RE: Drone attacks
Discussion
LaurasOtherHalf said:
How do you control these things then if it's off an iPad?
The Parrot AR drone is the only one controlled by an Ipad through wifi, the rest are normal remote control.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtqYcI2kK4g&lis...
williecrail said:
What about MSA rules ,insurance etc at events and these foreign flying objects over tracks with no licence and a chance of failure could lead to a nasty accident ?
I have just seen this thread, so please accept my apologies for the late posting. With regards to the MSA, I'm an MSA accredited photographer and asked if I could use a quadcopter on the stages, their reply was "NO" due to the H&S and insurance 
Yes, I agree that they could distract a crew on a stage which might lead to an accident, but I really do believe they are being too shortsighted as the footage is awesome.I approached the Clerk of the Course for my next rally in a few weeks and asked what would happen if I turned up and flew this thing without permission. His reply was "I'd stop the stage, find you, and ask you to leave. Plus your MSA licence would be revoked".
There is a CAA licence required for these, which for my DJI Phantom, will cost £113. Then there's the 2 day course at £1,500 +VAT, so you're looking the best part of £2k.
Saying that, I was allowed to use it at a recent Grp B day at Curborough. I'd only flown it for 15 minutes the previous evening, in still conditions, whereas at Curborough, it was a little gusty (plus I had an audience!!!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1gWPjcZc8s
ScoobieWRX said:
Love the name of your company and cool vid. Copter vid was a bit shaky though lol
If this was aimed at me, then yes, a little shakey although, as stated, it was a little breezey, plus I'm still a novice pilot, although I'll be purchasing an FPV unit next week which will help a lot 
snapper8v said:
If this was aimed at me, then yes, a little shakey although, as stated, it was a little breezey, plus I'm still a novice pilot, although I'll be purchasing an FPV unit next week which will help a lot
What FPS unit? Have you seen the 2 axis gimbals people are developing in america? They seem to do a great job of removing the jello, and make it must easiest to remove the vibe in post.
jon- said:
What FPS unit?
Have you seen the 2 axis gimbals people are developing in america? They seem to do a great job of removing the jello, and make it must easiest to remove the vibe in post.
To be honest, I haven't seen any "jello" in my test footage so far. Quadcopters are installing the necessary equipment into the Phanto, but I'll be using a monitor with a built in receiver rathet than a pair of goggles.Have you seen the 2 axis gimbals people are developing in america? They seem to do a great job of removing the jello, and make it must easiest to remove the vibe in post.
snapper8v said:
I have just seen this thread, so please accept my apologies for the late posting. With regards to the MSA, I'm an MSA accredited photographer and asked if I could use a quadcopter on the stages, their reply was "NO" due to the H&S and insurance Yes, I agree that they could distract a crew on a stage which might lead to an accident, but I really do believe they are being too shortsighted as the footage is awesome.
I approached the Clerk of the Course for my next rally in a few weeks and asked what would happen if I turned up and flew this thing without permission. His reply was "I'd stop the stage, find you, and ask you to leave. Plus your MSA licence would be revoked".
There is a CAA licence required for these, which for my DJI Phantom, will cost £113. Then there's the 2 day course at £1,500 +VAT, so you're looking the best part of £2k.
Saying that, I was allowed to use it at a recent Grp B day at Curborough. I'd only flown it for 15 minutes the previous evening, in still conditions, whereas at Curborough, it was a little gusty (plus I had an audience!!!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1gWPjcZc8s
You also need the ground school, ops manual and flight test certificates before you get the CAA license. Yes, I agree that they could distract a crew on a stage which might lead to an accident, but I really do believe they are being too shortsighted as the footage is awesome.I approached the Clerk of the Course for my next rally in a few weeks and asked what would happen if I turned up and flew this thing without permission. His reply was "I'd stop the stage, find you, and ask you to leave. Plus your MSA licence would be revoked".
There is a CAA licence required for these, which for my DJI Phantom, will cost £113. Then there's the 2 day course at £1,500 +VAT, so you're looking the best part of £2k.
Saying that, I was allowed to use it at a recent Grp B day at Curborough. I'd only flown it for 15 minutes the previous evening, in still conditions, whereas at Curborough, it was a little gusty (plus I had an audience!!!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1gWPjcZc8s
We did the driving and filming of the video in the main link of the PH story. A lot of people think it's easy just to get a quad and stick a camera up in the air, but as you seem to know there are a lot of hoops to jump through through to do it properly and legally. In America it's pretty much illegal to fly anything without the correct licenses, and it's going that way in the UK too.
It needs to be regulated though as from experience they can cause a lot of damage to people if fingers get in the wrong places, let alone if a drone crashed into someones face.
Edited by ol on Thursday 7th February 09:05
Just thought I'd resurrect this thread as we did some filming down at curborough a couple of weeks ago with www.trackdaydrivers.co.uk who provided the onboard footage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14yNARuYcG0&lis...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14yNARuYcG0&lis...
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