Dronelopnik 

"6Cylinder" (nickestes) 09/08/2015 at 19:51 • Filed to: None

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My company bought a drone to use for tracking job site progress from the air. I’m the designated operator.

It's really easy to fly until I flew over a cop car and the camera feed cut out from radio interference. Flew it into a tree. Won't make that mistake again.

My citroen won't start > 6Cylinder 09/08/2015 at 19:57

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Did you give it a name? I should have a name.

jkm7680 > 6Cylinder 09/08/2015 at 19:59

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6Cylinder > jkm7680 09/08/2015 at 20:02

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Pretty similar actually!

6Cylinder > My citroen won't start 09/08/2015 at 20:02

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Damn it does need a name.

jkm7680 > 6Cylinder 09/08/2015 at 20:03

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D’Jinisha

As it says DJI on it or whatever.

TheRealBicycleBuck > 6Cylinder 09/08/2015 at 20:05

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The FAA recently provided a letter of exemption for a company giving the authorization to fly a bunch of different drones (I still hate that word) for commercial purposes. A letter from the FAA is required to fly for commercial purposes and there are a bunch of rules you have to follow. If the cops you crashed near had asked, you would have had to provide your letter of exemption to them.

I just happen to have the same quadcopter for work. We just made the decision not to fly it since we don’t have a letter of exemption, we don’t have a licensed pilot to fly it (one of the requirements for the letter), and we don’t have a clear way to insure it in case of an accident.

Shamoononon drives like a farmer > 6Cylinder 09/08/2015 at 20:10

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Call it Chad.

My citroen won't start > 6Cylinder 09/08/2015 at 20:15

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Phantom.

6Cylinder > TheRealBicycleBuck 09/08/2015 at 20:34

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Wow I had no idea all those restrictions apply. So I guess I'll just be a random guy not associated with the company when I'm flying it.

TheRealBicycleBuck > 6Cylinder 09/08/2015 at 20:41

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Check out the Gizmodo article. From there you can read the letter which includes the restrictions.

http://gizmodo.com/the-faa-is-all…

Under_Score > 6Cylinder 09/08/2015 at 22:22

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One of my friends bought one of those. It was only $300. That’s still expensive, but I thought drones would cost around $1,000.

6Cylinder > Under_Score 09/08/2015 at 23:36

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This one was $999