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As someone with only cursory knowledge of the area, it seems like the requirement to keep the drone within line of sight would be pretty crippling. Is this just
by drabiega 10y ago
As someone with only cursory knowledge of the area, it seems like the requirement to keep the drone within line of sight would be pretty crippling. Is this just me? I guess this makes drone based camerawork feasible for film/sporting events, but it seems like it kills any sort of delivery or remote sensing applications.
- chrischen 10y agoLaunch it from the top of a skyscraper!
- aioprisan 10y agoThe regulations do stipulate that you get 400 feet from the launch point as well, so if you launch from 1000ft building, you get to go to 1400ft
- tomswartz07 10y agoTechnically, it's 400' from the tallest surrounding object. So, yes; you can technically fly to 1400ft near a 1000ft building.
- fixermark 10y agoIt adds a lot of complication for some use cases, but I bet you'd find it isn't the common use cases (though who's to say what would be common in five years?).
- kodablah 10y agoYup, Amazon or any other drone-based delivery service will have to apply for a "waiver" as mentioned in the press release.
- walrus01 10y agoIt cripples not just delivery or beyond-1km remote sensing, but also very local stuff like "We want to use a drone with a camera to inspect the condition of our warehouse roof".