AC016
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How to stop (some) drones from flying over your house | MNN - Mother Nature Network
Interesting article.
Interesting article.
7 Drones that you can keep out (apparently) of your air space.
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Horoscope Fish
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Would be quite amusing if your neighbor had one of those drones and was not able to fly out of his own property, hehehehe. Never seen one in the air around my city, so they certainly are not a problem here yet.Don Kuykendall_RIP
RIP :(
Will never work. First off they say it extends 500 feet past your property. That would extend over the next 5 lots in my neighborhood. I like to fly in my front yard when I am working on something. Also from what I see in other places is that this is not backed by the drone manufactures like they state here but instead by an individual and he is supplying the list to them if they want. They are publishing the lists so that individuals like me can look at the list and decide if we wish to comply or not. Contrary to what people think you do not own the airspace above your property. If you did then no airline would be able to fly anywhere since they would be in private airspace. Areas like airports, military bases and the White House are programmed into my drone and I can not fly there as long as it is in GPS mode or in Ground Station mode (Autonomous fly mode) but you can always go into full manual mode which is pretty much line of sight or at least in wifi range of the camera.
Sites like this one are just for the feel good of the owner of the site.
Sites like this one are just for the feel good of the owner of the site.
AC016
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"Backed by a small consortium of drone hardware and software manufacturers, the site allows interested users to enter their home address and have it added to a database of no-fly zones. The site's founder, Ben Marcus, is recommending such a zone extend 500 feet around each property. This information will then be added to recurring drone firmware updates, effectively barring your property from prying eyes."
"Only drones that are made by or operated by one of our participants will be excluded from flying over your property"
The article states clearly that 7 manufacturers are "backing" him/the company. Therefore, they are taking the info he compiles and adding it to their firmware updates. Other companies can join if they wish. Airliners and drones are two different things. I would never expect a Boeing 737-800 from Westjet to hover over my backyard taking photos/video of me. The airspace above me may not be private, but the issue is all about privacy.
Don Kuykendall_RIP
RIP :(
So my neighbor claims his house a no-fly zone and he gets a 500 foot zones around it? Does that mean I can't fly over my own home? I don't think so. I also keep up with drones a lot more than most since I own one. From what I have seen he is furnishing the information to the drone companies so they can add it if they wish.
Don't believe everything you read.
Don't believe everything you read.
Another side to this is verification of who is submitting the information.
Suppose I knew precisely where Don Kuykendall lived and he pissed me off one day. So I contact this website, gave them his address or GPS coordinates or whatever. Do they verify with him he is the one that sent the information, or will Don be automatically screwed out of flying within 500 feet of his own property?
Suppose I knew precisely where Don Kuykendall lived and he pissed me off one day. So I contact this website, gave them his address or GPS coordinates or whatever. Do they verify with him he is the one that sent the information, or will Don be automatically screwed out of flying within 500 feet of his own property?
AC016
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Why don't the two of you direct your questions to the appropriate person. I'm guessing neither one of you noticed that i injected the word "apparently" in my thread title, meaning i don't necessarily buy into 100%.
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Horoscope Fish
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Lautermilch
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I would, save for one problem. I don't know where he lives.
Don Kuykendall_RIP
RIP :(
If someone is stupid enough to fly level with your windows they deserve a BB gun to the lens. But most of the drones have very wide angle lenses and tend to fly fairly high. there is very little small detail to see. when i fly in the neighbor hood I stay at 50 to 100 feet minimum. Check the focal length in the EXIF data. 5mm. Tell me what you could see at that distance. I can see more by walking over to the fence and looking.
Hmmm. Sounds like experience talking.
I don't think there's an issue either way for either side. There are already guidelines for recreational model aircraft operation and also privacy laws to cover the photo/video angles. What will muck things up for everyone will be the few that don't use common sense and good judgement.
Absoloopy. I've flown around windows and the only thing I can see is the reflection in the glass. I can see the other buildings, cars on the street, myself..........