Oh was the drone registered with the FAA and was the sticker visible? Next:
In addition to registering the drone, did they follow the rules of the sky. They include:
Fly at or below 400 feet.
Keep your drone within sight
Don't fly in restricted airspace
Don't fly near other aircraft, especially near airports
Don't fly over groups of people
Don't fly over stadiums or sporting events
Don't fly near emergency response efforts such as fires
Don't fly under the influence
Sounds to me that a few of those were violated….
Yeah I was curious about the same. If I fly my drone of other people’s property, I assumed they could shoot it down. It’s definitely don’t legal to be flying over residential property with a camera. What routes were these drones taking?
If they guy had time to pull out a gun and shoot this drone, it sounds to me like maybe he had a case for thinking it was watching him.
Also, the drone took a bullet according to the article. This guy is a pretty good shot, specially if that drone was moving. A shot gun would probably be more effective.
“Fly at or below 400 feet.”
Delivery drones don’t drop the items from above 400 feet ...
>>Fly at or below 400 feet.
Maybe for recreational drones, commercial ones would have to follow proper regs; which for a residential area would need to be at LEAST 500 feet up.
14 CFR § 91.119 Minimum safe altitudes: General.
Except when necessary for takeoff or landing, no person may operate an aircraft below the following altitudes:
(a) Anywhere. An altitude allowing, if a power unit fails, an emergency landing without undue hazard to persons or property on the surface.
(b) Over congested areas. Over any congested area of a city, town, or settlement, or over any open air assembly of persons, an altitude of 1,000 feet above the highest obstacle within a horizontal radius of 2,000 feet of the aircraft.
(c) Over other than congested areas. An altitude of 500 feet above the surface, except over open water or sparsely populated areas. In those cases, the aircraft may not be operated closer than 500 feet to any person, vessel, vehicle, or structure.
“Sounds to me that a few of those were violated….”
Which ones?
“Keep your drone within sight” doesn’t apply to FPV or autonomous drones.
“Keep your drone within sight”
Commercial drone pilots can apply for a Part 107 waiver if they need to fly beyond visual line of sight.
“Sounds to me that a few of those were violated….”
Name one that the violated ...
“Oh was the drone registered with the FAA and was the sticker visible?”
You’re seriously suggesting that a super high visibility commercial drone operated by one of the biggest corporations in the country is not registered with the FAA?
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