Tuesday, October 6, 2015

New Drone Restrictions?

Drones For Christmas!

     In 2012, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was ordered by the US Congress to have regulations for flying drones in US airspace by September 30, 2015. The FAA still hasn't made any official rules. The worst part is, they predict that over one million drones will be sold at Christmas. This isn't good because the only proposals for any kind of rules is that the drones have to be in sight of the operator, flown under 500 feet, and not to fly your drone over public areas.
     There have been many different times when drones have been used "dumbly". For instance, they have been flown too close to airplanes, crashed into the US open, and even bothered firefighters trying to put out fires! These dumb acts will only increases when children get there hands on some drones. Not knowing whet to do with them and causing a craze. This is worrisome knowing that there aren't any rules and barely any rule proposals. 
A drone hooked up to an iPhone set up with a GoPro attached.

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