I'm a nature photographer and got a Mavic Pro to shoot videos of the areas I photograph wildlife to enhance the overall story. So that is what I tell people when asked. If asked about drone spying I explain that the cameras on most drone aren't that much better than the ones on cell phones so you'd have to be very close to actually spy. If the drone is that close you'll be able to hear it. I try to explain that most drone pilots are just try to take pretty pictures and video. Thanks for the video.
Most people try to take nice videos and pictures with drone, as said above, the reality of people is that most people that don't know about drones think that they are spying because of the news and the bad stories on there about drones.
@@troymorelli916 nice pictures and video of your kids in the pool if its line of site and has no camera im cool with it if its in the woods taking pictures of your truck or picnic area its cool but neer someones house not cool in a crouded neighborhood not cool i dont care what kind of camera they use my cell phone can take a picture of a licence plate at my neighbors house over a mile away with my cell phone if your drone is in range of a shotgun its too close you would be lucky to kill a can at 300 ft letalone a drone well with in camera range if your drone is within 300 ft of my house its a goner try explaining that to the cops
@@jasondonavich2758 no one is gona role in to your back yard with a rc car with a camera mounted on it atleast i hope not but they will with drones rc airplanes move to fast to spy and rc hilocopters are extremely hard to fly and exspensive and i personaly have never seen one with a camera on it drones are sold as spy drones with decent cameras sold in toy stores with big letters spy drone my freind has one new in the box from cosco they got it to record motorcycle riding but never opened the box drones arent the problem by them selfs but with cameras and being marketed as spydrones they became bad and encurage bad
Hi, just thought I would share. It’s more than just privacy. It’s security! I was flying my Magic Pro Platinum from a public road but above farm land. I was approached (very politely) by the farmer who introduced himself and asked me what I was doing. I was very polite and apologized for any disturbance I had caused and offered to leave immediately. What happened next was cool. We ended up chatting for two hours about life, the universe and everything. We swapped numbers and I offered to demo the drone to him another time. Anyway, the point of my comment, he told me that a BIG problem for rural communities is that criminals are now using drones to check locations of livestock, agricultural equipment and whether people are home or not. They are using drones to plan burglaries. This is not rhetoric! To be perfectly honest, if I owned a farm and me and my neighbors had been broken into, I would blast that drone out of the skies too. Lesson learned. Always introduce yourself to people where possible before and around their property. It’s just good manners and will avoid anyone getting upset.
yeah, like a drone flying around a neighborhood where it is passing multiple properties a second is one thing, if it is flying over a huge lot that is all private property, it does not belong there, parents had some people trespassing on their property looking in the woods and when my parents saw them they said they where looking for there drone they crashed. area is heavily wooded, and all private, large 100 acre lots in the area so they definitely where up to no good, because they where trying to spy below the tree line if they ended up crashing. if it is private property and you cannot see it from high up, and you cannot see it from the street, you should not be able to see it with a drone.
Hi Russ. I use the mantra "if you can see the drone, your not the subject!" What I mean by that is a drone is good way to get that wide shot, or the dramatic pull-back. So, is subject matter is normally nowhere near where the drone is!
Great topic. Now let me ask you a question. ATC at an airport can control the airspace up to 3000 ' and 5 miles out. Do a home owner owns the airspace around his house? I have no problem with drones flying over my house, majority of drones do not have the capabilities of zooming in and the only way to see my face is by hovering right next to me. So, my privacy in this case is not that important to me. But if it comes down in my area below the high of the roof, then I may have a problem with the drone and the operators intention. I have been thinking of buying a drone, but do to so many rules and people that do not understand drones + price, it has steer me away from buying one. Thanks for the info and a video well made!!!
There have been a few incidents of impact between a drone and a manned aircraft but none of them led to a loss of life or crash of those aircraft. One of the few incidents i am aware of is a drone and helicopter impact at the Baja offroad races which required the helicopter to land due to damage to the tail rotor. Helicopters and Drones are the ones most likely to be fighting for the same airspace.
So what about the ones that fly at night and seem to hover in one spot with red and white lights I live out in the country and see atleast 6 to 10 of them every night always in the same locations all night every night
Our problem is that the news media will not support anything supporting drones, thus we only have a limited platform from which to educate our opposition. Thanks for your great programme.
News in general doesn't look for the good in anything because 'good' doesn't make headlines... Tragic events are what news looks for and when that isn't happening they concentrate on other things that "uniformed people" are fearful of (even if/when it's feeding the people more mis-informing)...
I did a video on Waikiki a year ago of a fireworks display. When I finished, a large crowd circled around me. I asked them all to stand back as my Mavic Pro returned and descended to me. I had it hover about five feet off the ground and let everyone get a good look at it and my screen to show just how “dangerous” they were (NOT). Then sent a lot of pictures to onlookers. I ended up being a very good ambassador for the hobby that night.
Excellent! I've heard the threat several times when just mentioning my Air 2s. Some simply exposing them to what a drone is and the guidance/rules for operating them, satisfied their concerns. Predictably, there were those that only responded to the knowledge they could be prosecuted (besides...it's damage to property of another without concent) Federally, and, even some had to be shown a printed copy of it. This, like many of your other videos I've watched, was excellent.
Hey, Russ! Great video and topic. I don't like to deal with people approaching me while I'm flying, but I've found that inviting them to look at the screen (iPad Mini, in my case), and seeing how little detail is present goes a long ways in reassuring them that you are not spying on them. A lot of times they take an interest after realizing my intentions are good. I also use a self-imposed minimum altitude of 150' AGL when flying over houses or neighborhoods (unless of course it's for a real estate shoot). If they mention shooting at my drone, I've found the phrase "Class A Felony" very effective. Thanks again for all your contributions to our hobby.
I really appreciate the way you present information in your videos. There are a lot of videos with good info and poor delivery, or good delivery and just plain ol' poor info. Yours are the best of both worlds. Thanks for creating these for us all.
Really nicely done Russ. I think I'll print out a business card sized copy of those statistics, the By the Numbers one. Makes for some good food for thought that you can easily show someone. Thanks for posting this.
Another great video. I've had several friends who worry about privacy joke about shooting down drones. As I am building my drone services business, my drone flight is almost 100% about commercial work, and I explained to my friends that my flight is about generating revenue. "Invading" their privacy or anyone else's isn't in my interest, as there's no pay for that (yes joking around). When my drone hits the friendly skies it's about my job. Each of them understood and seemed a little more at ease about drones. Recently I've taken on a new construction client. Their new project is a sizable community build out that butts up against another existing housing community. This past weekend I scouted the location, made a list of close neighbors, and will be notifying them before flying on my client's behalf. Their homes are already experiencing daily construction noise which will be going on for months. Rather that add "drones flying around their homes" as another concern I'm informing them up front about the flights and fact that the drone will not be focused on their properties.
