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NYC view from RC plane
Guy flying RC camera plane around the city. Suprised he didnt get locked up.
Some great shots.
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12-03-2010, 04:33 AM
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A couple of years ago an Australian brought to light the fact that with modern RC components and off-the-shelf hardware, anyone could make a DIY "cruise missile".
I'm glad the TSA is keeping us safe.
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12-03-2010, 04:46 AM
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Great video, looks like he might have done some preliminary damage control with authorities. Who knows?
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12-03-2010, 04:48 AM
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He never gets onto Manhattan Island.
That's all Brooklyn.
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12-03-2010, 05:03 AM
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That was a cool video. Thanks for sharing.
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12-03-2010, 05:08 AM
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12-03-2010, 05:28 AM
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I assume he's flying via VR goggles?
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12-03-2010, 06:34 AM
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Cool!
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12-03-2010, 06:54 AM
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FPV is really getting popular these days, the price of equipment is coming down due to market saturation ( I think ) . There are some pretty strict rules as far as altitude and distance set by the Academy of Model Aeronautics, I am pretty sure he broke most of them.
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I always cringe when I see these folks who selfishly endanger our hobby to indulge themselves.
Flying Radio Control Airplanes over populated areas is inherently dangerous. Most modelers do not put in system redundancies to handle problems that might arise with radio interference and other types of failures to ensure that the people you're flying over are not needlessly endangered. I might be a kill joy but I really don't care. I've been flying RC airplanes since I was 8 years old - 29 years now. I don't want my hobby taken away - it is hard enough to do it in the Los Angeles area with it being as packed with people as it is. I'm lucky that we have a large field in the valley that is reachable to me but if that were lost then I believe my only recourse would be to move. I'd probably need a divorce to do that. These people who fly FPV like this endanger people flying light aircraft. The FAA is looking at making rules about RC Aircraft which really is the worst thing that could happen. Sure - they are neat pictures but my hobby (selfishly but there are many like me) would be safer without them.
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12-03-2010, 07:10 AM
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Kinda scary what someone could do with that. Both destructive or surveillance????
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Yeah , looks like right over the FDR. He took of from the Brooklyn Promenade, Any farther hed probably be out of RC range.
I like the end, where the NYPD highway cop is telling him to do a flyover of him. I understand Mikes point though. Stunts like can do have an impact on the hobby. the flying club I belonged to, lost its field because of nearby residents complaining of being buzzed by planes. something liek this definately has the potential to be dangerous. Those areas hes flying in have extremely heavy copter traffic.
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12-03-2010, 10:34 AM
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i wonder what might have happened if he had tried to fly over the intrepid.
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The FAA it trying to determine where RC models fit into the whole spectrum of UAVs and Man carrying Aircraft and how they can allow commercial interests to do their thing in a regulated airspace and still permit modelers to enjoy their hobby. I predict that no good will come of it for me. I believe your comment is in regards to a commend I made in one of the TSA threads and you're taking what I said out of one context and applying it to another unrelated context, if I'm mistaken I'll leave it at that. But if I'm not - are you running for office perhaps and practicing your form on me?
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I'm an FPV'er. I have not followed the rules in the last 6 months, but a lot was still unwritten and just guidelines. I do know that you do have to be careful, especially with bigger planes. My telemetry is in a 3 meter glider and by the time batteries and lead goes in, it does get a bit heavy and could be quite the lawn dart if something happens while tooling around at 3,000' MSL.
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yeah, Mikester --Run-away sarcasm-- happens to me All o' the time. --no worries
 My engineering side knows of SO Many off-the-shelf bits that could be MacGivered together for bad intent, that the cruz-missile scenario really resonates with me. ...w/o even trying. That is, with so much easy computational power (even in an old cell phone) , it's only a matter of time before the bad-guys go there. Yet, the 'officials' will first take away the tech-toys of responsible people. Just so they'll feel like they are doing something useful. --of course they are not, but they feel it.
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