This reminds me of local law enforcement that took credit for less deaths and crashes over the Super Bowl weekend due to increased enforcement, but no credit to safer drivers who decided not to drink and drive and just didn't want to die..

Omfg Bruce, that secret footage from the FAA 😂😂😂

Who got reprimanded for sticking a door in a hole on the side of a huge jet, not bolting it in and then flying it around over buildings and cars and people. What could possibly go wrong?

@ThreenaddiesRexMegistus

4 ай бұрын

But at least Boeing is still applying woke values in the workplace, and that’s what really matters! Much better than retaining skilled and experienced inspectors and diversity hires add more value to the business.

This is all outta control and I mean EVERYTHING! Free men don’t ask permission

@obsculor

4 ай бұрын

Free? Even death isn't free and don't you dare will to be buried somewhere in nature, you'll be fined to hell, since some corporation might dig you up while implementing the next "water generating plumbing" or "coal extraction falicity", coal is bad for nature after all... isn't it!... so they need to "remove" it all at some point

@WR3ND

4 ай бұрын

People aren't all that free, but they're told they are. Perhaps even worse, they are made to be dependent to their own detriment. For example, the average human brain size has actually been significantly shrinking since the advent of human civilization. People don't talk about things like this I think because they have fragile egos stacked up like cards.

@LovesM855A1

4 ай бұрын

@@WR3ND that is so true and often when Ive ventured out in the jungle (public) I do believe the brain size thing and think some peoples have shrunk faster then others! We def have went backwards as technology has taken over and these tyrannical freaks have regulated everything into the dirt!

I can’t find a single thing in your monologue to disagree with, especially your points on true and objective identification of risk, and on proportionality of penalties. Without those factors being accepted as rational and just, no law can ultimately be successful, however draconian. In a democracy the legal construct is a two-way street, requiring both sensible application and the agreement of the majority for legislation to remain effective. Good onya, Bruce. Keep on battering them with rationality, it’s a valuable counterpoint to all of the bs about the hobby.

Spot 0n, Exjet. The fine should fit the crime, and in this case, not even close. Keep a close eye on those FAA employees. Shady looking characters there!

Spot on. Bruce. the FAA is a bureaucratic waste of space.

@rjung_ch

4 ай бұрын

Before the early 80s the FAA did a good job, then Reagan fired all the traffic controllers and the fall started. Going after those who do the work, insane. Reagan was a huge failure, look what else he messed up, him and the hag Thatcher. We are still feeling their mess ups from those days.

@pplusbthrust

4 ай бұрын

The American taxpayer has flooded the government with so much cash they can't even figure enough way to spread it around. The faa has announced they must have run out of qualified job applicants because they are going to be hiring those with limited capacity and of course from the lgbtq bunch. You can't make up fast enough.

👍Bruce I miss the airfield so much😡

@xjet

4 ай бұрын

I heard yesterday that it may be for sale in the not too distant future.

100% support your veiw and thoughts XJet ! Rock and happy flying 😉😎

100 percent agree, Bruce

Brian, you are 100 percent right. The FAA should be concerned with doors and wheels falling off manned aircraft and leave the RC modeling community alone!!

Great video Bruce.

Very informative to eavesdrop on the high level meeting, very 007 of you sir.

Loved the FAA conference room 3 skit or was it real 🤔 😂

If the rules that the faa made are the reason for no deaths. Then The same rules need to be applied GA and Commercial industry. That industry is killing every year.

@bigdatapimp

4 ай бұрын

Every day... GA kills an average of 1+ person every single day, every year.

Thank you for caring

Reminds me of the early days of radio in the late 20's and early 30's. People back then were home crafting very low power single tube radios and transmitters for fun. The government decided everyone with a transmitter needed a license. You could be living in the sticks 20 miles from the nearest person yet you still needed a license to operate your transmitter that could only transmit across the room. It made as much sense as today's regulations.