I was flying around my neighborhood one day last year at about 150-200 feet. When I got done I checked the footage to see a man come out from around his garage and start cocking an old daisy BB gun. I can only assume he was trying to shoot at me. Since then I never hover in the same place for very long. Keep it moving cause a moving target is harder to hit!
@@nia6849 I don't think its paranoid, It's knowing these people are idiots, they have no sense of intelligence when it comes to FAA rules. The footage I captured was on the fly, I did not see him while I was flying. Cocking as he is looking up in the air is all the proof I needed to make that conclusion.
I follow you and commend you for making this video. However there is still some question as to the FAA's authority over private property. A clear line has yet to be drawn and we only have Causby vs USA to go with. Is it 80ft or 500?. As the air space becomes more and more regulated, one of the last areas we might have the ability to fly freely over is our own private property. Keep up the great videos.
Great comment. The FAA and private property. If you fly a fixed wing aircraft (e.g. Cessna) over, on, within your private property. The FAA still has jurisdiction, and their regulations still apply. However, with a Drone. I honestly have no idea. We here in the U.S. have many "freedoms" but the Government can still do what they wish when determined to do so. All the best. Mitch
Discharging a firearm in the air is more dangerous than any drone...and discharging a firearm in many locales is illegal. However, on the TV show “LivePD” the showed a real police call in Nevada by. Man shooting at a drone. Law enforcement arrived on the initial complaint that a drone was spying on him. He told the cops who it was and they drove over. The drone pilot apologized but said he forgot to fly at a height (cant quote the elevation but I think it was 250ft) which he said Nevada had set to be “free” from “trespassing” below that height the drone would be trespassing. So they left and towards the end of the program they received another call that a man shot down the drone. The darn program ended so never got to see what happened. They were in the desert- I mean this was NOT downtown....but real remote. But the FAA has to do something about “trespassing” or every state will. This is getting worse as time moves forward. Florida State Park systems have adopted new rule...no aircraft may take off or land in a State Park, unless life-threatening situation occurs. I flew my drone in a park - no rules were identified on any brochure or park regulations online. The park ranger was very nice and asked me to not fly again. gain to be clear they disnt ban drones FLYING - just dont take off or land IN THE PARK. He told me they haven’t published/updated their rules as of yet.
Excellent video, I always appreciate your clear insights into some of these difficult topic. One thing I would add as an important step towards educating the public, is to proactively communicate with people who are likely to be affected (especially neighbors) before you start flying in that area. I learned the hard way, being a bit naive when starting out. A few words of friendly notification to immediate neighbors not only gives them a better understanding of what is going on (you are not spying on them) but typically elicits positive responses. Keep these great posts coming!
Great video Russ, Ive been following you for just over a year and I really enjoy your content. A while back you did a video on hot days and battery performance. I was wondering if you could due one on density altitude / battery performance. ie: Hover time say 100' up and no wind on a high barometric pressure day and the same on a low barometric day. I had a few questions regarding density altitude on my part 107 test but I wonder if it really matters under 400' I'm going to try it in Maine where I live and see what happens. Fall is coming where we see great pressure swings. Anyway, just a thought. Cheers to you....
Not a bad idea, but I doubt anyone uses barometric pressure to determine a good time to fly. If they want to fly, they will fly. But now I'm interested. 😁
Hi Russ. Saw you on tnl with Ken H. It was the most relaxed I've ever seen you. Probably because you were just talking to one person and not trying to reach everyone in an audience. Talk to one person at a time, even if the audience is huge. Always good info from you. Thanks.
Quick point and question. Ok those same aircraft all of them have registration numbers and licensed operators, can the same be said of drones? Question is it not also a rule that any civilian drone must also be operated in whats called " line of site"? No I'm not a drone hater, I am very heavily into anything RC, but all of my flying is on club fields, cars, tanks and boats are on privet property. Nothing is ever on the street or sidewalks.
Russ, great video! You should ask your neighbors what they think about when Amazon delivers your prime products via drone which will happen in the very near future. Will they offer to shoot those down too? 😂😂 In all seriousness, I was at a very popular, Florida resort. I asked security if I could fly my drone to take pictures, not over any people, over a waterfall in a lake setting at around 7 am. I also provided my Part 107 certificate so he knew I was a licensed UAS operator. He said with a very serious face, no you can’t do that because of privacy issues. I said ok, I can respect that but I have only one question for you then. Why is it I can take my cell phone to the pool, like everyone else does, and take pictures and videos to my hearts content of anyone, and that’s not a privacy issue? His jaw dropped and responded that he had never even thought of that. See I wasn’t being smart in anyway. We chatted for a bit I showed him many images and a couple of short videos I took elsewhere and he made note that He couldn’t make out anyones face or even come close to making any specific traits on the persons in the pictures. Then I showed some photos I took at the pool the day prior. You can almost tell the color of the eyes on some. Moral is yes, the media is, as usual, placing fear and dishonesty of the topic to the general population. Has your neighbors ever looked onto a realtor website? They can see their home, with its market value (although not entirely accurate) right there. Have they ever wondered who took those pictures? Certainly wasn’t Russ from 51 Drones! Gee, I wonder which neighbor will be the first to make precedent in the courts for the rest of the commercial and rec industry. Keep up the great work!!!!
Love how informative your videos are. My neighbor shot at my mavic 2 with a shotgun. Hee didn't hit it as it was around 150 feet above ground level and moving. I called the police and he had a reckless indangerment charge reported because of it but I never pressed charges.
This is an incredible topic and thank you for bringing it up! I think that the more education that is available is paramount. I’m not just looking at drones. I live within controlled air space, because of TIA. I would not fly in order to keep the manned aircraft safe! I want people to understand the restrictions that we have to fly within, and respect, to keep the airspace safe. Until earlier this month I would never have put my drone up around my house, because of restricted air space. All video has been done with other cameras, or my drone sitting on a table without props on. I now use LAANC and get permission before I fly any time close to the house, and mostly go up and do sunset and sunrise videos, and then return back straight down. I see people walking down the street as I am taking off or landing, and they may be questioning things, but have not been approached by them yet. I will educate them and show them the recordings so they can be comfortable and not feel intruded upon. As a person to educate them, show them what you are doing and explain why you are doing it, to be a real enthusiast! Make droning a good thing, and be aware that people can get offended, but do what you can to help them understand why you do what you do.
Never, ever fly a drone over private property without the express WRITTEN permission of the property owner; you'll save yourself a lot of trouble that way.
I am so glad that you made this video! Thank you! I’ve always feared someone shooting at my drone as I live in a rural area in Alabama. I’ve thought for a long time that surely it was illegal because it’s an aircraft technically and I’m happy you showed the actual legal text. I have some ATF agents as my neighbors and I know he hates my drone even though I have never flown it over his property.
