I think the question we all want to know: Is the park pulsejet friendly?

@RagTheNutsOff

7 жыл бұрын

Stay below the trees, it'll be fine (ish). Matt

@transgenerations

7 жыл бұрын

LMAO!!!

@hanelyp1

7 жыл бұрын

With pulse jets you'd be tempting trouble with any local noise ordinance.

@theboywithacamera2093

7 жыл бұрын

Can we fly them in parks in Australia?

@28russ

7 жыл бұрын

The boy with a camera Yes, I'm in vic and from what I understand it's perfectly legal as long as you're not with in 30m of people, roads or private property. And I'm pretty sure you can fly above tree level if you stay under 400ft Our club oval is only about 500m from the local hospital helipad and we have permission from the council to fly there but if we hadn't of asked I doubt anyone would have noticed anyway. Because it's not classed as a full time helipad it's legal to fly there as long as the heli is not taking off or landing anyway. The use of fpv gear is still a bit of a grey area but if you've got a spotter and your not annoying anyone then I doubt anyone will care. You can find all the laws on the casa website.

Gidday from Canada. Good on you Bruce. You not only have the drone worlds appreciation, but you finally up woke a municipal politician or two, not easy to do at the best of times. Keep up your fine work.

Great to see you out enjoy the fruits of your labor...good for you, Bruce!

Lol. So excited you forgot to mention the observer for FPV beside the camera. Well done Bruce. You have put tokoroa on the selestial map. Rod

Why, South Waikato District Council, did it take for you to be exposed as lying, arrogant, deceitful fools for you to finally realise what all other councils in New Zealand already knew. These parks aren't your personal property to be used as political leverage over others. They are the peoples amenities, you are only the caretakers. It's pretty damned disgusting when it takes being exposed by the media for you to behave in a rational fashion. You have quite a lot of damage control to your reputation to take care of now.

@Testpilottim

7 жыл бұрын

courierdude totaly agree p

@adrianryan1975

7 жыл бұрын

courierdude here here. well said

@antonyarnanova

7 жыл бұрын

About time..

This is great man. Well done

A fantastic day indeed. I'm really happy you're now able to legally enjoy what others do around NZ and most of the world. Good on ya! Let's hope folks take this hard won right seriously and obey the basic rules of safety and common decency.

Happy Days Bruce. Happy Flying

Great video. How refreshing.

Hahaha, the cops are like Meh.. we're not getting mixed up with this one!

Good stuff Bruce. I'm jealous. I recently obtained our councils laws on model aircraft and they are prohibited in my area just east of Brisbane. I have a feeling other councils allow models though so I will do some more research. Love your work.

Great Job Bruce. It makes me very happy when I see positive things for the RC community. HAPPY FLYING! I'm still wondering if the FAA, here in the US, is going to give us our registration money back. Not counting on it!

awesome stuff,

If you search for on google for "drones south waikato council" you get a document titled "Flying Unmanned Aircraft (Drones) on Council Land Policy" which lists a few council parks where drones can be flown. Strathmore Park isn't on that list so that document really needs to be updated by the council to reflect their current policy.

@xjet

7 жыл бұрын

I totally agree... and I have emailed them asking them to bring their bylaws and policies into line with their unequivocal statement via the media that there is "no rule" preventing people from flying drones in Tokoroa.

Glad to see the council allows flying in the park...

Bruce, I enjoy our content and appreciate what you do for the sUAV community. All best from the old country, Blighty.

(We have great level of control with theses Drones) Very clever Bruce, You tell em

Great video Bruce can't wait for all of us to do some fpv racing through the trees blooooooody brilliant mate!!!!!!!

Wow good flying that a quality camera and fpv set up

Well about time. Great flying xjet that's a clear and stable fpv. I didn't see a soul in that park. Even thou I'm in the middle of know where and have no homes people around this property I stay below the legal flight limit. That way my flights are not in question. Be sides no one around here cares if I fly and most people of the town up the road knows I fly drones as well. That cop gave a thumb's up wave by the looks of it. Maybe he is a drone hobbiest as well. Great info Xjet and excellent flying to. Thank you my friend.

Great video! Keep it up

I Must come down tokoroa and have a fly in that park .. Looks an awesome place too .. Great flight btw .. Seems you have very nice FPV setup too . I was wondering just what that setup is ? if i may ask ... Wish you well in 2018 .

Nice park you have down there. In wonder who keep up with all that tidy grass. It must be quite a job do go around all those trees and posts.

