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Perhaps but I fly my Mini 2 regularly, and people have a hard time finding it in the sky even when I point it out to them at 100ft. At 200ft it might as well no
by bragr 3y ago
Perhaps but I fly my Mini 2 regularly, and people have a hard time finding it in the sky even when I point it out to them at 100ft. At 200ft it might as well not exist. They are so small and light, they just don't put out the dBs like bigger drones.
- trust_bt_verify 3y agoBeing able to spot a small white object in the sky and hearing it are very different things. I put drone operators on the same level as those who hike with speakers blaring. No one is being hurt, no laws being broken. Just inconsiderate considering a large part of the experience for most in nature is the serenity.
- Cannabat 3y agoThe mini is undetectable over 100ft or so. other drones will interrupt the peace, but this one is far less likely to.
- IshKebab 3y agoNah they definitely aren't as bad. People using speakers in public are actively choosing to annoy people when they could have used headphones. There's no headphone equivalent for drones. Drones are also way way less common than shitty music players.
- ryantgtg 3y agoAlmost everyone I encounter who is carrying a speaker is not hiking by themselves. That is why they are not wearing headphones.
- ashton314 3y agoPeople who hike with speakers blaring are a strange breed that I’m likely to never understand. Like, why listen to music in the first place while hiking? I’m out here in the woods to get as far away from civilization as I can. I don’t need $latest_popstar dragging me back.
- jbm 3y agoI've never done this, but if I was trying to be charitable; in bear country, I assume making noise to avoid startling the animals is best practice.
- trust_bt_verify 3y agoI have worn a bear bell on my backpack when I’m far out but that’s a bit different than a speaker as you could imagine.
- cawlin 3y agoI'm not in favour of speakers but it would be effective while a bear bell certainly won't.
- Tronno 3y agoParks Canada says bear bells are not an effective deterrent against bears. https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/mtn/ours-bears/securite-safety/ours-humains-bears-people https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/mtn/ours-bears/securite-safety...
- phil-martin 3y agoI use headphones to listen to music or audio books while hiking, walking or exercising. I enjoy it, and also a useful tool to stop mental self-talk while being able to enjoy the surrounds. But playing music over speakers that would interrupt the tranquillity of other people trying to enjoy the quiet and space is very not cool.
- RandallBrown 3y agoPeople listen to music while hiking for the same reason they listen to music anywhere. They like it.
- Izikiel43 3y agoBears
- bragr 3y ago>Being able to spot a small white object in the sky and hearing it are very different things. They are but not the way you suggest, you stop hearing it long before you stop seeing it. :)
- cush 3y agoSo what you’re saying is we just need a way to make the takeoff and landing quiet. Slingshot…?