Good video Russ. We have the same issue in Canada with an uninformed public in regards to drones, except we don't have the "shooting down drones" thought process as much because guns are much less prevalent in Canada, but then again we still have the same percentage of gun Morons who ruin it for the responsible gun people. As soon as we convince people the world is not flat, man has landed on the moon, wearing a hat made of aluminum foil will not protect you from an alien invasion, then we can start convincing people that drone operators have no ill intent and it's just a fun hobby.
I've always been interested in drone flying but I had other priorities and now that I'm able to purchase a drone I've seen how much it's changed over the years and also the responsibility involve. Your videos have helped a lot. I'm thinking on purchasing the Mini 2 to get my feet wet. Fortunately I live next to a huge wash with an active railway so your videos are very informative. Thank you and I'm subscribed haha
Google earth and Street View is another conversation entry point. Fact is, the outside of our homes are public and you have NO expectation of privacy, by law.
@BOB SAGET If you are in your front yard you cannot be expected to have privacy. Think, sir. I can take a picture of your house ANY time I so choose. If you happen to be in your yard, you cannot stop me. I just cannot use it for profit.
Great topic, along with discussions on kites equipped with videos, small aircraft that land on water, emergency situations where law enforcement prohibits drones from helping out (see Florida hurricanes, Irma). Just a discussion can be helpful
The city of Houston is testing a new drone tracking technology that allows law enforcement to monitor all drone flights. The system has access to the FAA number as well as drone and control location and some flight data such as height, speed, direction, etc. All of this detail can be viewed on a map in real time and it is also logged for future action, if required. I was able to watch this technology during the 4th of July fireworks celebration downtown. It was pretty amazing technology and should be valuable for law enforcement in the future.
Question: @7:12 *BY THE NUMBERS* Since 1990 there have been 160,000 Wildlife Strikes, 14,314 of them being Bird Strikes. What in the heck are the other 145,686 Strikes from? Animals on the runway? Flying Pigs? Just curious. Thank you. All the best. Mitch
Russ, great discussion topic as always. I was in Hawaii a few months ago flying my Mavic Air. I guy pulls up next to me and says "Hey, you know these guys will shoot your drone down out here". Don't know if he was speaking for himself or someone else. I just gave him a wave and smiled but it can be extremely frustrating as a drone enthusiast to deal with people on a regular basis who clearly dislike drones. You can get some great photos/videos with drones that you just can't get with a camera. A lot of people are positive and stop and ask questions but it just takes that 1 person to ruin the joy of flying. Keep up the great work! Things will really get crazy if they ever legalize droneguns (i.e MkIII)....
Aircraft primary structure and engines are tested to sustain a strike from a 2 kg chicken without major or uncontained failure. Recreational drones are below this weight. Bird strikes causes expensive damages to the airlines and with exception of the Hudson A320 those bird strikes do not have a signigicant level of danger to commercial airliners.
Thank you for some much need information! The general public needs to be aware of the consequences if they shoot a drone down! Always enjoy your informative and entertaining videos! Thanks, Phil Kentucky
Good video!!! There are misunderstandings... We farm, that being said, we don't need people snooping around. A few years ago, there was a kid flying a drone over one of our pastures. Something for everyone to keep in mind, animals don't necessarily like drones.. livestock, wild game, birds, dogs ..... They are not used to the sound or movement of drones. One of my daughters chased the poor kid down to find out what he was doing and explain the facts of Life to him. He was a nice kid, said he was practicing for an upcoming competition.. ok, he meant no harm, but... What if the cattle would have been in the pasture along the road??? It could have spooked them and caused some serious issues. Hot air balloons have been a long standing issue.. we had some neighbors years ago, they ran a 500 cow dairy. Picture this... It's a quiet day, all is well, you're enjoying your corn silage and grain for breakfast... Then the sudden blast of the balloons burners!!! It would be like you enjoying your corn flakes and coffee, when a tree suddenly falls on top of your house. You would freak out!!! When 500 cows freak out, most of them will be hurt, or worse! In the end, 200 cows were uninjured, 250 cows required medical treatments by veterinarians for up to two weeks... 50 cows died or had to be put down that day.... One irresponsible balloon pilot directly caused a quarter of a million dollars in damages... Plus about a quarter of a million dollars in lost income because the surviving cows did not milk for some time after..... Bad timing or area when flying a drone, could very easily cause a similar situation...... Fly safe and responsible people!!!! Don't give someone a reason to think you are spying on them... Don't annoy them with the noise... Causing issues, will only prompt stricter laws, or bans.
If I'm going to ride my four-wheeler, I'm going to know where property lines are. I'm going to ride my horse, I'm going to know where property lines are. If I'm going to go on a hike, I'm going to know where property lines are. The same goes for flying a drone. Check your local laws. If a drone pilot has a drone over your property at less than 400 ft they are breaking the law. A drone pilot that flies a drone at less than 400 ft over my property is going to need to buy a new drone.
1st it's usually against the law for UAVs to fly OVER 400 ft ... 2nd you are breaking federal law if you shoot an aircraft out of the air, at any elevation ... If it's my UAV, I will be submitting my flight paperwork and video of flight to the FAA for (hopefully) prosecution ...
Hey Russ could you put the link of the attorney you quoted? Great video, I've been approached 5 times in the last 6 weeks some people you just can't satisfy.
Hello Russ, I saw your video and was very impressed about what we were told. We have the same problem in the Netherlands, except for the shooting ;-). Do you mind if I make your video message in Dutch?
Great video. I just had watched your video and two hours later was flying on a fairly deserted beach when a woman came out of her house and started yelling at me. She said I was video taping her house and what I was doing was illegal. I was not. I calmly explained I was in uncontrolled airspace and not looking at her house and showed her my screen. She was still incensed, saying what I was doing was creepy surveillance and the next time her husband would come out with his shotgun and shoot the drone down. I explained that's a Federal Offense but she was not deterred. I packed up and when on my way. Bottom line is; I think there are two reactions to a drone. Curiocity and anger, and not much in between.
Brilliant video Russ! There were a lot of good points to be be made there and you made a well thought out, documented and researched video. A subject that no one has thought about tackling yet👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻this will go a long way to helping the drone community be more understood and accepted by the general population!
A lot has to do with attitude and perception. I was once filming a friends house and property practicing for Real Estate videos. A neighbor came to the fence dividing the properties and asked if I was spying on him. This could have gone two ways. I could have had an attitude and basically told him to buzz off I'm not breaking any laws. Instead I walked over to the fence and politely told him what I was doing and showed on the screen that the drone can only see what's out front of it so even the one orbit that went over the edge of his property at about 100 feet never showed his property. At that point he was totally cool with it and said he may even look into buying a drone. Now depending on where you are and the people involved you may get different results but this approach has worked with every encounter I have had with my drone. Plus like your analogy. I try to be the car that drives by instead of parking in the driveway and taking pictures.
i remember when they started putting cameras on a cell phones. everyone was so concerned about privacy and worried that anyone anywhere could be filming them... i also fly rc air planes and quad copters (without cameras) and people assume that i am recording and filming everything
i think if drone is someplace that is not public property, and can safely be shot down (and i mean actually safely) which restricts it to rural area's then you should not be flying it there. most things you cannot see from normal plane flying height, but if someone lands the plane you can charge them with trespassing, so someone being under that height with a drone should be able to get same charge.