@JohnSmith-yv6eq

4 ай бұрын

It circumvented phone lines/radio stations i.e. communication ....which was all tied up with huge companies.... Can't have any "little people" dodging taxes/costs

Love the footage, and technicolor curtains..

Great video and excellent insight; keep up the good work man!

Unbelievable. He has not hurt anyone or any property. Those fees are nonsense. I believe all drone pilots should back him up even if he does break rules sometimes because that could be any of us getting reprimanded over spies watching our drone posts online. A country where we can purchase guns but can't enjoy flying a little toy around without hurting anyone. It seems the faa secretly kept records on him knowing he'd keep breaking their rules without him knowing he's being watched by authorities and hit him with a ton of infractions and this massive fine. That's unjust

@coreyman00

4 ай бұрын

do you even know what he as done? The list goes on, DiCiurcio is flying during a “PRESIDENTIAL NFZ” On January 3, 2022, a citizen reported that DiCiurcio was “[f]lying over hundreds of people assembled for the Mummers Parade. ” A January 31, 2022 email reports DiCiurcio “city flying, hovering over heavy fast traffic … never has it in line of sign[sic]. At other times, DiCiurcio is seen flying over people on a rooftop restaurant (June 7, 2022), flying over fireworks displays (July 5, 2022), buzzing houses and wires flying over people and traffic and crashing the drone (October 20, 2022), and crashing into a building on Broad Street (January 7, 2023). On June 29, 2023, another citizen reports: “This flight was directly over people and moving vehicles, and well out of visual line of sight.” On March 11, 2021, DiCiurcio posted a video onto his KZread channel depicting a sUAS flying toward a flock of geese, cutting through and splitting up the flock. On January 12, 2022, a citizen reported the same type of conduct: “flying like a maniac along the river and into Camden and also chasing and disturbing birds.” On February 23, 2022, DiCiurcio reportedly hit a bird with the drone while flying over a shopping center. These are just some of the complaints forwarded to the FAA about DiCiurcio’s operating sUAS; copies are attached to the Downey Declaration ⁋⁋ 14-25, 30 Inspector Bauer and Safety Technician Downey viewed all the videos posted to DiCiurcio’s KZread channel beginning in March 2021, after DiCiurcio had been counseled, warned, and notified that he was subject to a penalty. Notably, these more recent postings were edited, no longer livestreamed. Before posting, DiCiurcio edited out the data and flight information displayed to the sUAS operator while flying - the information that tells the operator such things as whether the sUAS is about to exceed the permitted altitude, the sUAS speed, the GPS coordinates, and the date of the flight. DiCiurcio also edited the explicit written warnings that appear on the display during flight telling the operator that the sUAS is about to exceed the permitted altitude, and other data that indicate hazardous or impermissible flight conditions. The operator must then affirmatively click a button on the display to accept or reject the warning before the sUAS will continue to fly. But DiCiurcio no longer livestreamed videos, so viewers could no longer see the date of the flight, the in-flight data, or the warnings that came up on the display during his flights. Downey Dec. ⁋⁋ 9-11.

Great point Bruce! Keep up the good fight! Cheers!

I live in Philly I used to log into his channel when he started flying recklessly I stop messing it up for those who fly by the rules

@MavericksDrone

4 ай бұрын

And you never fly BVLOS??....joker.

Feels so good to hear you speak out your heart. The French guy I am agrees 100% with you.

I think your spot on Bruce! Well said 👏

Have you seen that guy fly?...ridiculous flying over people with zero skills to back it up

Spot on Bruce! Like everything today all about control nothing to do with safety.

Well said as usual XJet - certainly wouldn't be surprised if the old distraction tactic was being used.

For a moment, I thought I was watching Camera Conspiracies.

@airadaimagery692

4 ай бұрын

Lol! It was an excellent performance. Very appropriate.

