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I think there needs to be some regulations in place. As a photographer I love the idea of getting a drone and taking arial shots. The gps enabled, easy to fly,

I think there needs to be some regulations in place. As a photographer I love the idea of getting a drone and taking arial shots. The gps enabled, easy to fly, set to hover in place is very cool. but... They can be dangerous and can fall out of the sky with disastrous and fatal results. http://gothamist.com/2013/09/06/teen_killed_by_remote_control_chopp.php http://gothamist.com/2013/09/06/teen_killed_by_remote_contro...

ugexe 13y ago
This is a stunt RC helicopter doing stunts, has carbon fiber blades, was being flown wrecklessly, etc.
- njharman 13y ago
  Which are all the types of things regulations regulate. 60years ago fatal crashes happened in cars without crumple zones, poor firewalls, and no over shoulder seatbelts, etc. Regulation has mandated changes in those areas.
  - ugexe 13y ago
    It was clarification for those who might think that accident was caused by UAVs (as most of us think of them anyway), not a cry for no regulation.
- mattfff 13y ago
  But similar (though not fatal, yet) incidents have happened with multirotors: http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/scary-hexa-crash-in-brazil-stadium http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/scary-hexa-crash-in-braz... http://www.rightthisminute.com/video/mikrokopter-drone-crashes-skyscraper http://www.rightthisminute.com/video/mikrokopter-drone-crash... http://betabeat.com/2013/08/renegade-drone-crashes-into-grooms-head-before-wedding/ http://betabeat.com/2013/08/renegade-drone-crashes-into-groo... http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/222088/video-drone-crashes-during-virginia-running-of-the-bulls/ http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/222088/video-dr... In the first, third, and last cases the vehicles pretty much crashed into people. Two appeared to be equipment failures. The first looked like a GPS failure, the latter was a motor failure. I have two unexplained equipment-related crashes with my large Cinestar hexarotor, which has been enough to make me decide to never fly near other people. And while RC drivers like to downplay the "drone" aspect, many pilots are hopelessly dependent on GPS position hold, in which case the vehicle essentially IS a drone, and is flying autonomously. When that malfunctions, bad things happen.

ugexe 13y ago

This is a stunt RC helicopter doing stunts, has carbon fiber blades, was being flown wrecklessly, etc.

njharman 13y ago
Which are all the types of things regulations regulate. 60years ago fatal crashes happened in cars without crumple zones, poor firewalls, and no over shoulder seatbelts, etc. Regulation has mandated changes in those areas.
- ugexe 13y ago
  It was clarification for those who might think that accident was caused by UAVs (as most of us think of them anyway), not a cry for no regulation.
mattfff 13y ago
But similar (though not fatal, yet) incidents have happened with multirotors: http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/scary-hexa-crash-in-brazil-stadium http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/scary-hexa-crash-in-braz... http://www.rightthisminute.com/video/mikrokopter-drone-crashes-skyscraper http://www.rightthisminute.com/video/mikrokopter-drone-crash... http://betabeat.com/2013/08/renegade-drone-crashes-into-grooms-head-before-wedding/ http://betabeat.com/2013/08/renegade-drone-crashes-into-groo... http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/222088/video-drone-crashes-during-virginia-running-of-the-bulls/ http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/222088/video-dr... In the first, third, and last cases the vehicles pretty much crashed into people. Two appeared to be equipment failures. The first looked like a GPS failure, the latter was a motor failure. I have two unexplained equipment-related crashes with my large Cinestar hexarotor, which has been enough to make me decide to never fly near other people. And while RC drivers like to downplay the "drone" aspect, many pilots are hopelessly dependent on GPS position hold, in which case the vehicle essentially IS a drone, and is flying autonomously. When that malfunctions, bad things happen.