Wow. what a beautiful place to fly. I am sure many kids would love to experience if they get some encouragement . gets everyone out of the house and in a better mood sharing memorys together

Hi y'all...great video... here in UK we flew my Tundra in large local park.. got reported by public... parks dept turned up(looked like police)..they were well informed and checked we had insurance, we were 100mt from any people ..less than 400 ft high (estimated) nowhere near any airport ..result: we are allowed the fly on any public/council land in accordance with bmfa etc. rules. The gracious, well informed park warden asked to let his dept. know when we're flying so he can address any concerns or comments from members of the public...WELL DONE TORBAY COUNCIL PARKS DEPT. makes sticking to the laws so much more pleasant!!!! ... ps can you fly fixed wing in your park??

@FPVSteve

7 жыл бұрын

Great stuff, but you're not legally obliged to even have insurance so they didn't need to check for it.

@SpeccyMan

7 жыл бұрын

Not a legal obligation it is true but it makes good sense. As long as good old "common sense" is used there really shouldn't be a problem.

@patrickcol

7 жыл бұрын

You can fly in Bournemouth parks, they "welcome model aircraft" according to their website, they're still "unsure of drones' though

Is it ture that vtx signals can interfere with aircraft or control tower signals? Is that why we need to be so far from airports and why we're limited to 25mw? I think you mentioned it in another vid but I don't remember clearly.

In the US 400 feet is maximum height. I fly models and drones at Park near where I live big soccer field where you could possibly land a piper cub or ultralight. I fly only electric as I believe nitro would be too noisy as we have a lot of fishermen fishing the river that winds through the park and hikers on the trails. Sometimes folks stop and watch. That's a bonus.

What kind of antenna do you use there?

Is that only for multi rotors, or can you fly planes (drone is an aircraft without a pilot on board isn't it?) in the same parks below the tree level? I'm not sure how they are defining Drone in the US which has kept me from flying as I fly in open fields (I am not a club member). Thanks for the video.

What is the video set up???? no glitch !! very nice

Thanks for video. What if I fly near the hill/mountain, what "tree" use as maximal altitude mark? (day, I see the drone every time, not fly over people, restricted objects, over private territory or near airport or helipads. Forgot something?).

@courierdude7250

7 жыл бұрын

If you are confused, consult the airshare website for clarification of the rules applicable to shielded operations.

Fantastic Bruce!! I could sense the happiness in your voice at what you have fought hard for and achieved! Well done! You are rare in this world where there are so many Nanny states type and we need more people like you to stand up and be heard. An inspiration to us all.

Nice job, Bruce you old Rock'er.... :)

Awesome, video. At first when I heard u mention u can't fly above tree top, I thought what an a$$nite rule until u mentioned near airport and annoying helipads [unless there for hospital and or police (in USA they treat them the same as airport from drone law perspective- so that some pompa$$ executive can fly once a week).

Hi mate, I am enjoying watching you flying drone. I have a dji avata I'm allow to fly on park here in christchurch? Thanks.

@xjet

Жыл бұрын

You will have to contact the Christchurch Council to see if they allow flying in the parks and make sure that if the park is within 4Km of an airport or helipad (hospital?) that you fly no higher than the height of the surrounding trees.

Now that you have made flying at parks safe for babies and puppies, please up the safety factor of New Zealand public roads - wash your truck! lol Nicely done, Bruce.

BRUCE!! on the link you included in the description, theres a picture of you and it says, i quote "Bruce Simpson with his drones at the Tokoroa Airfield with his drones" hahaha

@xjet

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, most papers fired their proof readers over a year ago --you'd never know though eh? :-)

Go get 'em Bruce!

If you're not a passionate sailor as I once was you may not have noticed how drones were used to capture the victory of Team New Zealand over The Oracle sponsored US catamaran in the America's cup a few days ago in Bermuda. It made great TV for we enthusiasts and small MR aircraft were far less intrusive than full-size helicopters would have been. Very little air disturbance, for one thing. I have flown my indoor MR outside in very light winds but the problem I had was orientation when it got further away. It's a lot easier with fixed wing.

@xjet

7 жыл бұрын

Yes I did see that TNZ were attributing much of their advantage to the use of a drone and I did comment on this elsewhere. You're right about the intrusiveness and safety of these small unmanned craft when compared to manned helicopters or whatever. Sadly, the media and regulators still seem to think that drones are far more dangerous than manned aircraft -- well I doubt they really think this but it's clear that commercial pressures are forcing them to espouse that line.