I was hoping you had more information on airspace above your home. As a homeowner with a with many acres, and my nearest neighbor about a quarter mile away, my house is not visible from the road and due to the tree line a drone will be out of line of sight if it were say 100 ft above my home. One would think that of a drone is flying that low, you would have some rights and safely be able to shoot
Great video Russ. It's sad that almost every drone hater I've met all assumed that Drone owners are all peeping Tom's. You'd have to get super close to a persons house to get close enough to see let's say in a bedroom window. Just like any other prejudice people hate what they don't understand.
Absolutely, all these people thinking drone pilots are perverts really cramps my style. All I want to do is just spy on my neighbors, and people have the nerve to tell me to point my camera at the mountains. #PervertsHaveRightsToo 😉
Being a RF engineer and a radio operator I have the ability to empty my immediate airspace of commercially sold drones with out firing a shot. So do not mistakenly think your drones data link is secure, it is not. It would look like RX fail, and what goes up, must come down.........oops
I use my Mavic Air 2 for recreational use but recently I had to use it when someone asked to cut firewood and was told not to cut down trees to show that trees were cut down. Thus resulting in illegal logging activity. We're in the process of keeping people off our property. I don't fly very often, wish I could, because of conditions going on with COVID-19 and putting in hours at work. I come in when others can't. I would love to spend much time with my drone to create cinematic videos and learn about all it has to offer. I chose the Mavic Air 2 because of its sensors. It would be foolish to fly a drone around here in sport mode because of all the trees. In one of your recent videos about drone flight during an emergency, that's just common sense. But it's good to know. If I'm going to fly my drone over my neighbors property, as a courtesy I would let him know. The drone helps us to see who or what is on our property without us needing to get an ATV and check it out. With some of us getting older and less mobile we can use the drone to communicate and check out who is on our farms.
Excellent... going to share this with my Canadian friends. I hate it when I tell someone about my drone and the first thing that comes out of their mouth is spying. Ugg.
Most of the time all I get is people coming up to me interested in my drone, which is a spark. Asking how much it costs and where they can get one. They love seeing the video feed. I have yet to have someone threaten to shoot it down. Then again I fly pretty high and don't bother anyone. Once my spark is 300ft or higher it cant be seen or even heard.
Great conversation Russ I think you did a great job bro people who don’t know about drones aggravate me very much lol also I noticed you don’t have any phantom related content or at least I couldn’t find any on your channel I’d like to see you do stuff with the p4
I had my first "shoot it out of the sky" threat 2 weeks after I started flying mine above my own 1.5 acre yard. I had done all the research, got the TRUST certificate, registered my drone, check to make sure there are no temporary no fly zones (B4Ufly) in our uncontrolled air space and so on. Since they brought a gun out and were acting irrational, screaming at me, would not talk to me rationally or allow me to show them the video which proves I never did fly directly over their house much less right over their deck as they claimed, etc.... I decided it was best to file an incident report in case it becomes a habit with them. Bad thing is the guy claims he knows FAA rules and used to be a pilot. The nice police officer said not to try to engage with them again if it happens but just to call them so they can educate the down-the-road neighbors about the law. The police officer also used the same analogy you did about the cars on the road.
Excellent video and very educational as well. As one who wants to buy a drone for grins and giggles, there is a HUGE body of information out there to wade through. Some good, some REALLY good and some, well, just plain old fashioned BS and it is hard to know what is what. After watching this video I subscribed and hope to be educated and learn enough to make an informed decision on what to buy, the best capabilities and features for my hard earned (albeit meager) dollars. Thank you for creating this video which is targeted towards those like myself. BRAVO! Overnout for now.
I'm a nature photographer and got a Mavic Pro to shoot videos of the areas I photograph wildlife to enhance the overall story. So that is what I tell people when asked. If asked about drone spying I explain that the cameras on most drone aren't that much better than the ones on cell phones so you'd have to be very close to actually spy. If the drone is that close you'll be able to hear it. I try to explain that most drone pilots are just try to take pretty pictures and video.
Thanks for the video.
no most people use drones to spy thats the reality of people
Most people try to take nice videos and pictures with drone, as said above, the reality of people is that most people that don't know about drones think that they are spying because of the news and the bad stories on there about drones.
I still get people thinking I'm spying with my freestyle quad, the public really needs some serious education on drones and anything rc related.
@@troymorelli916 nice pictures and video of your kids in the pool
if its line of site and has no camera im cool with it if its in the woods taking pictures of your truck or picnic area its cool
but neer someones house not cool in a crouded neighborhood not cool
i dont care what kind of camera they use my cell phone can take a picture of a licence plate at my neighbors house over a mile away with my cell phone
if your drone is in range of a shotgun its too close you would be lucky to kill a can at 300 ft letalone a drone well with in camera range if your drone is within 300 ft of my house its a goner try explaining that to the cops
@@jasondonavich2758 no one is gona role in to your back yard with a rc car with a camera mounted on it atleast i hope not but they will with drones
rc airplanes move to fast to spy and rc hilocopters are extremely hard to fly and exspensive and i personaly have never seen one with a camera on it
drones are sold as spy drones with decent cameras sold in toy stores with big letters spy drone my freind has one new in the box from cosco they got it to record motorcycle riding but never opened the box
drones arent the problem by them selfs but with cameras and being marketed as spydrones they became bad and encurage bad
Hi, just thought I would share. It’s more than just privacy. It’s security! I was flying my Magic Pro Platinum from a public road but above farm land. I was approached (very politely) by the farmer who introduced himself and asked me what I was doing. I was very polite and apologized for any disturbance I had caused and offered to leave immediately. What happened next was cool. We ended up chatting for two hours about life, the universe and everything. We swapped numbers and I offered to demo the drone to him another time. Anyway, the point of my comment, he told me that a BIG problem for rural communities is that criminals are now using drones to check locations of livestock, agricultural equipment and whether people are home or not. They are using drones to plan burglaries. This is not rhetoric! To be perfectly honest, if I owned a farm and me and my neighbors had been broken into, I would blast that drone out of the skies too. Lesson learned. Always introduce yourself to people where possible before and around their property. It’s just good manners and will avoid anyone getting upset.
Lol, Magic Pro Platinum! Ah you get the point.
yeah, like a drone flying around a neighborhood where it is passing multiple properties a second is one thing, if it is flying over a huge lot that is all private property, it does not belong there, parents had some people trespassing on their property looking in the woods and when my parents saw them they said they where looking for there drone they crashed.
area is heavily wooded, and all private, large 100 acre lots in the area so they definitely where up to no good, because they where trying to spy below the tree line if they ended up crashing.
if it is private property and you cannot see it from high up, and you cannot see it from the street, you should not be able to see it with a drone.
