Posted by John_PA on January 13, 2015 at 17:30:13 from (71.182.160.3):
In Reply to: Drones Again posted by Texasmark1 on January 13, 2015 at 05:04:09:
The FAA did announce some ruling on drones for Ag use. I think, in order to use them for Ag, you must have a private pilot's license and a current medical certificate. The "drone" must not be flown out of sight distance, and no higher than 400 feet AGL.
I'm glad I don't have an AMA license anymore. I haven't had one since spread spectrum overtook FM, and I could fly right from my farm. I was one of the first to have the E-Flite Blade CP, and wore out several of them, and also made a lot of friends by sharing upgrade ideas. I have flown with the best of the best, with nitro helicopters, as a lot of them are from this area. Carnegie Mellon University has a Kawasaki helicopter with a 12 foot rotorspan that is a true UAV. The problem is, the technology is becoming cheap enough that the toys are employing the same gyro stabilization technology along with the gps technology the CMU UAV uses. It is too easy for any idiot to fly.
No offense to any idiots, but this is what happened to the internet in the late 1990's.
Before anyone could get online easily, and browsers were so advanced, and search engines were so advanced, there were simple newsgroups with no pictures, just text, and people were polite and considerate, because everyone was a computer geek, and as a general rule, all of us nerds were pretty docile, non-combatant.
Now, anyone can get online, and look at what the internet is now! It's a rude, disgusting, low-brow place sometimes. People are inventing new languages because they are too lazy to type out full words. Now, I think more people online know what STFU abbreviates, than what NASA abbreviates. It's just how it is.
Unfortunately, with these FPV drones and spread spectrum, too many idiots are taking over what used to be a small club of radio nerds, and aviation nuts who were polite and considerate.
Sorry if this offends anyone who flys. I had my AMA license for over 30 years. I never got into the fpv, because it violates AMA rules. Now that I have Spread Spectrum technology, I just might buy a Telemaster Senior and a camera system myself for checking fields. Of course, looks like I need to get the rest of my hours, and get my private ticket first. :?
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