Totally agree. Easy place for regulators flex their position of control and in turn their penalties are also outrageous. What has our common sense turned into (greed, power, no trust, not fair, superior…) 😵‍💫 Regulators feel the need to outwit their clients and when their rules don’t improve the situation they add more and more rules where in fact if a different direction had been selected thing may/could/would turn better and with less resistance with more understanding

Thank you for being a responsible risk assessment FPV character. X😂

No truer words spoken. and your exactly correct. once remote ID is enforced, unfortunately they will make more examples. take care and keep fighting the good fight.

I'm glad you heard about the door plug blowing out in flight on a Boeing 737 max 8.I was wondering if you heard about it when it happened.Im glad you heard about it.Its unbelievable and it's worse than that.They even found loose bolts on the vertical stabilizer and rudder linkages.

I do love those curtains especially after 4:20! Great video FBI footage was epic and as I suspected:)

PhillyDroneLife certainly looks like there is some irresponsible stuff going on and blatantly flouting rules that actually do make some sense. Even if he is faking what his is doing, he is encouraging others to do dumb things and that helps to bugger things up for the rest of us even more. He looks like he needs pulling in to line over his flying. The fine is dumb, just hit him with something that makes more sense. I fly within the sensible rules and ignore the rest so I'm not for over-regulation.

Brilliant, Bruce! Great point that, unfortunately, will not be seen or understood by anyone at the FAA. This is why I renamed my channel and focus.

The most impressive part of this whole video is that Bruce managed to fly that little quad all the way from NZ to the United States, all while not being detected! But seriously, Bruce nailed it as always. Well done sir!

your all good mate, keep up the good fight.

now... Bruce, what everyone really wants to know is..... does the carpet match the drapes? ;) thanks for the vid mate :D

@lindsayheyes925

4 ай бұрын

I hope not. Is xjet colour-blind, or did his Mum get a knitting machine as a Christmas present in about 1970?

@FireMikeFPV

4 ай бұрын

That's weird

@prussiaaero1802

4 ай бұрын

Drapes ordered from Woodstock. Groovy.

As Phillydronelife, Mikey is a comedy talent who should be doing stand-up. As Sillydronelife, Mikey was warned, and he's in self-destruct mode who should be doing "bird" according to many. What Mikey does in Philly will go into the databases of every Aviation Authority - and result in tighter legislation around the world.

They will make a sample out of him

@JustInvertedFpv

4 ай бұрын

After they sample him are they going to put out a remix?

I love your presentations!

Thanks for making this, while i dont agree with all of his flights 200k is insane to fine any one person for playing with an adult toy.

Bwahahaaa! Luv the camera conspiracy skit Bruce! Excellent performance! And you’re spot on with everything said!

Your satire is on point Bruce. Start a go fund me for us to help Mikey out. The FAA can come get me bc I'm not doing any of that shit unless I ever do 107 work.

I feel like the drone warfare we see today is why the FAA is terrified of these tiny quads

@SiNFPVGUAM

4 ай бұрын

The FAA isn't terrified... the FAA is reacting to complaints... they want people to stfu so they can make their money in peace.

The market regulates itself just fine. No need for centralized regulation.

