Post Your Dronies

[lamboman100]

The "dronie" is now the new "selfie" for casual (and some serious) photographers.

Post your dronies here.

This is not me or mine, but it is a good example of the genre, to get things started:

[Boro]

Does this count? lol

[lamboman100]

^ Great dronie.

Where was it taken?

[andyr30]

[lamboman100]

Caught the sun there just at the right time.

[TobyLaRohne]

I thought it was a reference to Drone guys being the new "Bronies"

[noell35]

From my homemade mhq hovership.

[nigelpugh7]

Here's on from my DJI 550 shot at Pugh Towers.

You can just hear Mrs P saying, Nigel you don't need 5 cars!

[redback911]

A "Where's Wally?" Or a failure to read the thread. ;-)

Edited by redback911 on Thursday 2nd October 08:03

[Lakelord]

Been thinking about getting one of these for a while but was told yesterday that you have to have a license to fly them? True or BS?

[V8A*ndy]

Lakelord said:

Been thinking about getting one of these for a while but was told yesterday that you have to have a license to fly them? True or BS?

You need to be fully qualified to take pictures or video for commercial use eg taking a pic of your house and using the pic to advertise your house as forsale or getting paid for aerial work, however........

What a lot of people don't know is that as soon as you put a camera on one of these things it becomes a "surveillance aircraft".

You will need to obey the rules of the Air Navigation Order to comply with the CAA.

Read up on it and fly safely.

ETA: So you don't need a licence if it's for hobby use but you do need to obey the ANO.

Edited by V8A*ndy on Thursday 2nd October 10:14

Edited by V8A*ndy on Thursday 2nd October 10:15

[noell35]

There's a good summary here http://www.fpvuk.org/fpv-law/ not all of the ANO applies to models.

[lamboman100]

Good dronies.

Drones are almost certainly going to be regulated to the max within ~10 years (they are, basically, mini aircraft), so best to enjoy them while things are still fairly relaxed.