We as a community need more of these conversations, thank yo for the advise and I look forward to more videos
Thanks for sharing your perspective Russ. Having statistics to back up your points is a welcome addition to the discussion!
iHAVE WATCH YOU CHANNEL FOR QUITE AWHILE AND FIND IT EXTREMELY HELPFUL AND INFORMING. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
Hi Russ.
I use the mantra "if you can see the drone, your not the subject!"
What I mean by that is a drone is good way to get that wide shot, or the dramatic pull-back. So, is subject matter is normally nowhere near where the drone is!
Great topic. Now let me ask you a question. ATC at an airport can control the airspace up to 3000 ' and 5 miles out. Do a home owner owns the airspace around his house? I have no problem with drones flying over my house, majority of drones do not have the capabilities of zooming in and the only way to see my face is by hovering right next to me. So, my privacy in this case is not that important to me. But if it comes down in my area below the high of the roof, then I may have a problem with the drone and the operators intention. I have been thinking of buying a drone, but do to so many rules and people that do not understand drones + price, it has steer me away from buying one. Thanks for the info and a video well made!!!
There have been a few incidents of impact between a drone and a manned aircraft but none of them led to a loss of life or crash of those aircraft. One of the few incidents i am aware of is a drone and helicopter impact at the Baja offroad races which required the helicopter to land due to damage to the tail rotor. Helicopters and Drones are the ones most likely to be fighting for the same airspace.
So what about the ones that fly at night and seem to hover in one spot with red and white lights I live out in the country and see atleast 6 to 10 of them every night always in the same locations all night every night
I'd shoot it down
@@rockypacker9520 hopefully that lipo battery starts a huge wild fire !? that'll give you the Darwin award easy !
Our problem is that the news media will not support anything supporting drones, thus we only have a limited platform from which to educate our opposition. Thanks for your great programme.
News in general doesn't look for the good in anything because 'good' doesn't make headlines...
Tragic events are what news looks for and when that isn't happening they concentrate on other things that "uniformed people" are fearful of (even if/when it's feeding the people more mis-informing)...
I did a video on Waikiki a year ago of a fireworks display. When I finished, a large crowd circled around me. I asked them all to stand back as my Mavic Pro returned and descended to me. I had it hover about five feet off the ground and let everyone get a good look at it and my screen to show just how “dangerous” they were (NOT). Then sent a lot of pictures to onlookers. I ended up being a very good ambassador for the hobby that night.
Excellent! I've heard the threat several times when just mentioning my Air 2s. Some simply exposing them to what a drone is and the guidance/rules for operating them, satisfied their concerns. Predictably, there were those that only responded to the knowledge they could be prosecuted (besides...it's damage to property of another without concent) Federally, and, even some had to be shown a printed copy of it. This, like many of your other videos I've watched, was excellent.
I have a relative that hates drones just because I like them. It’s impossible to change the views of a hater.
whether they like a drone or not cause drone will be the future of humanity.
If I shoot it, they’ll never see it or me coming.
Hey, Russ! Great video and topic. I don't like to deal with people approaching me while I'm flying, but I've found that inviting them to look at the screen (iPad Mini, in my case), and seeing how little detail is present goes a long ways in reassuring them that you are not spying on them. A lot of times they take an interest after realizing my intentions are good. I also use a self-imposed minimum altitude of 150' AGL when flying over houses or neighborhoods (unless of course it's for a real estate shoot). If they mention shooting at my drone, I've found the phrase "Class A Felony" very effective.
Thanks again for all your contributions to our hobby.
Thanks Tim!
Hi Russ great videos, who has best dji air 2 package and price currently. You have the best connections! Thank You
I really appreciate the way you present information in your videos. There are a lot of videos with good info and poor delivery, or good delivery and just plain ol' poor info. Yours are the best of both worlds. Thanks for creating these for us all.
Really nicely done Russ. I think I'll print out a business card sized copy of those statistics, the By the Numbers one. Makes for some good food for thought that you can easily show someone. Thanks for posting this.
Another great video. I've had several friends who worry about privacy joke about shooting down drones. As I am building my drone services business, my drone flight is almost 100% about commercial work, and I explained to my friends that my flight is about generating revenue. "Invading" their privacy or anyone else's isn't in my interest, as there's no pay for that (yes joking around). When my drone hits the friendly skies it's about my job. Each of them understood and seemed a little more at ease about drones.
Recently I've taken on a new construction client. Their new project is a sizable community build out that butts up against another existing housing community. This past weekend I scouted the location, made a list of close neighbors, and will be notifying them before flying on my client's behalf. Their homes are already experiencing daily construction noise which will be going on for months. Rather that add "drones flying around their homes" as another concern I'm informing them up front about the flights and fact that the drone will not be focused on their properties.
It's not illegal if you get caught
I was flying around my neighborhood one day last year at about 150-200 feet. When I got done I checked the footage to see a man come out from around his garage and start cocking an old daisy BB gun. I can only assume he was trying to shoot at me. Since then I never hover in the same place for very long. Keep it moving cause a moving target is harder to hit!
wow, paranoid people,.....did you see in the real-time on the monitor when he was aiming at your drone ?
@@nia6849 I don't think its paranoid, It's knowing these people are idiots, they have no sense of intelligence when it comes to FAA rules. The footage I captured was on the fly, I did not see him while I was flying. Cocking as he is looking up in the air is all the proof I needed to make that conclusion.
I follow you and commend you for making this video. However there is still some question as to the FAA's authority over private property. A clear line has yet to be drawn and we only have Causby vs USA to go with. Is it 80ft or 500?. As the air space becomes more and more regulated, one of the last areas we might have the ability to fly freely over is our own private property. Keep up the great videos.
Great comment. The FAA and private property. If you fly a fixed wing aircraft (e.g. Cessna) over, on, within your private property. The FAA still has jurisdiction, and their regulations still apply. However, with a Drone. I honestly have no idea. We here in the U.S. have many "freedoms" but the Government can still do what they wish when determined to do so. All the best. Mitch
Discharging a firearm in the air is more dangerous than any drone...and discharging a firearm in many locales is illegal. However, on the TV show “LivePD” the showed a real police call in Nevada by. Man shooting at a drone. Law enforcement arrived on the initial complaint that a drone was spying on him. He told the cops who it was and they drove over. The drone pilot apologized but said he forgot to fly at a height (cant quote the elevation but I think it was 250ft) which he said Nevada had set to be “free” from “trespassing” below that height the drone would be trespassing. So they left and towards the end of the program they received another call that a man shot down the drone. The darn program ended so never got to see what happened. They were in the desert- I mean this was NOT downtown....but real remote. But the FAA has to do something about “trespassing” or every state will. This is getting worse as time moves forward. Florida State Park systems have adopted new rule...no aircraft may take off or land in a State Park, unless life-threatening situation occurs. I flew my drone in a park - no rules were identified on any brochure or park regulations online. The park ranger was very nice and asked me to not fly again. gain to be clear they disnt ban drones FLYING - just dont take off or land IN THE PARK. He told me they haven’t published/updated their rules as of yet.
