Face-AcheNZ
lvl.4
Flight distance : 96631 ft
New Zealand
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Not sure about overseas, but here in New Zealand drones are getting a bit of bad press. There's a lot of 'clickbait' journalism in the media - from drones spying on sunbathers, a lady getting out of the shower to find a drone hovering at her window, to a guy who was flying his drone around an area where there was a scrub fire, which caused 7 helicopters that were fighting the fire with monsoon buckets being stood down whilst they located the drone and ensured it wasn't a danger to the choppers.
But despite this bad press, all my interractions with the public (since getting my Mavic Air last Thursday) have been great. There was an older couple with ice creams coming to sit on the park bench near to where i was flying. I apologised for the annoying buzz, said that i was about to pack up and head off, so i'd be out of their hair shortly. They said "Oh please don't go! we've come over especially to have a look!" - i flew until all 3 of my batteries were depleted, them asking lots of questions, me answering them and telling them all about it. Was really nice.
Tonight i popped down to my local park to get a bit of fly-time in before it got dark. There were a couple of teenagers hanging around, chatting, drinking beers. I asked if they'd mind if i flew my drone - no problem at all. One of them said "My cousin got a drone not long ago, it was really expensive, like $200!!!". I started setting up the MA, to be met with "Oh my cousins is much bigger than that!". But as soon as i started flying, the joking stopped - Sport mode had me whizzing all over the park, took it to the highest legally allowed limit of 120 meters, showed them the video feed on my iPhone - they were blown away, just astounded by how cool the tech is, how stable it is.
Have had a few other quite nice interractions with people, most folks are just surprised that i had the courtesy to ask if they minded that i flew my drone around them. It seems a little manners really do go a long way!
Anyway, has anyone else had any interractions with members of the public? Good or bad? Let's hear some stories!
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