Peacock + quadcopter

[gschaut]

So is it a commercial use if I fly my drone over the damage to my house from the recent Tornado and because the footage is so cool I sell it to the News people? This just happened here in Flagler County. He probably had no intention at first so the actual flying was not for commercial purposes but the resulting footage did provide financial gain. Hmmmmm Slippery Slope.

1. The FAA has no sense of humor.

2. The FAA decides what is and is not a violation of their own regulations. Any appeals of FAA decisions can be made to the FAA ONLY.

3. John Magee's poem "High Flight" (put our my hand and touched the face of God) was supposedly a reference to the newly created FAA.

[Greenwood_60]

Hmmmmm Slippery Slope.

Private use of drones is a slippery slope? LOL.

[Squirrel Girl]

If Nathalie did bring a drone to Peacock, it had to be a "sneak".

http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...ial-flying-ban

Many other countries allow commercial use of drones (filming movies, sports coverage, ect). But the FAA has placed a TOTAL BAN on all civilian commercial drone use in the United States while they "study" the issue.

Regulations regarding commercial drone flights in the USA will probably be written by the FAA within the next decade or so. But until then, Hollywood has to shoot any scenes with drone cameras ("Casino Royale" opening motorcycle chase scene) overseas where camera drones ARE permitted.

http://www.faa.gov/about/initiatives...admap_2013.pdf

[next gen]

Guys people have been making there own fpv planes (drones) for years. It's only now becoming popular.

[aa3jy]

http://www.npr.org/2013/12/17/251833...-drone-testing

[Kirk]

I heard about the footage earlier today. I hear it was pretty boring, in part because of all the tree cover, but also in part with a lack of editing. I understand the person also did it at Ginnie and the resulting film was a bit better.

[gschaut]

http://www.faa.gov/about/initiatives...admap_2013.pdf

74 pages. Testing scheduled to begin in 2016. Public use of commercial drones "maybe" by 2020.

Translation: Not in your lifetime!

[WEPIV]

If Nathalie did bring a drone to Peacock, it had to be a "sneak".

http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...ial-flying-ban

Many other countries allow commercial use of drones (filming movies, sports coverage, ect). But the FAA has placed a TOTAL BAN on all civilian commercial drone use in the United States while they "study" the issue.

Regulations regarding commercial drone flights in the USA will probably be written by the FAA within the next decade or so. But until then, Hollywood has to shoot any scenes with drone cameras ("Casino Royale" opening motorcycle chase scene) overseas where camera drones ARE permitted.

I don't know how long this has been in place, but I have "heard" about some limited use of these on sets in the US quite recently.

[fno]

Gene, the FAA has no clue as to what's happening with drone flights. Only need to read the Gainesville Sun to hear about latest developments and guess where the testing is taking place, out in the "countryside". Commercial use, you have a point and I submit a lack of knowledge. My reference is only relevant to a certain drone designer for a certain company that does demos for un-named customers in a large field in Alachua county.

[Sludge]

a certain drone designer for a certain company that does demos for un-named customers in a large field in Alachua county.

... not that there's anything wrong with that.