09-20-2014, 02:50 AM
Really wish the stupid media would stop calling them drones. They are unmanned aircraft systems or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). There are multiple regulations against them, not just from the FAA. The FAA limits them to 400 feet altitude and only line of sight for personal use. They are also illegal at airports.
https://www.faa.gov/uas/
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
The National Park service has banned them.
http://news.yahoo.com/drones-banned-us-n...32721.html
Drones Banned from All US National Parks
One reason they are not being widely used yet is these commercial quadcopters have a flight time of about 15 minutes and their effective range is about 1 kilometer with no license RF (it's all RF, cell phones, bluetooth, wifi, etc) and the RF regulations come under the FCC.
UHH has a program started to start public agency use of UAV but it got its funding cut by half. The hobby craft are going to have limited range and operating time. Once there is a full UAV program going, then more military grade systems can be deployed. This one has the range and operating time (over 10,000 feet altitude, over 40 minutes flight time, surveillance and sensor payload, over 5 miles range). No audio in this video, it makes a racket because it is powered by gas engine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSqvc226ojU
"We come in peace!" - First thing said by missionaries and extraterrestrials
https://www.faa.gov/uas/
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
The National Park service has banned them.
http://news.yahoo.com/drones-banned-us-n...32721.html
Drones Banned from All US National Parks
One reason they are not being widely used yet is these commercial quadcopters have a flight time of about 15 minutes and their effective range is about 1 kilometer with no license RF (it's all RF, cell phones, bluetooth, wifi, etc) and the RF regulations come under the FCC.
UHH has a program started to start public agency use of UAV but it got its funding cut by half. The hobby craft are going to have limited range and operating time. Once there is a full UAV program going, then more military grade systems can be deployed. This one has the range and operating time (over 10,000 feet altitude, over 40 minutes flight time, surveillance and sensor payload, over 5 miles range). No audio in this video, it makes a racket because it is powered by gas engine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSqvc226ojU
"We come in peace!" - First thing said by missionaries and extraterrestrials
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*