Motopreserve
Drone Enthusiast
Kilby,
Im familiar with and appreciate your work, and from what I've seen/read, you are taking as many precautions as necessary to ensure the safest possible practices.
The key for threads like this, and also through example, is to show any new pilot that there are self-imposed protocols that can provide the safest possible flights. Flying over cities should be limited to those with the skills, as well as the forethought to take the important precautions.
I think a key distinction is the skills to photo/video and the skills to fly safely. Your friend obviously had the eye - but did he have the stick time to feel as confident as is necessary? Obviously this is all safely in the past , but I use that video as merely an example.
At this point, specific without legal guidelines, it is up to each pilot, and the community at large to "police" ourselves. For me personally, I am confident that I can creatively envision a great shot with a camera, and have grasped the technology it takes to get there - but not as confident that I could capture that shot safely above a populated street etc. so I choose to wait and hone my flying skills, despite how badly I'd love to have that type of footage in my portfolio.
Im familiar with and appreciate your work, and from what I've seen/read, you are taking as many precautions as necessary to ensure the safest possible practices.
The key for threads like this, and also through example, is to show any new pilot that there are self-imposed protocols that can provide the safest possible flights. Flying over cities should be limited to those with the skills, as well as the forethought to take the important precautions.
I think a key distinction is the skills to photo/video and the skills to fly safely. Your friend obviously had the eye - but did he have the stick time to feel as confident as is necessary? Obviously this is all safely in the past , but I use that video as merely an example.
At this point, specific without legal guidelines, it is up to each pilot, and the community at large to "police" ourselves. For me personally, I am confident that I can creatively envision a great shot with a camera, and have grasped the technology it takes to get there - but not as confident that I could capture that shot safely above a populated street etc. so I choose to wait and hone my flying skills, despite how badly I'd love to have that type of footage in my portfolio.
