Got A Drone?

[hc4361]

Are you aware that if it weights more than half a pound you must register it before you fly it outdoors?

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/dec/14/drone-federal-aviation-administration-register-license-uav

I know a lot of people will be getting them for Christmas.

[sandyRoe]

If a terrorist was trying to use one could the control signal be easily blocked?

[Jackdaw33]

Apart from bombing people why would the average civilian want one ?

[sandyRoe]

You could spy on the nurses next door sunbathing in their garden. :-)

[Mosaic]

These are ace for scrutinising your roof, chimneys and gutters and I bet you could earn pocket money doing that for others.
Khandro, they don't have to carry a warhead.....you knew that though?
They are brilliant tools for practical archaeology, enabling HD aerial views where previously you needed a cherry picker, a hot air balloon, a microlite or a light aircraft and I'll let you guess the hire costs involved with any of those.
Spotted them in Maplin while Chrissimus browsing, but they didn't make a sale to me firstly as they didn't have em hooked up to a display monitor and secondly as they had a supercharged hot air blower wafting them about which made pausing to drool at them very uncomfortable ndeed.

[hc4361]

No good for scrutinising the roof unless the house is fairly isolated.

[hc4361]

divebuddy, I think a little boy losing the sight of one eye counts as a serious injury.

[Buenchico]

Link on first page of this thread, DB.

[Eve]

I'm interested in why someone might want one but I can see some ideas now.

I don't think I've ever seen one around here, living a stone's throw from Moss Side, I'm not sure they'd last that long if it was invading privacy!!!

That said, tongue in cheek, it's not the area it used to be.

[hc4361]

I agree that a sleb being harassed will make it a top priority, though

[EDDIE51]

My son has a camera drone, he is a professional photographer. He has sold aerial photos of peoples houses to the owners. Some have used the photos in house sale ads.

[Khandro]

^ can't they use Google Earth for that ?

[hc4361]

If it's a semi detached, terraced or has near neighbours you need their permission.

[Mosaic]

That's interesting HC - cos if I stand on terra firma and point my camera at any of my neighbours, they just have to grin and bear it.
It seems odd to make a new law for the same practice done 60ft above terra firma.

[hc4361]

Yes, indeed, but you either have to be standing on your own property or public property to do that with a camera.

The problem with a drone is that it can invade the neighbour's airspace - above their garden, perhaps, and take photos through the bedroom window while you are on the pavement.

I don't think you'de get away with leaning a ladder from the pavement, across the garden so you can climb up and take the same picture as the drone. I'm not sure about climbing the lamp post to do so though :)

[EDDIE51]

Google Earth does not have every address in the UK. The photos are usually of 2 to 4 houses not singles, and the photos are several years out of date and you can't choose the view point.
The Google Earth view with my house on it was taken 6 years ago and shows it in a block of 6 from the back.

[Old_Geezer]

Well, in all my years as an apiarist I've never bred one that size !

[shoota]

No, but I have a chaunter....