Honestly PDL would definitely not get in trouble if he didn't post such flying on social media. That is far bigger infringement than his flying plastic drone over city. I mean these DJI drones became so advanced during past few years, that you literally have to be dumb to crash. With all the avoidance sensors, GPS, auto-land features, its rare that camera drone drops straight out of sky like in early 2015 "phantom" days. If someone feels comfortable to fly drone over populated city and is confident enough, can just do it anytime. High chance is that nobody would know. If PDL didn't post/stream, most likely nobody would even notice he was flying, let alone how high or far he has flown. Just look what happened with Trevor Jacobs plane crash drama. He got in trouble with FAA because of posting too. What he did was dumb anyhow. His motive was to make stunt video for clicks and 💲. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. And lets not forget LR flight that got Wezley in trouble... In my opinion very safe, well planned and coordinated flight. Im not condoning to "do dumb stuff with drones, just don't post it". But breaking unreasonable regulations safely and keeping videos for urself is ok imo. Some drone pilots are breaking rules going over 400ft, some flying over city's, some flying long range. Pretty sure a lot of us hobbyists did some of these "violations" in the past safely, some hobbyists plan to do some of these in future, some do such flying daily. But most people are not that dumb to post proof of their own violations. It will be interesting to see how PDL case will turn out. 182K seems out of touch. FAA lost the plot, should focus on Boeing. Part 107 or recreational, flying over city makes no different risk profile for both. Seems like regulations are money making schemes. Money first, safety last... Concerning thing about hobby is that there are less and less YT creators posting videos of safe and responsible FPV flying due to chances of getting caught into aviation agency's eyes for flying in the middle of e'ffing no where (often grassy fields with trees) breaking unreasonable VLOS rules or BS rules like flying with expired license or breaking ridiculous overregulation like RID. I have feeling there are a lot of young FPV pilots, who would want to become content creators to share the joy of flight, but tend to keep videos for themselves (including me) because those risks/chances. Just having feeling to receive mail or call some day isn't worth it imo.

I think they should give Mikey His own talk show...and pay him for all his beautiful shots of Philly...that most people would never see if it wasnt for him.. hes a good pilot..he not hovering over people or cars he is flying by them..and for the most part he is flying under the 107 rules even through he is just a hobbyist..he is great flyer and its all just for show and he edits just to make things seem more exciting...Keep up the good work Mikey...And think you bruce for all you do..

As long as a person can fly without violating the life, liberty and/ or property of another person, what's the problem?

Fantastic Bruce!

very good vid there bruce, especially skit, the trip to the headquarters to see.

I used ro fly at sunset park in Las Vegas which is directly across the street from McCarran international in Vegas Without ever having a word said to me by anyone, no property damaged and no one ever got hurt as a result.

Look at our fearless leader in the US. Enough said.

Best curtains in FPV!

I couldn't agree more with everything you say, all these rules from various regulators, land owners etc are all thought up by some lazy jobsworth sat behind a desk with no clue about consumer drones. I would love to know where you got the info about the police causing more accidents something that really doesn't surprise me and can see it happening here in the UK now more and more of our police are using them. Great video!

I think a lot of drone owners are out ot touch also. The proliferation and potential threat drones pose is real, and if not controlled could get out of control real fast. Even with regulations, flyers are breaking the laws daily, flying in controlled air space, flying above 400', guy's flying out of los. I recently saw a video of s drone flying almost 60 miles from controller, which is awesome but highly illegal. Guy's like the philly flyer only bring more scrutiny to other uav pilots

You’re 100% correct X! 👍

That last bit with the Terminator was funny.

'We've lost both engines,' pilot said before private jet crashed onto Florida interstate, killing two. Feb 10, 2024. But my drone is really dangerous if I fly it off my boat. I could do what lose it in the ocean. I flew my drone all around this harbor down here in Spain.I haven't had anybody bother me. One restaurant owner asked me to take pictures of his restaurant with a drone. Other people have asked me to video their boats.

Well said. I agree, It's all about control.

Where was this energy regarding Casey Neistat? Very inconsistent.

Keep up the great vids

Great synopsis of the faa. 😊

So the FAA was kinda slow on the uptake. The FDA, the IRS and other three letter agencies have been beating on the little guy for decades while huge offenders walk scott free. I've guess they need to prove their worth occasionally.

This stuff is way over regulated.

I'm sure this is exactly what is going on. The FAA is way out in left field on drones. They are the ones who need to be fined!

