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This is crazy. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...-sky-near-you/
To steal a rhetorical device from Andrew Napolitano... "What if all the paranoid conspiracy nuts.... worked for our government?" -Evan Ludeman / T8 |
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On Feb 8, 9:03*am, T8 wrote:
This is crazy. *http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...-sky-near-you/ To steal a rhetorical device from Andrew Napolitano... "What if all the paranoid conspiracy nuts.... worked for our government?" -Evan Ludeman / T8 What a boon for the paperazzi / sleeze newspapers at the grocery store checkout stand! Backyard skinnydippers beware. Bob |
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On Feb 8, 10:39*am, Bob wrote:
On Feb 8, 9:03*am, T8 wrote: This is crazy. *http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...-sky-near-you/ To steal a rhetorical device from Andrew Napolitano... "What if all the paranoid conspiracy nuts.... worked for our government?" -Evan Ludeman / T8 What a boon for the paperazzi / sleeze newspapers at the grocery store checkout stand! *Backyard skinnydippers beware. Bob By all accounts, drones of various shapes and sizes are currently being flown by several agencies in Arizona and not just at the border. The fun is about to begin! Mike |
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I know its been asked here before but how can a drone "see and avoid"?
After all, this type of collision avoidance works much better if the pilots of both aircraft are looking. Will there be/are there NOTAMs that drones are in the area? Will they have N numbers? How secret can they be if someone, somewhere might have to talk to ATC? It should be interesting. Mike |
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On Feb 8, 7:52*pm, Mike wrote:
I know its been asked here before but how can a drone "see and avoid"? I would expect the phrasing to mutated to "sense and avoid". I would guess that "sense" implies some form of transponder in all aerial vehicles. Note that I have zero specialised knowledge in this area; it is all conjecture. |
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Maybe these 30,000 vehicles will spur the development of a "mini" FLARM, and drive down the cost/size/weight/power draw for all us glider folks. Since the FAA is in charge, I won't hold my breath, nor give up my PCAS! MM |
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On Feb 8, 12:05*pm, Tom Gardner wrote:
I would expect the phrasing to mutated to "sense and avoid". I would guess that "sense" implies some form of transponder in all aerial vehicles. But not all aerial vehicles are even required to have electrical systems, never mind transponders.... |
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David Dyck wrote:
On Feb 8, 12:05 pm, Tom Gardner wrote: I would expect the phrasing to mutated to "sense and avoid". I would guess that "sense" implies some form of transponder in all aerial vehicles. But not all aerial vehicles are even required to have electrical systems, never mind transponders.... Well that us easy, the ability to legally fly without an electrical/battery system might be taken away. The whole point is for the FAA to look at what is needed to allow drone flight and you may well see requirements for all flights to be ADS-B data-out (or even data-in equipped), which may or may not also include transponder capabilities (it may also be possible to do 1090ES data-out without being a full transponder). Its certainly possible to power modern transponders and/or ADS-B data-out or data-in electronics from modern (or even old) battery technology. For many reasons the drone stuff in this bill is a major worry for GA and sports aviation... AOPA and EAA etc. need to be all over this, unfortunately their effectiveness in helping moderate ADS-B related silliness in the past has not been that great. Darryl |
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An excellent "big picture" observation made in the original post.
Jim On Feb 8, 8:03*am, T8 wrote: This is crazy. *http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...-sky-near-you/ To steal a rhetorical device from Andrew Napolitano... "What if all the paranoid conspiracy nuts.... worked for our government?" -Evan Ludeman / T8 |
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My guess would be that they would first try that OR just attempt to
restrict access to large blocs of airspace where they intend to use drones. Well that us easy, the ability to legally fly without an electrical/battery system might be taken away. |
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