HereForTheBeer
 First Officer
Flight distance : 5381368 ft
United States
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Mir Posted at 2018-9-7 08:28
Unfortunately if there was ever an incident, it's automatically the drone operator at fault, regardless of situation.
ya, pretty much. sad reality even if the manned aircraft was flying in an extremely dangerous manner, the drone pilot would be at fault if their drone collided. any other issues related to dangerous flying would be seperate case entirely :/
that being said i have seen planes and helicopter flying what i would call dangerously low over the river that about half hour drive from here, when i say dangerously low i mean like 100 feet off the surface. and even do this in foggy conditions and freezing fog of winter sometimes!. not that wide of a river in some spots can get as narrow as few hundred feet with random islands where hunters and campers sometimes go. plus the river very active all summer and fall with boaters, rowers, kayakers, and fishermen/women.
like i get maybe its a thrill to fly like that but i think they need a floor that's higher than whatever they think is safe because not every knows what that implies. they need to make it like 300 foot floor (AGL), unless emergency or something demands you a reduced altitude for some reason. because birds, drones, etc etc going to be between 100-200 feet more readily.. infact i tend to fly 250 - 275 feet AGL if im going further out, just so i can clear any trees if signal goes to hell and my controls are spotty im less likely to clip into things or hit anything. but with planes sometimes flying stupidly low over the river, can't realistically do that anymore. |
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