He ignored repeat warnings from the FAA over several years. This was not someone who was being non-challant, he deliberately ignored the FAA and their communications with him regarding what he was doing. I watched many of his videos and saw him do things that were violations of the existing rules. I even commented on several videos he needed to stop what he was doing. The fact he never caused damage or hurt anyone is irrelevant. I can get arrested and get fined for speeding even thiough I didn't kill anyone or cause an accident. I got fined because I broke the rules. Pilots have to obey the rules set by the FAA for flying aircraft and when they break them, they get fines or have thier licenses revoked. Because Philly is not a part 107 pilot, they can't take away his license, they can't take his drones or equipment. So, they only have the punitive option which is fines. And when Philly ignored each individual fine, they started adding up. He is a victim of his own ignorance, pomposity, and stupidity. Now that a legal entity is involved to actually apply the fines for the FAA. Philly is going to pay the piper. He had a chance almost two years ago to resolve this with the FAA and chose not to. I have no pity for him at this point, he is the poster child for how NOT to be a drone pilot.

I agree 100%. You seem to have skipped the situation where one manned aircraft gets to land on top of another manned aircraft in the ultimate of controlled air space ;) A compare and contrast of the fallout from that to this situation would be an interesting exercise.

I don't think they're smart enough to do this. They also now face the risk that they will lose in court.

A balanced response........

The FAA will probably drop his fine to 1k if he agrees to do what they tell him to do. They scare you with giant civil fines. We dont have the same constitutional protections in civil court. Its not beyond a reasonable doubt like it is for criminal charges. You could lose your house. Your life savings. Thats a scary thing. And its a judgment as far as your credit is concerned so it ruins your credit forever unless you pay it.

Never trust a desk jockey that hasn't had a real job..

1000% Agree with you 👍👍

I'd say more often than us needing regulations. Other people need to be informed that their freedoms end where another individuals freedom begins.

They need tobworry about real problems and thats drivers on the road

I'm starting to think the burned down lipo charging store was huffle dust.

The Drapes are AI....Bruce, I agree with your prospective on this. This situation is about as complicated as Mikie! Many excellent points brought up for thought!! Cheers my friend!

@lindsayheyes925

4 ай бұрын

They must be AI. No intelligent life form would design such a thing. No... wait... maybe it was Design & Tech student who went on to flourish in an engineering career with Boeing.

great talk. thanks Bruce. people need to get off his back cuz its not something new he just did. lets all work together instead of pushing each other down.

We're lucky to have you

I agree with everything you say! Although I reserve the right to disagree with you at some point in the future. What gets me is that I think the US FAA is mainly afraid of some smart/bad person intentionally flying a "killer" drone into some big crowd of people. The problem(s) is/are that things like remote ID make a good person worry about mistakenly breaking a minor rule and MAYBE get in trouble for it. Or, to worry about someone identifying them through the "app", locate them, then steal their equipment under threat of violence, or just pulling a harassing "Karen" on them. As you say, Bruce, sUASs are very safe - in the average person's hands. We just like the ability to remotely put themselves up into the sky - and FLY! And what REALLY gets to me is that some smart/bad person has every opportunity to do some bad thing and all the FAA "rules" aren't going to stop them. They could buy a used sUAS that doesn't have RID and do something bad with it, and, if they are smart, never have anyone know they were behind the event. They could even buy something brand new, figure out how to disable the RID module and AGAIN get away with some evil deed. Bad actors simply don't follow the rules! As I've heard in reference to Ukraine and the middle east conflict, off the self "dones" can be armed with and deliver deadly payloads to "enemy" targets. After each one of those attacks, do we see the drone operators found and captured? Well, I've never seen that! So, why does the US FAA think that making certain rules connected with sUAS will actually accomplish anything truly worthwhile? I think the only reason they are making these excessive, over the top, rules is to make people who hear the term "DRONE" and are terrified of this flying thing that is used (mainly by the military) to spy on people and/or launch missiles at them - to KILL them - feel safe! The rules aren't made to control the hobby use of remotely controlled flying craft, they are meant to make ignorant, scaredy pants people "feel" better. "We, the FAA, are protecting you from those evil drone flying people! You're safe now that we have these rules in place!" Yea, sure. : - \

I bet it's impossible to find a more reasonable person than Bruce.

