Drone Hobbyists Angered by Congress Ending the Aerial Wild West

Re:Drone Hobbyists Angered by Congress Ending the Aerial Wil... by scandox on Friday September 28, 2018 @04:24AM (#18091799)

I want these things as highly regulated as possible. I found it extremely uncomfortable to have drones flying about over my kids head in the park. What do I know about the competence of the pilots? Or the onboard AI? Nothing. They're basically high speed aerial blades from my POV.

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Re:Drone Hobbyists Angered by Congress Ending the Aerial Wil... by Balero on Friday September 28, 2018 @06:55AM (#18092394)

I don't like drones flying over public places from a privacy perspective.

I've been hit by an admittedly, fairly small drone. I't didn't hurt much at all, and the rotors didn't break the skin. I don't think they're like aerial blades, unless someone attaches some to one.

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Re:Drone Hobbyists Angered by Congress Ending the Aerial Wil... by alistairSH on Friday September 28, 2018 @08:25AM (#18092756)

It really depends on the drone.

Those small toy drones? Yeah, might cut you a bit if the rotor cages aren't installed.

Something heavier like a DJI Phantom? Even if the blades don't cut you, those carry enough mass/speed to seriously injure.

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Re:Drone Hobbyists Angered by Congress Ending the Aerial Wil... by Balero on Friday September 28, 2018 @09:54AM (#18093335)

I mean yeah of course. I was talking about small hobby drones.

Taking it to the absurd, if you get hit by one of those Reapers[0] you might get really seriously injured!

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-9_Reaper

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Re:Drone Hobbyists Angered by Congress Ending the Aerial Wil... by scandox on Friday September 28, 2018 @07:20AM (#18092506)

Good to know.

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