I guess im moving to new Zealand now. fields like these are rare

Dear Bruce, The logic of the Tokaroa Town Council is one must fly beneath tree height in a public park and fly at no height limit at Tokaroa airport. Interesting.

*Trees are more fun than a runway!*

Bring the whole crew to fly at the park, flying fixed wing around the trees is so much fun!

Sounds like your persistence paid off Bruce - good job! Gee, if only we had a good, common sense rule (here in the States) that said we could fly below the level of the surrounding trees - then maybe I wouldn't have had to give up this hobby! I recently gave away all my "copter stuff" to someone who lives out in the country, in a much less populated area - where he can actually fly consistently within the FAA rules (even the more absurd ones). Back to ground RC vehicles for me, which no one cares if I drive in my own driveway every day!

@scottfirman

7 жыл бұрын

warp00009 What rules are you referring to? The FAA has no bite,you gave away all your stuff for nothing. You should have hung onto everything for a few more months. I am glad I refused to register myself for their illegal drone draft shit. I am such a rebel,lol. I do admit,it does allow states to go crazy on their own laws if they want to. The media is still the reason so much bad comes from owning a quad. That and that one bad apple,and there will always be one of those I fear.

@warp00009

7 жыл бұрын

Just cause you don't like the rules (and I don't either), doesn't mean you can legally ignore them - or if you do, be prepared to possibly pay thousands of dollars in fines - money that I sure don't have to waste for that purpose. Yeah, the media, the politicians, and the public don't understand this sport at all - but blowing off the rules simply makes you one of the "bad apples" in their eyes, and won't help improve anyone's perception of the sport.

Bravo Bruce

Hornets nest time again :) I love it.

Haha good on ya m8 , I bet that flight felt good ;)

ONYA BRUCE👍👍 a win for the little guy...tread wearily though mate, they only said to the press that children could fly...not you😆

@AntsPlants

7 жыл бұрын

James Ellis bald children!!

@jamesellis5445

7 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah lol...you're talkn about that big kid with the orange hat...what's his name ??...Little Brucey Simpson...with his drones at Tokoroa Airfield with his drones...(check photo 2 in article)😆 I tell ya Bruce the press did you no favours there mate🔥 essentially it appears like the council is driving this idea and making out your obstructive to it...bloody typical BS you deal with, the tricks used to mask real issues the Council may have... ...but we in the Tube know better though...don't we ?

@bulwinkle

7 жыл бұрын

James Ellis We are all somebody's child, no matter how old you are.

@wesbrackmanthercenthusiast4695

7 жыл бұрын

argument invalid we're all God's children 😉lol

@bulwinkle

7 жыл бұрын

Wes Brackman the RC enthusiast Some may not agree. You shouldn't make assumptions.

love the click bait first image of the cops!!! Nice simple informative video for Waipa residents...

Wow, good to see common sense has prevailed!! Awesome news Bruce

Can we fly a drone above sky tower Auckland for travel video footage? Also do we need a Drone license to fly a drone for photography hobby or travel video making?I am new to New Zealand and have some confusions regarding the drone rules and regulations. I m going to fly my fist drone and need some information.

@xjet

5 жыл бұрын

You don't need a drone license to fly in many places but Central Auckland is a no-fly area I'm afraid. I did a video on the CAA regulations: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nHZ-pNNppMW6e7A.html

Bully for you Bruce!

Just seen this video, has this changed now its 2020 in Sept?

@xjet

3 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/k4yt2cR9ka6yg5c.html

Such a rebel.

Bruce your the man !!! lol

Can you fly above the trees in orher area away from airports ?? Flying that low isn't as much fun as ripping up to 400'. They're very restrictive there ?

Go Bruce, your the man.

really, Bruce and the local council on the same page for once, have i died and gone to fpv heaven ?

Haha " Neck Minit " they change there minds again......

@xjet

7 жыл бұрын

The wonderful about dealing with people who put their pride ahead of their civic duties is that they will not want the shame of being seen to have told bold-faced lies to the public.

Good on you Bruce. Keep the pressure on. If you don't keep them honest and sensible we will all have to carry a red flag in front of our craft. Didn't they do that with cars some time ago?

What acts ofparliment manages drone laws?

go yourself Bruce nice stuff hope you enjoy yourself ;-)

Victory!