When you than think about that the same "regulaters" regulate healthcare, pensions... etc😢

No one should comply to their b.s. regulations! Do not obey tyrants!

8 manned aircraft recently crashed into each other over a ~12 month period in Australia alone!

I only post sketchy videos that are over two years old. FAA Order No. 2004-5. Under the "stale complaint rule," which operates as a statute of limitations, an agency attorney must file a notice of proposed civil penalty within 2 years of the alleged violation.

OK no body bags & no full air crashes (& not a Mikey case), that Daytona beach chopper totally minced the drone & just carried on flying.... yes but who should should be paying for the maintenance, inspection costs to get that chopper back in the air?. Even if the rotor hadn't been damaged aircraft inspection costs are horrific. Regardless of any legal charges should a drone pilot be responsible for any 3rd party costs incurred because of their flight?. You go high enough you are mixing with general aviation. Not a good idea. The problem is that this is being "normalized" by some KZreadrs. There are Auditors flying over chemical plants "because they can!" (Plants that I'm not allowed to even take my car key into because it isn't intrinsically safe). There are plenty of drone crash videos starting a grass fire with the damaged lithium cells & people running across to stamp it out. We haven't had a combination video of these two yet but it certainly isn't impossible. There is the video of the guy on a bike with his drone in follow me mode when a school bus comes around the corner & hits the drone mid-windshield... again no bodies & only a broken drone but what if the driver had been surprised & had swerved instead & hit something. There is another video, flying at range, battery ran out, went into auto land & it came down in the mud beside a motorway bridge over the river. Zero bodies & just some muddy feet to recover.. but change that VERY slightly for it to try and auto land on the motorway & what could have happened?. How about video of crashed drone when pilot chased by a swan.... try that with FPV goggles on & no spotter. Who is going to look out for you when a swan tries to peck you in the nuts & you don't see it coming?. We say these things cannot happen but looking at what has happened you wouldn't believe it anyway. This isn't AI. This isn't fancy camera camera angles to heighten jeopardy this is normal droners having luck keep them out of trouble. The really positive thing is that these videos are are being shown as their experience can help others appreciate the silly things that can happen. The number of "that was lucky" are beginning to stack up. Something will happen soon when luck ultimately runs out. Take a silly one... 747, 4 engines, will happily fly on 2, engines designed to eat a chicken without exploding, take a 100g miniature drone & ingest it in an engine & it probably won't even notice (no crash, no bodies) but would you fly on that plane without an inspection?.... so is "I cannot do any harm with my little drone" actually true universally?. Would the inexperienced/inconsiderate toy drone pilot be willing to pay for an RB211 inspection?. I know you fly safe (to the spirit of the law & with suitable risk assessments your experience allows you to carry out) but you can see the FAA's concern about the competency of certain pilots (starting with the auditors & many KZreadrs (like Mikey) who dispute the necessity for any rules). The main problem is that there are a minority of idiots who are spoiling things for the majority (& it isn't easy for the FAA/CAA to differentiate between them).

Hold on... I have giant planes full of people and jet fuel fly over my house every day, but I'm not all to fly my 249g mini 2 over my neighborhood because it's to dangerous 🤔 . Why ? Saftey is the reason given but is it really less safe than a commercial jetliner ? If and when I crash the chances of a huge explosion an fireball engulfing homes and killing people are minute. The chances or the 747 exploding on impact are almost 100 %.

My question is how can commercial drones fly over buildings and people but regular flyers cannot who have full control over their vehicle where the drone delivery is strictly electronic no one is watching where it flies. Something is really wrong when commercial drones can break the rules but regular people have to pay fines.

ive always questioned who determines fine amounts, what do you think the fine should be for the drunk driver that crosses center line and hits motor cycle head on? resulting in 25 yr old biker haveing leg amputated, should it have been preportional to the 48 years that rider has lived severly crippled?

