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No wonder people break the rules when they're almost impossible to actually find.
by lachlan-sneff 7y ago
No wonder people break the rules when they're almost impossible to actually find.
- mark-r 7y agoSounds like an opportunity for someone.
- leetcrew 7y agomaybe. it would be a lot of work to actually make the map accurate. you'd have to parse FAA airspace regulations and also federal, state, and local land use regulations. many of these might not ban drones explicitly, but be vague enough to possibly include drones. most people aren't going to be willing to pay a monthly fee for a service that tells them when/where they can fly their $200 drone.
- walkerbrown 7y agohttps://www.foreflight.com/ https://www.foreflight.com/ An early iOS success story, founded in 2007, and recently acquired by Boeing. They are the dominant software company in this niche, and are well positioned to add a “UAS tier” subscription in the future.
- sverhagen 7y agoCompanies focused on traditional aviation _could_ have jumped into the drone market, but somehow they haven't as much, so that it's now growing its own, specialized players, such as Kittyhawk, Skyward (which happens to be my employer) and many others. By the way, "UAS" is an unnecessarily gendered, self-important term that often doesn't even cover the subject. "Drone" has none of these problems, and it's what people "get".
- brokenmachine 7y agoNo different to all the other laws a citizen is expected to obey. That's why there are tax agents and lawyers.