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It was really beautiful to see the ingenuity and innovation in small drones the last ten years. That innovation is what made possible the commercial opportuniti
by mips_avatar 7y ago
It was really beautiful to see the ingenuity and innovation in small drones the last ten years. That innovation is what made possible the commercial opportunities that now want regulatory stability. Those corporate interests can afford the costs, and are typically flying large enough aircraft such that the added weight isn’t an issue either. I am disappointed in the compromise dji and their lobbyist Mr. Schulman made with the FAA, we can now live in a world where yes corporations can now develop SUAS for cargo or whatever have regulatory stability, and consumers can take great aerial photography with their dji products, but I feel that the loss of inspired homemade innovation will be misrepresented in the influence calculations the FAA will make.
- wmf 7y agoIt sounds like DJI is now opposing the rules because their AeroScope won't be enough to comply with them. Like they were trying to perform regulatory capture and it backfired...
- mips_avatar 7y agoI hadn’t thought about how the proposals from dji aren’t really being followed. Though they did maintain the whole under .55lb no regulation thing.