Well said....thank you. We need more good dudes that stand behind their beliefs reguardless of popular opinion. And much less polititians. how do we get tricked into enforcing rules that we are in opposition of...nobody likes paying taxes. Yet we scowl at our neigbors for being delinquent on property tax.....

300 Trillian 😂 Love from Canada 🇨🇦 Bruce 😊 As Always your Spot On!

I'm pretty certain it is no contest even just comparing automobiles hitting buildings versus drones hitting buildings. The former is far higher and orders of magnitude more expensive damages than the latter. I haven't reviewed anywhere near all of his drone videos. Maybe he has exceeded the rules a bit here and there, but that fine amount is quite ridiculously excessive overall if no one has actually been victimized by his UAV flights.

So, in other words there is no victim and no harm caused, so he broke rules no law 😮

Ask Ryan about the US politicians new bill in committee TODAY!!!! HR 2864

Oh indeed Bruce 👏👏👏

Bruce,that remote ID nonsense starts in exactly one month.Your right,that going to be a disaster.I haven't flown since last year,but when I do,I'm non complient and staying that way

I'm so pleased Neighbours is back! 😂

Agree faa as bad as uk caa keep changing all the rules and no common sense being applied

The problem I have with Mikey (and I enjoy his videos to be honest) is that he transfers the (admittedly tiny) risk onto uninvolved parties. Assuming the risk of failure is non-zero when we fly a drone, the regulations are designed to keep people underneath the drone safe if something should happen. We've all had ESC's fail. If that happens to me, my drone will hit some mud or maybe a tree. If it happens to Mikey it could come down on a car or some poor lady doing her shopping simply because of where he flies. Mikey himself will be fine ... it's at that point he unfairly transfers his risk onto someone else who doesn't necessarily consent to being hit in the face. The thing is, as unlikely as the scenario is ... what happens if everyone decides to do it? The tiny risk gets slightly bigger - at what point can the public expect to be protected from people like Mikey just doing whatever they like? I have no problem with the rules about flying over people, they make sense to me - I'm more concerned about the scope of the punishment which seems to be hugely out of proportion to the crime in Mikey's case.

@maddercat

3 ай бұрын

People driving cars around people have the same risk, breaks fail and people are killed too. The likelihood of that is way more than an esc failing and he happens to be over a person, if it happens, he faces manslaughter just like the car operator.

@FPVSteve

3 ай бұрын

@@maddercat a pedestrian accepts that risk when they step outside because cars are legally allowed to be on the roads. Bit different than potentially having a drone fall on your head though since it's illegal for it to be there - I'd have a problem with that, and I love drones / model aircraft.

@maddercat

3 ай бұрын

@@FPVSteve ...airplanes as well, they have parts falling off them and they're crashing all the time and killing a lot more people than drones ever have. Drones are legally allowed to be there. What are you even talking about?

@FPVSteve

3 ай бұрын

@@maddercat Drones aren't legally allowed to be where PhillyDroneLife was flying. That's the whole point of the discussion - people don't expect them to be there so do not "accept" the risk in the same way as they accept cars being a risk when they're on roads legally. Do you need me to draw you a picture? If so, stop eating the crayons as I suspect I'll need the different colours to spell it out for you.🙄

@maddercat

3 ай бұрын

@@FPVSteve He almost exclusively flies dji drones which he wouldn't be allowed to do if it wasn't permitted. he's run into geofencing a number of times and almost lost his drone as a result, but he never violated the airspace because dji won't let you.

PhillyDroneLife was fined 1500 bucks for each offense. It was the sheer number of offenses that buried him. Also the sheer stupidity of posting his violations on KZread, which were then used as evidence against him, is what buried him. Moral of the story, when the authorities tell you to obey the regulations and you flip them off, expect the shit to hit the fan.