Peacock + quadcopter
I forgot to ask this earlier. On Nov. 29 myself and three other divers dove P3. Dive starting just before noon, someone had a quadcopter flying over the spring with a gopro. Wondering if it was anyone on CDF? Would be cool to see the video.
Al
(with a circular wave of the hand)..."These are not the drones you are looking for"
I have often thought about bringing one to the dive sites as I agree with you, it would be cool to see and would present a unique perspective.
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I do not know if she is on this forum. Her name is Natalie, IIRC and was there with a group from Montreal. She is some type of professional photographer and was heading to China for a work assignment.
I wonder if it's Nathalie Lasselin of Pixnat. She's the French Canadian filmmaker who did "Facing Darkness" and "Axis Mundi". Look at Pixnat.com.
If Nathalie did bring a drone to Peacock, it had to be a "sneak".Originally Posted by MORGAN
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.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
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74 pages. Testing scheduled to begin in 2016. Public use of commercial drones "maybe" by 2020.
Translation: Not in your lifetime!
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
The problem that the FAA has is that none of the smaller commercial drones have much of a radar signal... Prowling the internet for "after the fact" drone flights will be tough...
Drones are in the sky now, both government and civilian. Taking all of them out of the sky will be tough... They'll be able to hit the "big" ones... but the ones used by video companies, etc... those will be harder to track and capture.
Joe
so this is the context of said artice:
http://www.faa.gov/about/initiatives...oom=auto,0,720
Interesting !
Last edited by JE; 12-20-2013 at 11:01 AM. Reason: idk
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.
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