U.S. proposes to allow drone operation at night, over people

Re:U.S. proposes to allow drone operation at night, over people by perennate on Monday January 14, 2019 @07:28PM (#18907917)

I haven't read the proposed regulations, but most likely it is a typo and should be 55 pounds not 0.55 pounds. Because the existing FAA regulations have a lot of things that change at the 55 pound threshold.

0.55 pounds doesn't really make sense, such a light drone can barely fly in modest wind and won't have enough battery life to go very far.

Edit: maybe 0.55 pounds is correct. Because that threshold is also used in other FAA UAV regulations. (e.g. UAV less than 0.55 pounds doesn't need to be registered)

Edit2: maybe not, see https://www.apnews.com/1c50bdd96d6244198df93d84c86bf156

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Re:U.S. proposes to allow drone operation at night, over people by toper-centage on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @07:11AM (#18910600)

55 flying pounds is enough to kill a person... No way someone could prove that 55 pounds of drone can't hurt someone.

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