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Re:U.S. proposes to allow drone operation at night, over people by gweinberg on Monday January 14, 2019 @09:45PM (#18908501)
Sure but size matters. A helicopter that can carry a person weighs 1000 pounds or more. A drone can be less than 1 one thousandth the weight.
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Re:U.S. proposes to allow drone operation at night, over people by darkpuma on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @08:31AM (#18910978)
Just put wings on the damn thing and you can cut your power requirements down by an order of magnitude.
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Re:U.S. proposes to allow drone operation at night, over people by daliusd on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @06:12AM (#18910311)
There are no cameras that would weight less than a pound (0.5kg) and be good at night at the same time.
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Re:U.S. proposes to allow drone operation at night, over people by snovv_crash on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @07:03AM (#18910569)
Look up the Runcam Micro Eagle. It costs $35 and has a 1/4" low resolution sensor and is commonly used for night flying of FPV drones.
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Re:U.S. proposes to allow drone operation at night, over people by daliusd on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @07:53AM (#18920352)
It does not look like something what would be suitable for surveillance. Quality is only good to catch that something is happening on the ground but I doubt that this is suitable to be reliable source of truth and I don't even speak about this being used as evidence in the court.
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