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UK - Hobby drones on the BBC again


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Its set out clear as day what a drone is, and our hobby versions cross into that band.

 

here is the problem, GOPRO / DSLR 

 

with your hobby drone, you slap a gopro on, but you have to break regulations to get close up nice images.

ie you risk and fly closer than the 50m rule, then crowds you break the rule public area is 150m, just to get that picture/video.

 

gopro as an fpv in/out yeah thats fine its a hi def feed link, your more in control as its giving a pilot view abiet a unusual field of view.

 

DSLR, big lens = futher away, you dont need to break a 50m rule and you could still get decent pictures from 150m, if you have a secondary camera op

 

its like car insurance, you do your bit or you try dodge it, if your caught it hurts, same goes for drones you do your bit and abide rules, or you break them and if caught it hurts harder.

CAA will take you to court aviation is a risky law to mess with. so just take heed, when you fly with a camera forget being the next george lucas , just be the pilot.

what ever footage you then come back with it dont matter, enjoy our hobby but please stick to rules and regs dont get caught out.

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Cheers Tami, well written.  I just posted for info - I prefer my aerial fun 1:1, and being skint nowadays I don't wanna rub salt in the wound finding out I love flying quads too (which I prob would..)

 

Besides, I'd want to strap my Alpha to it.......

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I think the BBC are being quite hypocritical. A few months ago I was at Stonehenge for summer solstice, and watched a BBC news crew push their way to the edge of the circle. They were mostly filming with regular video equipment but did have a 2ft drone with them which they sent up above the (significant) crowd for a few minutes to get an arial shot.

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I think the BBC are being quite hypocritical. A few months ago I was at Stonehenge for summer solstice, and watched a BBC news crew push their way to the edge of the circle. They were mostly filming with regular video equipment but did have a 2ft drone with them which they sent up above the (significant) crowd for a few minutes to get an arial shot.

 

 

the bbc has a regulated drone pilot, infact they run a pair of pilots in tandem, the spotter also holds a UAV licence.

each one of these dudes licences cost upwards of three grand and more, recording /broadcast licences are covered by bbc.

 

 

one little tip, the bbc dont run gopros, they do have a very fancy brushless DSLR gimbal that carrys upto and over 3kg of camera gear.

awesomes shots that look close but thats the lens.

 

I fly very little and for good reason, i live in a military-comerical flight path and within a 3 mile radius of the

airport, so in effect i break the law every time i fly my quad. my max ceiling hight is 60ft. i dont go no higher.

i live in class D restricted it means theres lots of rules and laws one has to stick to and do to stay within the law.

 

like report to ATC im flying and where and how long, so others can be warned about the airspace use by hobbyists

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All of that's fine, but surely a mechanical failure can happen even on the best kit, regardless of pilot capability. I'm reasonably familiar with quads and was still a bit uneasy seeing one flown right over a huge crowd, who would have zero chance to get out of the way if the drone had a failure. Aside from the fact bit could land on someone, I've seen the damage a graupner spinning at a few thousand rpm can do - ain't pretty!

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