evidence gathered in violation of the new law won’t be admissible in court, “except when obtained or collected under the objectively reasonable, good-faith belief that the actions were lawful.”

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article9196736.html#storylink=cpy

I know you did not write this but what a poorly written article.

The first two sentences are "There’s a difference between drones and the remote-controlled airplanes hobbyists enjoy. So notes a new law effective Wednesday that firms up the definition of “unmanned aircraft,” colloquially known as drones, for statewide regulation."

But no mention what or how there are any differences in the law. Might as well write an article on the new speed limit but not actually mention what the new speed limit is.

UAV just seems very broad, I imagine many court cases over the issue.

Raften wrote:
Anyone have a definition for a drone? Is a fixed wing model air plane a drone? How about model cars being controlled remotely?

Drones are Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. They can be fixed wing or multi-rotor. I suppose technically you could call a model airplane a drone, but nobody I know thinks of them that way. They've been "model airplanes" for too long.

OH48Lt wrote:
Drones make good targets. They've already been blown out of the sky, although the likelihood of that happening is low. One do-gooder group parked on an adjacent road and used one to overfly a hunting club that they suspected of using live bird targets. The drone became a target when it was spotted. It did make it back to the road, but its flying days were over. There is a You Tube video on that one.

With drones being so affordable now, lots of people have an interest in them. Quite a few good uses for them, and some not so good. At the Dayton Hamvention last week, video-capable quadcopters were being sold for under $100.

Its still illegal to shoot at an aircraft, any aircraft. There was a little phantom flying over a crowd awhile back and someone threw a wadded up T-shirt at it and knocked it down. Guess who got their hands slapped the hardest? Not saying its right, but the pilot was equally negligent.

Its not the $100 toys that worry me, you can grab them out of the air, its the much larger ones like mine nicknamed the Flying Cleaver that cannot be around crowds. Someone could get killed with those blades at speed

Anyone have a definition for a drone? Is a fixed wing model air plane a drone? How about model cars being controlled remotely?

Ill see if i can find it, but there were two news choppers covering a fire up in seattle and the KIRO cameraman spotted a "drone" (i hate that word) flying around between the two aircraft! They spun the camera around and followed it all the way down to its owner and his house. After sending a newscrew over to the residence and denying he had anything like that, they called the FAA. Hopefully they will make an example out of this idiot because its just a matter of time...

HERE is the raw video from KIRO
HERE is the KOMO story

wbwood wrote:
Unfortunately, some people are ruining it for the rest. They are starting to restrict the drones more and more now. There are already many state and municipality laws concerning them and the FAA is trying to get their hand in on them as well. Lately being that if you are using one for commercial reasons, then you have to have a pilots license. This is of course if you remain legal.

This is a problem that I have had first hand , I used to be able to fly my quad copters and helicopters at a state campgrounds here in ct which has large open areas. We stay there a lot during the summer because it has beaches . Well some kid flew his quad over the beach with a camera and was then physically attacked by a woman that said he taking pictures of the girls on the beach. The short story is that now no one can fly anything at any of the state campgrounds or parks. The more people that do stupid things with quads and drones the more they hurt the hobbyist that builds and flies for enjoyment and flies by the rules which are becoming stricter because of the few that don't care.

Duck wrote:
I was reading a article in the newspaper about a man who called the police because a neighbor had a drone and was flying it over his property. Police seem not to care so he grabbed his shotgun and blew it apart. YEAH
Don

Depending on the state, the drone pilot could be sued, especially if photos/video were taken. Pretty hefty too. In NC it's $5000 per photo or video. Here's an article in the Charlotte Observer from September last year. You will see there are other restrictions as well. I had planned to get DJI phantom for Christmas to use with my Youtube channel, but the new laws make it not even worth it worrying about anymore. Especially when I was going to spend $800 on one. I also read somewhere else that you can not land them or take off on state property here. We like to camp in state parks and was where I wanted to use it some.

There’s a difference between drones and the remote-controlled airplanes hobbyists enjoy. So notes a new law effective Wednesday that firms up the definition of “unmanned aircraft,” colloquially known as drones, for statewide regulation.

The law, which was written into the state’s budget, goes into effect amid growing conversations about privacy and surveillance given the potential with drones in aerial research and law enforcement.



Under the new law, drones cannot be used for surveillance of persons or dwellings without consent of the person or owner of the dwelling. That prohibition goes for individuals, organizations and state government agencies alike.

Drones are further banned from photographing anyone for the purposes of publishing or publicly disseminating the images without the subject’s permission, the new law says. Exempt, however, are news agencies gathering photos of newsworthy events “or places to which the general public is invited.”




There are law enforcement exceptions as well. Police can use drones for anti-terrorism and plain-view surveillance or to search for a missing person, suspect or escapee or if they have a “reasonable suspicion” that a life or property is in danger.

The new law says anyone who experiences illegitimate surveillance by drone has a case against the offending party and can recover, in lieu of actual damages, $5,000 for each photo and video taken. Evidence gathered in violation of the new law won’t be admissible in court, “except when obtained or collected under the objectively reasonable, good-faith belief that the actions were lawful.”

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article9196736.html#storylink=cpy

Then there is THIS use of drones. Pretty neat idea!

Until their is a mid air with a commercial airliner the FAA will take all the donations they can get. If you research this problem it is scary. Pilots report mid airs daily with these things