Drones- Who’s Using Them?

[meierjn]

Drones and who’s using them? Some clown in LA was in the fire area and it hit a Canadian water bomber punching a hole in the wing and parking the plane till it can be repaired. The azzhat also parked other planes till they made sure no one else was flying them in the area as well.

I saw that. Rumor is that it was a news drone.

 

[snopro]

I saw that. Rumor is that it was a news drone.

Probably CNN

 

[meierjn]

Well, the plot thickens! Somebody is a little worried right now! I find it amusing how ABC reports the plane to be a Southern California super scooper vs. one from Canada.

 

[snopro]

Well, the plot thickens!

If they get a serial number then someone’s number will be up. They are taking it pretty serious by the sounds of it

 

[Rbrduk]

Good luck finding the owner. Unless is was registered and they can pull reg or serial numbers.

 

[meierjn]

It looks like a DJI drone. You have to register after you purchase to update the firmware or your flying is very limited.

 

[ABMax24]

DJI also tracks flights in a database including the name of the account holder. Law enforcement can fairly easily request those records from DJI.

Shouldn't be difficult to figure out, my guess is the FBI already knows who the owner of that drone is, they just won't say anything until that person has been contacted.

 

[maxwell]

thats a 249gram drone so there are really no regulations for that drone with the exception of no use over emergency operations, do not need a license or insurance. Which means that person is in serious trouble.

the real issue here is the communication between the US government and DJI. DJI can easily add no fly zones for emergency situations if the boundary is submitted to DJI.

and like mentioned, you have to register these before flying so they know exactly who it is and likely its flight path.

i also have a hard time believing something that weighs less than an iPhone did that much damage especially since it would hit the small arms first and absorb the impact first. Its not like a 249g steel ball. I know aircraft skin isn't super strong and the craft could have been moving at 300k an hour but still seems excessive. Unless that drone pictured isn't the one that impacted. I am thinking it was much larger than in the article.

 

[Tchetek]

Isn’t there some type of DJI ban in the states?

They were concerned with them being spy tools China.

The US and DJI are probably not sharing info with each other.

 

[maxwell]

Isn’t there some type of DJI ban in the states?

They were concerned with them being spy tools China.

The US and DJI are probably not sharing info with each other.

nothing yet

 

[snopro]

Plane is up and working again today they said

 

[06 Dragon]

Duct tape will fix it.