Bought myself a drone and anorak

[First.officer]

Without entering the debate on fair/unfair, I'm guessing clareprop may well have been inferring that mis-identification of the offending(?) drone in question, as far as I'm aware the P4 is limited to a ALT MAX of 390ft (500ft with a little tweaking).

I suspect the drone in question would be of another variety - that said, am sure the more technically mined could perhaps 'tweak' the P4's firmware to allow increased altitudes to be reached (doubt 8,200ft for a p4 IMHO! no battery heating etc., etc.).....maybe not.....but of course, this doesn't detract from the fact if there was a drone at 8,200ft, without the relevant PfCO, RA and permission for CAS flight, and a reason to be there -

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I have a Phantom 3 Standard, Haven't flown it yet due to weather but have done my research as a PPL & Will be paying insurance before i venture out.

Hope this helps other responsible owners.

[ExRAFRadar]

Well I know what I am asking for next Xmas.

[Chuck Glider]

Perhaps there was high ground 500ft below at 7700ft AMSL.

[clareprop]

That seems unfair, Clare.

Trust me, it isn't.
Firstly, the Phantom 4 or 3 cannot fly at that altitude due to firmware restrictions. Secondly, to be able to tell the difference between a Phantom 4 or 3 (or probably any other drone) at 250 knots is impossible.

[Steve6443]

Originally Posted by airpolice

I thought my two photographs had already made that obvious to all.

At about 385 feet per second, I think he was moving away from it too fast to know what it was.

You forget the power of Google Glasses. He looked at it, Google glasses took a picture, sent it t'Internet thingy and hey presto, it showed him what it was, where he could buy it and which lawyer would be most useful in trying to avoid prosecution, should he indeed fly one illegally

[JW411]

PB: you're doing a great job. The teuchters are fair leapin' oot o' the burn.

[terry holloway]

Hands up then! You are breaking the rules! Was it you I missed at 3,000 ft?

[Big Pistons Forever]

I wonder what will take down the first airliner, the criminal morons targeting lasers or the criminal morons flying drones on the approach path to major airports ?

[dont overfil]

Originally Posted by terry holloway

Hands up then! You are breaking the rules! Was it you I missed at 3,000 ft?

Not unless you were in the Glens o' Angus or LA.

[S-Works]

I have a Phantom 4 Drone and its geofenced around airports. You have to positively over ride it to operate. Perhaps we should be looking at taking action against people who do so without good reason?

[piperboy84]

I have a Phantom 4 Drone and its geofenced around airports.

I wonder what the drone makers qualifier is for an "airport" Jepp or some other database?

[S-Works]

Good question....

[noflynomore]

its geofenced around airports. You have to positively over ride it to operate.

It seems rather naiive to imagine that this would have any effect whatsoever on a large proportion, if not a large majority of drone-buyers. No non-flying member of the public has any concept of airspace at all, it's as likely to work as locked door with a key in it stops you going outside.

[S-Works]

I think thats unduly harsh. All the drone operators that I know understand the reason for the geofencing and respect it. Its quite difficult to over ride so I would suggest that someone consciously over riding is opening them selves to punitive action if they are doing so without legitimate reason.

I am just in the process of gaining CAA approvals to operate drones commercially and to train on them. I think education is the key.

[spargazer]

This has got to be AAIB reportable,how do I do it? I went to the AAIB website and had no joy at all http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/bm-toy-helicopter-hit-boy-12459026#rlabs=2%20rt$sitewide%20p$16

[S-Works]

It's not AIB it will be an MOR.

[piperboy84]

Getting a bit silly reporting a kid getting a knock from his toy helicopter to the AAIB, would you run down to the cops or DVLA if he had taken a header over the handlebars of his push bike or called in DEFRA if his ferret had bitten him?

[spargazer]

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I noted that a bouncy castle once became airborne and the AAIB were all over the place. The AAIB (via trading standards) were also quick to clear out shops in the Manchester area of chinese lanterns

[piperboy84]

And they should, those damned Chinese lanterns are best staying in China, they're a fire hazard coming down in a open barn full of bales.