You can fly OVER the park, but you can NOT be inside the parks as the rule stated I think...right?
Great video!!! You knocked it out of the park with those statistics!!! Thanks again for being so informative and getting the facts out.
Excellent video, I always appreciate your clear insights into some of these difficult topic.
One thing I would add as an important step towards educating the public, is to proactively communicate with people who are likely to be affected (especially neighbors) before you start flying in that area. I learned the hard way, being a bit naive when starting out. A few words of friendly notification to immediate neighbors not only gives them a better understanding of what is going on (you are not spying on them) but typically elicits positive responses. Keep these great posts coming!
Great point
Great video Russ, Ive been following you for just over a year and I really enjoy your content. A while back you did a video on hot days and battery performance. I was wondering if you could due one on density altitude / battery performance. ie: Hover time say 100' up and no wind on a high barometric pressure day and the same on a low barometric day. I had a few questions regarding density altitude on my part 107 test but I wonder if it really matters under 400' I'm going to try it in Maine where I live and see what happens. Fall is coming where we see great pressure swings. Anyway, just a thought. Cheers to you....
Not a bad idea, but I doubt anyone uses barometric pressure to determine a good time to fly. If they want to fly, they will fly. But now I'm interested. 😁
Russ, what do you think of the new DJI FPV drone?
Hi Russ. Saw you on tnl with Ken H. It was the most relaxed I've ever seen you. Probably because you were just talking to one person and not trying to reach everyone in an audience. Talk to one person at a time, even if the audience is huge. Always good info from you. Thanks.
Just feeling more comfortable in front of the camera. Just like everything, practice practice practice!
Quick point and question. Ok those same aircraft all of them have registration numbers and licensed operators, can the same be said of drones? Question is it not also a rule that any civilian drone must also be operated in whats called " line of site"? No I'm not a drone hater, I am very heavily into anything RC, but all of my flying is on club fields, cars, tanks and boats are on privet property. Nothing is ever on the street or sidewalks.
Russ, great video! You should ask your neighbors what they think about when Amazon delivers your prime products via drone which will happen in the very near future. Will they offer to shoot those down too? 😂😂 In all seriousness, I was at a very popular, Florida resort. I asked security if I could fly my drone to take pictures, not over any people, over a waterfall in a lake setting at around 7 am. I also provided my Part 107 certificate so he knew I was a licensed UAS operator. He said with a very serious face, no you can’t do that because of privacy issues. I said ok, I can respect that but I have only one question for you then. Why is it I can take my cell phone to the pool, like everyone else does, and take pictures and videos to my hearts content of anyone, and that’s not a privacy issue? His jaw dropped and responded that he had never even thought of that. See I wasn’t being smart in anyway. We chatted for a bit I showed him many images and a couple of short videos I took elsewhere and he made note that He couldn’t make out anyones face or even come close to making any specific traits on the persons in the pictures. Then I showed some photos I took at the pool the day prior. You can almost tell the color of the eyes on some. Moral is yes, the media is, as usual, placing fear and dishonesty of the topic to the general population. Has your neighbors ever looked onto a realtor website? They can see their home, with its market value (although not entirely accurate) right there. Have they ever wondered who took those pictures? Certainly wasn’t Russ from 51 Drones! Gee, I wonder which neighbor will be the first to make precedent in the courts for the rest of the commercial and rec industry. Keep up the great work!!!!
Google earth and Street View is another conversation entry point.
The media reactionaries are so thoughtless and greedy. They will make it impossible for their colleagues to use UASs in news coverage.
I cant read all of that
Love how informative your videos are. My neighbor shot at my mavic 2 with a shotgun. Hee didn't hit it as it was around 150 feet above ground level and moving. I called the police and he had a reckless indangerment charge reported because of it but I never pressed charges.
He discharged a firearm within city limits and they let him off? I find that very hard to believe.
@@cptcosmo no I live outside city limits. And in Alabama people shoot all the time around here.
Even though an older video it was excellent! Thanks Russ
GREAT VIDEO!! RUSS* again u bring content to ppl who dnt understand drones!! thank u !
This is an incredible topic and thank you for bringing it up! I think that the more education that is available is paramount. I’m not just looking at drones. I live within controlled air space, because of TIA. I would not fly in order to keep the manned aircraft safe! I want people to understand the restrictions that we have to fly within, and respect, to keep the airspace safe. Until earlier this month I would never have put my drone up around my house, because of restricted air space. All video has been done with other cameras, or my drone sitting on a table without props on. I now use LAANC and get permission before I fly any time close to the house, and mostly go up and do sunset and sunrise videos, and then return back straight down. I see people walking down the street as I am taking off or landing, and they may be questioning things, but have not been approached by them yet. I will educate them and show them the recordings so they can be comfortable and not feel intruded upon. As a person to educate them, show them what you are doing and explain why you are doing it, to be a real enthusiast! Make droning a good thing, and be aware that people can get offended, but do what you can to help them understand why you do what you do.
Does the drone have to be over the 250 gram weight limit to be considered a protected aircraft?
Never, ever fly a drone over private property without the express WRITTEN permission of the property owner; you'll save yourself a lot of trouble that way.
@@lectrician2 definite creeper.
I am so glad that you made this video! Thank you! I’ve always feared someone shooting at my drone as I live in a rural area in Alabama. I’ve thought for a long time that surely it was illegal because it’s an aircraft technically and I’m happy you showed the actual legal text. I have some ATF agents as my neighbors and I know he hates my drone even though I have never flown it over his property.
Yeah, so my paper airplane is also an aircraft.
You should see the paperwork that I had to fill out when I crashed it.
Good video Russ. We have the same issue in Canada with an uninformed public in regards to drones, except we don't have the "shooting down drones" thought process as much because guns are much less prevalent in Canada, but then again we still have the same percentage of gun Morons who ruin it for the responsible gun people. As soon as we convince people the world is not flat, man has landed on the moon, wearing a hat made of aluminum foil will not protect you from an alien invasion, then we can start convincing people that drone operators have no ill intent and it's just a fun hobby.
Ha!
Your last statement says it all. Thanks for bringing the clarity.
I've always been interested in drone flying but I had other priorities and now that I'm able to purchase a drone I've seen how much it's changed over the years and also the responsibility involve. Your videos have helped a lot. I'm thinking on purchasing the Mini 2 to get my feet wet. Fortunately I live next to a huge wash with an active railway so your videos are very informative. Thank you and I'm subscribed haha
Google earth and Street View is another conversation entry point.
