Drone deliveries and dogs

davosfam wrote:
My hubby loves all things RC and just got a drone. There is no camera on it and he only flies it where he can see it. It is a toy. We had fun playing with it at our campground last weekend. You don't realize how low branches are until you are flying one of those things. I would hope that nobody would think we are trying to spy on them. That's ridiculous.

P.S. Our dogs don't quite know what to think of it but we aren't about to let them get close enough to find out.

I don't think anyone has a problem with hobby drones that don't have cameras, but I can only speak for myself. Drone without camera = annoying toy at worst. Drone with camera = invasion of privacy/personal space. Your hubby's no camera drone will just look like fun to me.

My hubby loves all things RC and just got a drone. There is no camera on it and he only flies it where he can see it. It is a toy. We had fun playing with it at our campground last weekend. You don't realize how low branches are until you are flying one of those things. I would hope that nobody would think we are trying to spy on them. That's ridiculous.

P.S. Our dogs don't quite know what to think of it but we aren't about to let them get close enough to find out.

The last drone I saw was bigger then a single engine Cessna.

Pops

Flapper wrote:
I've flown RC aircraft for many years. Our club had to institute a leash rule for dogs. Mine tend to ignore the activity (Australian Shepherds), but we've seen many a lab or similar run down the runway trying to grab a plane (helicopter/quadrocopter("drone")) from the air that was trying to land.

Ah yes, hunting dog vs herding dog ;-) My Aussie used to go kite flying with me, because I could say "Don't step on the string" and he'd stay away. They accept "boundaries" - even if imaginary.

Jack, our late Cattle Dog, would not have taken kindly to ANY "foreign object" on our property, I'm afraid. It's just the way of a ACD.

But Amazon can send drones to MY house - Ben and Jimmy don't have an ounce of protectiveness between the 2 of them - they'll be hiding on the porch.

Call me irresponsible. Thank you for that completely unfounded basis and judgment as you know absolutely nothing about me.

I will not tolerate a drone over my property, invading my privacy. If one should make a low level pass, O.K. However, if it is hovering, it better have a search warrant or I can assure you it will rendered flightless in one manner or the other.

The FAA will have to catch me first messing with a drone in my back yard. That drone and all evidence thereof will be removed before the FAA has a compliant. Where will their warrant be? It should only take a day or two to get one. No emergency here to issue one.

One thing to suspect something, another thing to prove it in court, especially with no evidence.

And for you that have no problem with this invasion of privacy, don't complain.

I wasn't paranoid until I started keeping enough sheep to have to deal with all of the ever increasing regs and those who move out to the country and then try to make farming fit their idyllic vision of farming.

This is an area where technology has shot way ahead of our laws. Even the proposed regulations on drones won't go into effect for a couple of years (if my understanding is right) and if Amazon has anything to do with it, the proposals will be changed before enacted.

I think the question about invasion of privacy is one that will be battled out in the courts. There is no question that with increased numbers and use by anyone out there (rather than trained, skilled users) that they could become a problem in lots of different ways. There have even been reports of "near misses" with commercial aircraft.

The question about these things being dangerous to living things is a no brainer. That's why the RC clubs have flying fields and for the most part hobby fliers observe safety protocols.

I've never seen an injury to an animal or a person from contact with a prop from an RC plane or helicopter, but I've seen many cats severely wounded from fan belt/radiator fan injuries and they aren't pretty. I'd suspect a similar type of injury, just a little less force from a small drone.

Doug, DVM

The OP was specifically referencing Amazon package deliveries.

However, I think that going back to the invention of cameras/movie cameras-people will come up with ways to catch images, that they've always wanted to see, but until drones, were unable to. It'll be a matter of First Amendment rights vs. personal rights.
I think drones will open up opportunities for people to train falcons, or teach boomerang classes.

Git- R -Done.....

There's sumptin flying over the house Becky, fetch the shotgun.....shoot first....

There's a boat on the lake / River behind the house Mildred, fetch the shotgun....shoot first....

Some may want to research air and water ways.......just a little!

Lol........deep breath, all relax!

Misinformation?

One of the links has an article about an AR group flying over private property to record a bird hunt.
A coworker of mine has talked about flying a drone over a neighbors yard to photograph a party.

We have a local group the encourages people to take photographs of farming activities they feel are not right, send it to them, and they will publish the photos on their website.

Just because you don't do these things doesn't mean others are not.