Drones over public area?

I love mine. When I take my Vision out I get a few 'wow's' and 'whats that'? Its good explaining what it is and what it can do.

My effort from friday morning.

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amigafan2003 said:
I fly my quad everywhere - circled Blackpool Tower @ 500ft at the weekend :-)

The only restrictions on flight are if you're near an airport. There isn't even an altitude ceiling for hobbyist use.
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Are you this guy;


Or are you a wannabe?

The reason i ask is that the above chap is one of the few people in the UK to manage to get himself prosecuted for flying dangerously by the CAA.

You certainly can't fly quadcopters 'everywhere' and flying over people's heads is a big safety no-no. Anyone who has experience flying multirotor aircraft knows they can fail and fall out of the sky at any time for no apparent reason so you really shouldn't fly them over anything or most especially anyone that could be damaged or hurt if the thing landed on them. A quadcopter is effectively a flying lawnmower and if it becomes a falling lawnmower it could turn very nasty very fast.

Google image search 'quadcopter injuries' if you don't believe me.

Sooner or later someone - probably someone like you - is going to have an accident in a populated area, injure some innocent bystanders (possibly seriously) and make the papers in the worst possible way.

Then responsible UAV pilots will find their lives a lot more difficult.

Can you imagine the tabloid headlines? I can.
 
Teslahed said:
Are you this guy;


Or are you a wannabe?

The reason i ask is that the above chap is one of the few people in the UK to manage to get himself prosecuted for flying dangerously by the CAA.

You certainly can't fly quadcopters 'everywhere' and flying over people's heads is a big safety no-no. Anyone who has experience flying multirotor aircraft knows they can fail and fall out of the sky at any time for no apparent reason so you really shouldn't fly them over anything or most especially anyone that could be damaged or hurt if the thing landed on them. A quadcopter is effectively a flying lawnmower and if it becomes a falling lawnmower it could turn very nasty very fast.

Google image search 'quadcopter injuries' if you don't believe me.

Sooner or later someone - probably someone like you - is going to have an accident in a populated area, injure some innocent bystanders (possibly seriously) and make the papers in the worst possible way.

Then responsible UAV pilots will find their lives a lot more difficult.

Can you imagine the tabloid headlines? I can.
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Name: amigafan2003
Real Name: Robert Sims

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amigafan2003 said:
I fly my quad everywhere - circled Blackpool Tower @ 500ft at the weekend :-)

The only restrictions on flight are if you're near an airport. There isn't even an altitude ceiling for hobbyist use.
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Isn't blackpool tower near blackpool airport?
 
LOAM said:
Thats not right mate, in the UK you own the airspace above your plot as defined by the land registry which states
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The courts actually ruled...
the air space above his land to such height as is necessary
for the ordinary use and enjoyment of his land and the structures upon it,
and declaring that above that height he has no greater rights in the air
space than any other member of the public.

Bernstein of Leigh (Baron) v. Skyviews & General Ltd. [1978] 1 QB 479 (HC)


LOAM said:
Now, in residential areas where the use of a shotgun isn't permitted you would fall foul of firearms laws, but anything coming into the above space would probably be trespass.

On a farm where there are likely shotguns in use, who knows, it might still be criminal damage.

http://www.landregistry.gov.uk/professional/guides/practice-guide-40s3
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It won't be trespass because we're in england. I'd imagine it would also rely on the intent of the UAV. If it isn't threatening or a danger to you then you'd likely receive a similar outcome to shooting someone walking on your land with no apparent intent to harm you.

If it was 50m away from you/your buildings and otherwise complying within the rules of the CAA guidelines then you wouldn't have a leg to stand on if you damaged it and they tried to sue you. If you can't tell the difference between a bird and a quadcopter while shooting you simply aren't safe to be shooting. Bear in mind that safe practice for flying gives you a distance of about 500m horizontally in which the UAV is deemed to be within safe line of sight. At 500m you should be able to still see a quadcopter and recognise that it isn't a bird. This will obviously be shorter with smaller quads. Shotgun pellets typically have an effective damage range of about 60m or so and will have a complete maximum range (fired upward, arcing and hitting the ground without damage) of around 200m. Some of the smaller 250 quads will be impossible to hit unless you're an exceptional shot as they'll out-manoeuvre your ability to hit it.
 
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Cyclone said:
I love mine. When I take my Vision out I get a few 'wow's' and 'whats that'? Its good explaining what it is and what it can do.

My effort from friday morning.

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Harlow, nice view of the Town from the Town Park... I fly near Bush Fair

Doubt you'll see this post though as you posted way back in May.
 
2.4ghz, if doing FPV you have to use 5.8ghz for the video transmission in the UK due to frequency interference on other available bands... having said that you can use UHF.
 
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