Fact is, the outside of our homes are public and you have NO expectation of privacy, by law.
Steven Feil oh yeah! .. And the Webcam on your laptop/pc is more dangerous to your privacy.
@@ZXXpilot RIIIIIIGHT
Unless you build a massive dome tent thing, but why go through that trouble
@BOB SAGET If you are in your front yard you cannot be expected to have privacy. Think, sir. I can take a picture of your house ANY time I so choose. If you happen to be in your yard, you cannot stop me. I just cannot use it for profit.
@BOB SAGET You are wrong, but that is OK. Oh, by the way, if you purposely cause a crash of a federally regulated aircraft, that is.a FEDERAL FELONY.
Great topic, along with discussions on kites equipped with videos, small aircraft that land on water, emergency situations where law enforcement prohibits drones from helping out (see Florida hurricanes, Irma). Just a discussion can be helpful
The city of Houston is testing a new drone tracking technology that allows law enforcement to monitor all drone flights. The system has access to the FAA number as well as drone and control location and some flight data such as height, speed, direction, etc. All of this detail can be viewed on a map in real time and it is also logged for future action, if required. I was able to watch this technology during the 4th of July fireworks celebration downtown. It was pretty amazing technology and should be valuable for law enforcement in the future.
Question: @7:12 *BY THE NUMBERS* Since 1990 there have been 160,000 Wildlife Strikes, 14,314 of them being Bird Strikes. What in the heck are the other 145,686 Strikes from? Animals on the runway? Flying Pigs? Just curious. Thank you. All the best. Mitch
Lol. Flying pigs. Mostly deer, raccoons, other wildlife on the runway. Not sure what the threshold is. Like, do they count frogs? Ants? 😁
Outstanding, Russ! You are Spot On with this video. As always thanks for bringing this subject to the forefront and a transparent matter, well done!
Jus t keep it away from MY house and there wont be a problem..
shoot it in the right place , win a Darwin award for burning your own house down 🤣😂😆
Nobody cares about you or your stupid house.
Russ, great discussion topic as always. I was in Hawaii a few months ago flying my Mavic Air. I guy pulls up next to me and says "Hey, you know these guys will shoot your drone down out here". Don't know if he was speaking for himself or someone else. I just gave him a wave and smiled but it can be extremely frustrating as a drone enthusiast to deal with people on a regular basis who clearly dislike drones. You can get some great photos/videos with drones that you just can't get with a camera. A lot of people are positive and stop and ask questions but it just takes that 1 person to ruin the joy of flying. Keep up the great work! Things will really get crazy if they ever legalize droneguns (i.e MkIII)....
Aircraft primary structure and engines are tested to sustain a strike from a 2 kg chicken without major or uncontained failure. Recreational drones are below this weight.
Bird strikes causes expensive damages to the airlines and with exception of the Hudson A320 those bird strikes do not have a signigicant level of danger to commercial airliners.
Thank you for some much need information! The general public needs to be aware of the consequences if they shoot a drone down!
Always enjoy your informative and entertaining videos!
Thanks,
Phil
Kentucky
Good video!!!
There are misunderstandings...
We farm, that being said, we don't need people snooping around.
A few years ago, there was a kid flying a drone over one of our pastures. Something for everyone to keep in mind, animals don't necessarily like drones.. livestock, wild game, birds, dogs ..... They are not used to the sound or movement of drones. One of my daughters chased the poor kid down to find out what he was doing and explain the facts of Life to him. He was a nice kid, said he was practicing for an upcoming competition.. ok, he meant no harm, but... What if the cattle would have been in the pasture along the road??? It could have spooked them and caused some serious issues.
Hot air balloons have been a long standing issue.. we had some neighbors years ago, they ran a 500 cow dairy. Picture this... It's a quiet day, all is well, you're enjoying your corn silage and grain for breakfast... Then the sudden blast of the balloons burners!!!
It would be like you enjoying your corn flakes and coffee, when a tree suddenly falls on top of your house. You would freak out!!!
When 500 cows freak out, most of them will be hurt, or worse!
In the end, 200 cows were uninjured, 250 cows required medical treatments by veterinarians for up to two weeks... 50 cows died or had to be put down that day.... One irresponsible balloon pilot directly caused a quarter of a million dollars in damages... Plus about a quarter of a million dollars in lost income because the surviving cows did not milk for some time after.....
Bad timing or area when flying a drone, could very easily cause a similar situation......
Fly safe and responsible people!!!!
Don't give someone a reason to think you are spying on them...
Don't annoy them with the noise...
Causing issues, will only prompt stricter laws, or bans.
I can't imagine a car backfire causing that kind of problems??
Great Job Russ you tell it like it is! Thanks for your informative videos
If I'm going to ride my four-wheeler, I'm going to know where property lines are. I'm going to ride my horse, I'm going to know where property lines are. If I'm going to go on a hike, I'm going to know where property lines are. The same goes for flying a drone. Check your local laws. If a drone pilot has a drone over your property at less than 400 ft they are breaking the law. A drone pilot that flies a drone at less than 400 ft over my property is going to need to buy a new drone.
1st it's usually against the law for UAVs to fly OVER 400 ft ...
2nd you are breaking federal law if you shoot an aircraft out of the air, at any elevation ...
If it's my UAV, I will be submitting my flight paperwork and video of flight to the FAA for (hopefully) prosecution ...
@@timlubbers2884 last time I had a problem with a drone, the sheriff shot it down. He got my vote on reelection.
Russ, great video and good way to tell the story. Share this with all of your drone critics or the less informed.
Hey Russ could you put the link of the attorney you quoted? Great video, I've been approached 5 times in the last 6 weeks some people you just can't satisfy.
Steve J I think R missed adding that link. Here’s what an Internet search found for me.
jrupprechtlaw.com
Thanks Larry! It's there now!
what does the 51 stand for?
Couldn't locate that link for the attorney's drone related legal site...
Thomas Bray I found this via Internet searching.
jrupprechtlaw.com
Hello Russ, I saw your video and was very impressed about what we were told. We have the same problem in the Netherlands, except for the shooting ;-). Do you mind if I make your video message in Dutch?
Found your channel and absolutely love your content please please keep up the amazing work I always drop a like 👍🏼
Thank you!
Great video. I just had watched your video and two hours later was flying on a fairly deserted beach when a woman came out of her house and started yelling at me. She said I was video taping her house and what I was doing was illegal. I was not. I calmly explained I was in uncontrolled airspace and not looking at her house and showed her my screen. She was still incensed, saying what I was doing was creepy surveillance and the next time her husband would come out with his shotgun and shoot the drone down. I explained that's a Federal Offense but she was not deterred. I packed up and when on my way. Bottom line is; I think there are two reactions to a drone. Curiocity and anger, and not much in between.