I have noticed a marked reduction in all the hysterics regarding multi rotors. I hate calling them drones. Keep up your good work of educating the ignorant Bruce.

You aren't in trouble. You are on the board of the rules committee

So i take it that they're planning to chop down all the trees like all good councils do

Well you made it into the paper!could not even see a kid flying a bug on a string, oh no thats animal rights sorry, Kites under the treeline mind you, by the way your frikkin pick up in the background was wavin its tyre yelling I want Some paint! Haha.

Can I fly fpv in Christchurch if so where and do you know of any free clubs

@xjet

4 жыл бұрын

I don't know about "free" clubs, most have some kind of membership charge that also provides insurance. Have you checked out the Rotorcross NZ facebook page?

@MonkeyMaster1707

4 жыл бұрын

@@xjet I'll check it out thanks!

nice park

why is your omni aimed horizontally?

@xjet

7 жыл бұрын

Because the omni has a null-point (area of very weak reception) directly over the center of the four lobes. By aiming the omni in the same direction as the helical you get much better all-round coverage because when the craft is flying directly in front the helical will provide a strong signal to fill in the null from the omni and when the craft is to the side or above the direction of the helical then the omni will provide the coverage. Simple eh? :-)

@heggy_fpv

7 жыл бұрын

Smart and simple =)

why did they act as if there was never a rule?

@xjet

7 жыл бұрын

Because these people did not want to have to admit that they are the only town in the world that expects a 6-year-old kid to have a CAA-recognised certification and a permit from council before they can play with their tiny plastic flying toy in the town's deserted parks. To admit this would have proven to the world that they were idiots -- so the only alternative they really had was to say "what rules? there are no rules" and now that it's a matter of public record they will be powerless to prosecute anyone without being shown to be idiots *AND* liars. I certainly hope that the era of petulance and intransigence that has prevailed in respect to such things at the local council over the past few years has now passed and we can instead congratulate them on their change of heart.

Could it be someone at the council lied to the press ??? Surely not, not in NZ .

@xjet

7 жыл бұрын

Of course they lied to the press... they also lied when they said that I could have trained people at the airfield by NOTAMing it. Hell, I just got through explaining to the council that DJI's GEO system makes it impossible to fly from a listed airfield -- regardless of whether it's NOTAMed or not. They knew that -- but they still chose to lie about it to the media. They also lied about the fact that my offer to lease the airfield would have affected other users because I told them (and I have a recording of this) that all existing community users would still be able to use it and that in fact, they would be encouraged to use it even more. Lies, lies lies. This will be highlighted in my documentary video. This council has already shown itself to be devious, disingenuous and utterly dishonest. I wish they'd just start acting like grown-up, rational, reasonable people and stop digging -- but they keep making things worse for themselves by compounding lie upon lie.

@courierdude7250

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, and we all have evidence of that lying. This isn't over.

@Paulman50

7 жыл бұрын

Might be bailing Bruce out of jail next week.

@courierdude7250

7 жыл бұрын

Why?

@xjet

7 жыл бұрын

Actually, the way that public sentiment over a number of issues (including this one) is boiling up around here right now, it could bet the council who are begging to be locked up so as to avoid the lynch mob :-)

Bruce, what privacy are you talking? We don't have such today...

1st micro quad: Emax Babyhawk, not much punch... try an Aurora 100

Yea

I can see why they wanted to ban drones at the park, there are so many people using the park I can't see how you had room to fly at all.

i fly my trex800 @2200rpm hardcore 3d at anypark i choose ,seems to empty the park pretty quick

Goody two shoes af

Should have checked the rules to start with..

@xjet

7 жыл бұрын

I did. There was a bylaw and a policy which prevented kids from flying their drones in the park so this is obviously a 100% about-face by the council.

Here in Toronto you are not allowed to g fly any air craft of any sort including kites in a municipal park. Canadian drone laws also prohibit flying aywhere there might be animals, people, livestock or fish. Proximity (75m) to buildings is a concern as well.

@xjet

7 жыл бұрын

Nope, those rules have changed somewhat for craft under 1Kg... see my last VLOG on that.

Interesting that there is ABSOLUTELY nobody there excepr your good selves! Does nobody play football in Tokoroa?

