"I WAS NOT piloting the drone when it flew away"
So the guy is telling us the drone switched itself into Sports mode, decided to fly up to 42mph
and 1600ft away just for the heck of it. If my drone would do that I would seriously consider it doesn't like me ;-) Legal situation/possible permission don't matter: He broke about every rule of common sense.
Flying in the center of a city implicates possible signal issues due to buildings.
Having a device with no 5.8 GHz capability adds up to that. Irresponsible actions like his will eventually lead to harsh rules in the UK. We just had them introduced in Germany a week ago.
Media are on top of this – they just wait for the idiots posting their fly-aways or records in forums or on YT.
Now they got another one.
Having lost the AC which was probably happily found by a kid is the minimum penalty he deserves. |