"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck)
02/29/2020 at 14:13 • Filed to: None
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"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck)
02/29/2020 at 14:13 • Filed to: None | 0
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Dear Oppo friends,
Please take a moment to read this article regarding the FAA’s proposed changes to flight rules regarding model aircraft and “drones.”
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The key concerns include:
Unreasonable cost increases due to a proposed FAA requirement for every model aircraft to have an always-on internet connection so the model can report its GPS coordinates when its in the air.
The eventual elimination of all current and future flying fields where model aircraft can be flown without an always-on internet connection.
The elimination of all hobbyist designed and constructed model aircraft due to FAA review and approval of the construction before allowing it to fly.
The proposed rules will squash hobbyist innovation and raise even more barriers to people becoming pilots. Many of us started as r/c pilots before we ever got out pilot’s licenses.
Please take a moment to comment at the link below. Comments close on Monday, March 2nd.
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MM54
> TheRealBicycleBuck
02/29/2020 at 14:46 |
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Well that’s no good. People forget that r/c airplanes have been around for a loooooong time. I think the issue with “drones” (stupid name) is that they’ve become so readily available commercially and are so easy to fly now (you should try flying the quadcopter I designed and built in 2011) that the inevitable popularity means that people who will do stupid things are now able to do so, whereas with old planes and homemade multi-
copters
they wouldn’t likely get past the learning curve to start to fly them, let alone get into trouble
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JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
> TheRealBicycleBuck
02/29/2020 at 15:04 |
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Done. I had already planned to comment based on recent videos from the Flite Test guys, but your provision of a clickable link to the comment form got it done for me.
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JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
> MM54
02/29/2020 at 15:12 |
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My comment heavily leaned on the idea that education campaig ns are a more effective and longer-term solution than punitive and expensive (to implement and administer) technological regulation.
DipodomysDeserti
> MM54
02/29/2020 at 15:38 |
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I think it may have something to do with the unexplained drone swarms that have been occurring in Colorado.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/01/01/us/drones-FAA-colorado-nebraska.amp.html
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DipodomysDeserti
> TheRealBicycleBuck
02/29/2020 at 15:39 |
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Based on my analysis of Instagram, it’s pretty damn easy to constantly post the location of things on the internet. Could you just throw a fitbit on it?
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> DipodomysDeserti
02/29/2020 at 16:03 |
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Nope. The reporting mechanism requires a cellular connection. The FAA wants all of the data to be dumped into a specific database for real-time tracking.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> MM54
02/29/2020 at 16:08 |
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As a long-time R/C pilot, I completely agree with you. Today’s semi- and completely autonomous control solutions let any idiot with a laptop set up a flight plan and even launch automatically. I’ve seen videos with guys sending planes out 15 miles or more. One fellow flew a Parrot from one of the Hawaiian islands to another and back again, all with a tablet. >:(
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> DipodomysDeserti
02/29/2020 at 16:10 |
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I’ve heard about that, but the paywall is keeping me from reading about it from your source.
It’s not just random swarms, it’s idiots interfering with flight operations at airports, and rescue/ firefighting efforts.
CB
> JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
02/29/2020 at 16:33 |
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Education is way more helpful because - surprise - many people won't even look up the rules in the first place.
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DipodomysDeserti
> TheRealBicycleBuck
02/29/2020 at 17:42 |
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Here’s another link. Supposedly the ones in CO and NE are commercial sized drones. I’ve encountered a few idiot flying them in wilderness areas, some with highly protected bird species nearby.
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DipodomysDeserti
> TheRealBicycleBuck
02/29/2020 at 17:44 |
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Wonder if there a cheap way to make a transponder with something like a Raspberry Pi?
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> DipodomysDeserti
02/29/2020 at 17:56 |
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If they’re flying a grid, they are probably mapping. A friend of mine researches ungulates and has used infra-red cameras mounted in an airplane to do population surveys at night. Both LiDAR and thermal platforms are small enough now to be carried by large drones.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> DipodomysDeserti
02/29/2020 at 18:00 |
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C ontrol systems like Ardupilot capture all of the necessary data. The real expense is the cellular link required for uploading in real time. I magine having to pay for an extra cellular device just to fly. If you have more than one aircraft, you’d have to swap the cellular device into the other plane.
If the cell service is spotty in the area where you are trying to fly, then you could easily become non-compliant and end up with contact from the FAA.
HammerheadFistpunch
> TheRealBicycleBuck
02/29/2020 at 19:33 |
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So they are paying for my drones sim card right? ....
I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
> TheRealBicycleBuck
03/12/2020 at 10:50 |
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That’s kind of absurd. What’s the ceiling for private airspace? 200 feet? I don’t see why one should be disallowed from operating a radio controlled foam model aircraft in one’s own backyard.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
03/12/2020 at 11:00 |
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Unfortunately, it’s the yahoos operating r/c aircraft (“drones”) in controlled airspace or over crowds or over their neighbor’s back yards or over long distances (out of line-of-sight) that are causing the problem. When they threaten life-safety or cause people to raise a big stink over privacy, the powers-that-be take a draconian response.
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I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
> TheRealBicycleBuck
03/12/2020 at 11:06 |
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I would prefer that requirements dictate controllers that are only capable of operation within line of sight.
I don’t think the FAA would have an issue with levying steeper fines against violators of reasonable rules.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
03/12/2020 at 11:43 |
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T here are line of sight requirements for operating drones. It would be extremely difficult and expensive to implement hardware & software solutions that enforced that requirement. It would also completely eliminate any home-built r/c aircraft - an important source of innovation.