Seems dumb for the local regs that make you keep below the level of the trees? why not just spec a maximum altitude? as flying low with a racing drone in particular presents more of a risk to the public, little kid near me was blinded in one eye by someone flying a racing drone low to the ground.

man wish this was true in denmark :/ man the drone rules we have... funny thing. they are not even new. been so for 20 years. ever sins rc planes was able to fly remotely we have had stright rules. like 100 meters above ground is rc space. 400 meters away from any city. 200 meters away from the nearest house. 1 km away from windmills, power line even phone towers?! 5 km away from a airfield and 7 km away from the nearest military airbase.... :( so no park flying here. :(

Nice park! Are you going to fly a plane there? Race Wing anyone?

Ah you cam to intermediate and taught us about drones the we got to watch it fly from the done so view

Where is Ron I want to see Ron :)

Blatantly sedate

fuck the regulations bro

Bruce I think you are making too many big things about flying these drones,just get on and fly them ! sometimes we can make the authorities too aware and then they try and warrant their jobs by making too many rules for us lesser mortals,just fly these critters but not that one its too noisy and sounds like a load of wasps,anyway fly at the airfield its far more interesting,love the videos and your dedication sir.

@xjet

7 жыл бұрын

The problem is that, due to the rules and regs, it's nigh on impossible to just "get on and fly them". The only place we have had where we could legally fly was the airfield and flying a miniquad over flat tarmac gets pretty boring. I love flying proximity and to do that you need trees and other objects to fly around. Then there's the rights of the people in this town. Since the newspaper article was published I've had a couple of dozen people contact me to ask more about how they can get a drone and half a dozen or so who have drones but were afraid to fly them. I'm all about supporting the hobby and sometimes that means you have to deal with the alligators in suits who try to tell us how to run our lives.

The peaple have the say Counsil not you sorry about time you let all those kids fly there xmas presents drones in the park .

@shckltnebay

7 жыл бұрын

HELICOOLR22 try English next time lol

gee I should know better ....... with a Masters degree in English

holy shit man do they make you tie your balls to your leg while you fly too?

does an officer have to be present to count the sheets of toilet paper used when you wipe your ass? I'm so tired of over regulation of every part of our lives. We deserve better from the ones that we electric to speak for us. I do believe they have forgotten their place. They work for us. We don't live to serve them... just my thoughts on the subject.

Open that race drone up, blow the carbon out.

Damn, this is some boring shit :D Tokoroa needs better work stories, Guy flys quad in park doesnt cut it! Come along to some events and see what actually happens in NZ Bruce!

@xjet

7 жыл бұрын

Come on Jacko... how can we get new drone racers coming out of Tokoroa if the damned kids can't even fly their toys in the park to get a taste for it? Besides... I'm no racer... I'm Team Nana mate! :-)

wow, Click bait much ??? Thats fucking dirty.

@xjet

7 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry... did you watch the video? The police's "thumbs-up" was an important part of the video. What were you expecting -- a shootout?

@dunnodoyou5666

7 жыл бұрын

I expected some kind of interaction. Hardly worth the title

Harrumph, "didn't irritate anybody", that venal buzzing like a wasps-nest in a tin can irritated me, and I was just watching the video. Have you not got one of these toys that makes that nice put-put sound? Can you not imagine that a park full of kids (large and small ) playing with these things is going to be like a festival of running fingernails across blackboards, only fun for the hearing impaired. /harrumph

@Desrtfox71

7 жыл бұрын

Some of us are annoyed by the screeching sound of children yelling at each other in the park. What's your point? I assume you were being sarcastic of course.

@jameskeating6626

7 жыл бұрын

+Desrtfox71 What's my point?, Harrumph doesn't need a point, although a grain of truth might help, harrumph is essentially self-justifying, /harrumph.

xjet. you are such a troublesome person. Obedience is the key to order and the key to your being able to fly drones. See how your fellows have accepted the training and the submission to the authority and how happy they are flying their drones and doing what they are told. You have no right to not be obedient to the council. The council is authority and you must obey.

@xjet

7 жыл бұрын

Hogwash. It is the right and responsibility of every man, woman and child to stand up to those who choose to abuse their power in a way that disadvantages the innocent. That is what was happening here. People (presumably like yourself) who never complain and always follow orders without question are what cults and military despots thrive on.

@1101nz

7 жыл бұрын

JB : Thats not the reality of RC in NZ

@audiogek

7 жыл бұрын

I'm guessing Jim Bronaugh is joking Bruce, read it again, especially the last sentence can't be serious. Right Jim?

@jimbronaugh

7 жыл бұрын

I forgot my lol? My comment was nasty, smarmy and inappropriate, but not half so much as what is coming down the pike for you if you don't push back.