Old Man
Active Member
The point of my original post relates to how and in what manner people are made aware of their responsibilities when flying multirotors. Although DJI does seem to be the brand that has an extremely high number of flyaways, which is in and of itself deplorable, it's the users that set the stage for eventual disaster. "Buy and Fly" has enabled any and everyone that has open credit on their plastic or a few extra bucks in their pocket to become an instant "aerial cinematographer". No lessons, kit document advisories, published warnings, or user qualifiers to establish some level of responsibility and ability. How is "judgement" established before letting this stuff go out the seller's door? There were times when I was teaching full scale flight that I found the judgement calls made by a student so bad that I grounded them and wrote in their log books the student lacked the ability to use good judgement. Sooner or later someone has got to determine that some level of maturity is required before people are permitted to buy and fly these things.
In the video where the woman is cut on the arm the user accepted full liability for his actions by posting the video. I thought posting that one was both stupid, because it clearly puts us all in a bad light, and a little brave because he somewhat admits his problem. Unfortunately he missed everything about why the flyaway became the danger it was, which was his decision to fly over a residential neighborhood without any thought to the safety of others. Another post in this thread saw the same thing I did and noted how much worse it could have been had the copter self launched. Had that group of little kids been stooping down around the copter and looking at it there would have been some kids seriously injured with a face full of propellers. In the freeway video the odds of causing a massive traffic accident, and perhaps deaths, were very high. In both videos the users could be prosecuted for careless and reckless operation. In the first the user could have negligence added to the list.
Ultimately it comes down to thoughtless selfishness. Too many seem to think it's all about them and whatever satisfaction they can get from a few "likes" on YouTube. We need a standard for safe operations and it needs to be proclaimed loud and clear to all that sell and buy this stuff. I can see a day coming where every flight controller is registered in some data base at the point of sale to track it back to the buyer in order to assign liability. All because of people that think like the ones in the videos.
We have a truly caring and responsible group of people in this forum, unlike the "other" forum where very little is mentioned about safe flying practices. The personal differences noted in the some of the previous replies aside, you guys rock. How do we get the way ya'll think to get planted and grow in the minds of the casual buyer/user?
In the video where the woman is cut on the arm the user accepted full liability for his actions by posting the video. I thought posting that one was both stupid, because it clearly puts us all in a bad light, and a little brave because he somewhat admits his problem. Unfortunately he missed everything about why the flyaway became the danger it was, which was his decision to fly over a residential neighborhood without any thought to the safety of others. Another post in this thread saw the same thing I did and noted how much worse it could have been had the copter self launched. Had that group of little kids been stooping down around the copter and looking at it there would have been some kids seriously injured with a face full of propellers. In the freeway video the odds of causing a massive traffic accident, and perhaps deaths, were very high. In both videos the users could be prosecuted for careless and reckless operation. In the first the user could have negligence added to the list.
Ultimately it comes down to thoughtless selfishness. Too many seem to think it's all about them and whatever satisfaction they can get from a few "likes" on YouTube. We need a standard for safe operations and it needs to be proclaimed loud and clear to all that sell and buy this stuff. I can see a day coming where every flight controller is registered in some data base at the point of sale to track it back to the buyer in order to assign liability. All because of people that think like the ones in the videos.
We have a truly caring and responsible group of people in this forum, unlike the "other" forum where very little is mentioned about safe flying practices. The personal differences noted in the some of the previous replies aside, you guys rock. How do we get the way ya'll think to get planted and grow in the minds of the casual buyer/user?
