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I suspect soon any UAV will require on-line updates before they will even launch. They will require internet connection and full registration before they will fly the first time at all. Firmware updates will be required on a regular basis and they will upload the location of every flight during the firmware updates. If the firmware is not updated, it will not fly at all.
The current batch of UAVs will be obsolete in a few years. Any UAV sold will have all the protections built in.
A friend of mine bought one for shooting real estate and weddings and such. He tried to fire it up and play with his new toy in the back yard. It would not fly at all. He was pissed and figured he got a defective one. He called tech support all made and they looked up his address and he is within 3 miles of an airport. No fly zone. He went to a friends house and it worked great.
The world of UAVs is here. I just wonder how long before the first person is walking at a park and gets killed by a UAV from some moron. It is going to happen.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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