Brilliant video Russ! There were a lot of good points to be be made there and you made a well thought out, documented and researched video. A subject that no one has thought about tackling yet👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻this will go a long way to helping the drone community be more understood and accepted by the general population!
Thanks brother!
A lot has to do with attitude and perception. I was once filming a friends house and property practicing for Real Estate videos. A neighbor came to the fence dividing the properties and asked if I was spying on him. This could have gone two ways. I could have had an attitude and basically told him to buzz off I'm not breaking any laws. Instead I walked over to the fence and politely told him what I was doing and showed on the screen that the drone can only see what's out front of it so even the one orbit that went over the edge of his property at about 100 feet never showed his property. At that point he was totally cool with it and said he may even look into buying a drone.
Now depending on where you are and the people involved you may get different results but this approach has worked with every encounter I have had with my drone. Plus like your analogy. I try to be the car that drives by instead of parking in the driveway and taking pictures.
i remember when they started putting cameras on a cell phones. everyone was so concerned about privacy and worried that anyone anywhere could be filming them...
i also fly rc air planes and quad copters (without cameras) and people assume that i am recording and filming everything
Have you ever order a drone from DJI and received this message from fedex? Shipment subject to anti-dumping/countervailing review. Held to pay duty?
No, but that doesn't sound good.
i think if drone is someplace that is not public property, and can safely be shot down (and i mean actually safely) which restricts it to rural area's then you should not be flying it there.
most things you cannot see from normal plane flying height, but if someone lands the plane you can charge them with trespassing, so someone being under that height with a drone should be able to get same charge.
I was hoping you had more information on airspace above your home. As a homeowner with a with many acres, and my nearest neighbor about a quarter mile away, my house is not visible from the road and due to the tree line a drone will be out of line of sight if it were say 100 ft above my home. One would think that of a drone is flying that low, you would have some rights and safely be able to shoot
Great video Russ. It's sad that almost every drone hater I've met all assumed that Drone owners are all peeping Tom's. You'd have to get super close to a persons house to get close enough to see let's say in a bedroom window. Just like any other prejudice people hate what they don't understand.
Also, it's amazing that people think we'd spend so much money on a drone just to spy on them. You're not that important, grow up.
Absolutely, all these people thinking drone pilots are perverts really cramps my style. All I want to do is just spy on my neighbors, and people have the nerve to tell me to point my camera at the mountains. #PervertsHaveRightsToo 😉
Being a RF engineer and a radio operator I have the ability to empty my immediate airspace of commercially sold drones with out firing a shot. So do not mistakenly think your drones data link is secure, it is not. It would look like RX fail, and what goes up, must come down.........oops
Now they have drones with lasers…… with effective ranges around 100 yards. Bad stuff
Very interesting topic and always a concern when flying in some areas.
Wow.... thank you Sir... very helpful and enducation topic...
I thoroughly enjoyed your video and information. Your right. A conversation with the person is better than threads. They are more receptive
Very well executed Russ.
Great job, Russ! Keep up the great work
I use my Mavic Air 2 for recreational use but recently I had to use it when someone asked to cut firewood and was told not to cut down trees to show that trees were cut down. Thus resulting in illegal logging activity. We're in the process of keeping people off our property. I don't fly very often, wish I could, because of conditions going on with COVID-19 and putting in hours at work. I come in when others can't. I would love to spend much time with my drone to create cinematic videos and learn about all it has to offer. I chose the Mavic Air 2 because of its sensors. It would be foolish to fly a drone around here in sport mode because of all the trees. In one of your recent videos about drone flight during an emergency, that's just common sense. But it's good to know. If I'm going to fly my drone over my neighbors property, as a courtesy I would let him know. The drone helps us to see who or what is on our property without us needing to get an ATV and check it out. With some of us getting older and less mobile we can use the drone to communicate and check out who is on our farms.
Excellent... going to share this with my Canadian friends. I hate it when I tell someone about my drone and the first thing that comes out of their mouth is spying. Ugg.
If someone shoots at or shoots down my drone. I will press charges and file a report with the FAA
Great video Russ! I tempted to say one of your most informative one yet... Thank you and keep up your great work
Hold you said it was legal to fly over someone property but later you said you could be in legal action which one
Most of the time all I get is people coming up to me interested in my drone, which is a spark. Asking how much it costs and where they can get one. They love seeing the video feed. I have yet to have someone threaten to shoot it down. Then again I fly pretty high and don't bother anyone. Once my spark is 300ft or higher it cant be seen or even heard.
I couldn’t find the attorneys link you said you would post
Aw crap! Forgot to add it! I'll do it in a bit!
jrupprechtlaw.com
Excellent thank you.
Excellent video, as always. Thanks for the education and sound advice
Excellent. I'm not going to research the facts you have presented. I'm just assuming you have already done so accurately. Thank you. Good work.
Well said - good perspective.
Great conversation Russ I think you did a great job bro people who don’t know about drones aggravate me very much lol also I noticed you don’t have any phantom related content or at least I couldn’t find any on your channel I’d like to see you do stuff with the p4
Fantastic video. Thank you for publishing this.
Not necessarily video related but wondered how you made the amazing intro for this video.
I dont cower and call authorities when a threat exists on my property. Sorry but I'm on 5 acres and nobody has any business out here
Great info as always, Thank you for taking the time and creating this content.
Another well presented and informative video from you, Russ. Many thanks! Cheers from Argentina!
My reading of the statue indicates protection only for "commercial" usage NOT recreational users.
good info
51 Drones thanks for sharing this with us, lots of great info thanks.
What if it is unlicensed and and acting dangerous
Great video Russ, good message.
I had my first "shoot it out of the sky" threat 2 weeks after I started flying mine above my own 1.5 acre yard. I had done all the research, got the TRUST certificate, registered my drone, check to make sure there are no temporary no fly zones (B4Ufly) in our uncontrolled air space and so on. Since they brought a gun out and were acting irrational, screaming at me, would not talk to me rationally or allow me to show them the video which proves I never did fly directly over their house much less right over their deck as they claimed, etc.... I decided it was best to file an incident report in case it becomes a habit with them. Bad thing is the guy claims he knows FAA rules and used to be a pilot. The nice police officer said not to try to engage with them again if it happens but just to call them so they can educate the down-the-road neighbors about the law. The police officer also used the same analogy you did about the cars on the road.
Thanks for sharing this information...happy flying!
As Always Very informative Russ. Thanks
Excellent video and very educational as well.
As one who wants to buy a drone for grins and giggles, there is a HUGE body of information out there to wade through. Some good, some REALLY good and some, well, just plain old fashioned BS and it is hard to know what is what.
After watching this video I subscribed and hope to be educated and learn enough to make an informed decision on what to buy, the best capabilities and features for my hard earned (albeit meager) dollars.
Thank you for creating this video which is targeted towards those like myself.
BRAVO!
Overnout for now.
Great Info thank you