Video Drone Almost Hits Skier

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By iggy on Dec 23, 2015 at 10:45 PM
  1. iggy

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    Bad news about rc aircrafts in the public again

    A TV drone crashed just a split second behind a skier at the FIS world cup in Italy. Not to imagine what have happened if it had injured him.. You find a Video in the link bellow:

    http://www.20min.ch/sport/ski/story/-Drohnen-wird-es-nicht-mehr-geben--23939915

    Lets discuss how drone crashes could cast a bad clould over our sport.

    First I want to say that I dont like drones. The reason is that they are sold to everyone and those people dont mind that they dont have any rc flight experiences. They think ok - I can afford it and I got to do so. In most cases its right for sure, but the risk of incidents is higher than in our sport. Why? They just start flying in the neighborhood or at a local park, taking pictures or videos and thats again a violation of privacy.

    We rc helicopter pilots, most of us, are respecting our aircrafts more! We use the sim to practice, flying in clubs or somewhere where is nobody because we know that it dangerous. Ok, a heli might be more dangerous than a drone but we know and we are not playing around.

    That TV drone was probably flown by a experienced pilot, but in the end it crashed near somebody. There were fans all around the track and it wasnt a small one. It happened in public.

    Could such incidendts lead ban of rc aircrafts in remote future? Will we have to get a flight license somewhen? What do you think?
     
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    1. Mark Mickels

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      They should not have been flying over people. I just registered with the FAA, fat chance that it will do anything to stop rogue pilots. I don't care for multi-rotors, but that is my personal taste. Unfortunately we get lumped in with the "drone" crowd.
       
      Mark Mickels, Dec 25, 2015
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      I saw that on national news. That was a near disaster if I ever saw one. The way that drone shattered into hundreds of peices was worth @Crash Heligod's approval I'm sure..... that is, if He didn't cause it in the first place.
       
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      I dont think the bone is interessted in multirotors.. Must be funnier to hunt some faster aircrafts! LoL

      Would like to know what caused the crash. I dont think that some greenhorns work for TV..
       
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      Right..... I suspect power loss. I assume a drone like that would have throttle failsafe if signal was lost.
       
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      So from what I hear it was a TV drone so it would have been approved to fly there and would have been flying by an approved registered pilot... The way it dropped I would say a catastrophic failure... It feel it didn't crash...
       
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      I hunt them fast and i hunt them slow @iggy. All the same to me!
       
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      Yeah it was approved for sure. In Italy its still allowed to fly on events with much spectators. In Switzerland and Austria its forbidden.

      It could be the lipos as well regarding to the cold temperatures there. If they havent been heated before flight, they could have lost power/capacity.

      It looked to me like it came down with none or just a small rpm on the propellers, came down pretty fast..
       
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      Merry Crashmas. :p
       
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      Finally - someone who has the right chrashmas spirit!!!
       
      Crash Heligod, Dec 28, 2015
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      No, Merry Crashmas meant that the above video was someone's little gift to you, and a little joke on my part. Don't let it go to your hea........... skull.
       
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