Sorry, I have to laugh.... I've been into RC for 20 years. 15 years ago, the old codgers in my club said the EXACT same thing about ARF RC airplanes. :highly_amused: Your Skyjib is an ARF.
Some things never change.
But I agree. Back in the day, it still took 10-20 hours to assemble an ARF. And if you were an idiot, you didn't get 5 feet off the ground before turning it into matchsticks. And it was impossible to fly above 400 feet because you couldn't see a 40 size model.
These days, with fully automated UAV's that you can just charge and fly, we get this stuff going on.
That being said, I really want to see the full details of the case. I wouldn't be surprised at all if the police pilots saw the drone below, and then swooped down to check it out, thinking it was a full-scale at a longer distance. They probably realized too late it was small scale and close, and had to take evasive action. Then, police being police, the poor hapless schmuck flying the quad maybe not too terribly dangerously gets thrown under the bus. and/or, the reported altitude is falsely reported as being higher than it was, because the police pilot doesn't want to admit he was flying at a dangerously low altitude.
