Anyone concerned about drones in the future?

[Zundfolge]

Don't forget to register... http://knowbeforeyoufly.org/register-your-drone/

Thing is, technology is going to make good drones under .55 lb thus making this moot.

[00tec]

Don't forget to register... http://knowbeforeyoufly.org/register-your-drone/

Lol... exactly a year later...
Guess which one is registered.

[Ronin13]

What I see happening sometime in the future is terrorist attacks using drones. Seems to me it would be pretty simple to load a drone with explosives or chemical weapon of some kind and fly it from one location to another and crash it.

Just read a security brief today about that. Apparently, though not widely publicized, "they" (ISIS) are using them in current war zones (Iraq and Syria) to deliver explosives to targets that are unaware and causing some pretty substantial damage. Several agencies are discussing this becoming a possible threat here sometime in the near future. Some of the drones have a pretty decent payload capability, 25lbs or more, and I could see this becoming a small issue, but not as widespread as they anticipate.

[00tec]

FAA cannot require registration of recreational drones.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/christi.../#378a3b2527c2

Drone pilots are buzzing with excitement over a court ruling Friday striking down a 2015 FAA rule that required them to register with the government. The US Court of Appeals didn't mince words in finding the Federal Aviation Administration had overstepped its authority. "Statutory interpretation does not get much simpler," the court said.

Good thing I didnt waste my $5.

[Aloha_Shooter]

Good thing I didnt waste my $5.

Just want to emphasize the court's slamdown on the FAA:

"Statutory interpretation does not get much simpler,"

[theGinsue]

Registration never made sense to me beyond just being a revenue scheme. If I had a drone hovering over my yard peeking into my windows, there was no way to know who it belonged to without shooting it down or trying to follow it home. Only then could I obtain the info from it to report it to the FAA.

[CS1983]

Registration never made sense to me beyond just being a revenue scheme. If I had a drone hovering over my yard peeking into my windows, there was no way to know who it belonged to without shooting it down or trying to follow it home. Only then could I obtain the info from it to report it to the FAA.

My guess would be so if it gets sucked into a jet engine or causes a crash, they can know who to go after.

[Aloha_Shooter]

I think the general idea was to allow them to track down miscreants who interfered with firefighting or other governmental operations by flying drones (remember. the whole issue came up because some drones apparently were flying the path of firefighters trying to combat California wildfires or flying in airspace near airport flight paths). I always thought the FAA's rule was an extension of governmental power that violated the separation of powers and the 10th Amendment and worse, ignored human nature -- the miscreants who do stupid dangerous stuff near airports or fires are unlikely to go out of their way to register said drones.

Ted Kennedy's car killed more people than my Hubsan X4 ...

[CS1983]

I think the general idea was to allow them to track down miscreants who interfered with firefighting or other governmental operations by flying drones (remember. the whole issue came up because some drones apparently were flying the path of firefighters trying to combat California wildfires or flying in airspace near airport flight paths). I always thought the FAA's rule was an extension of governmental power that violated the separation of powers and the 10th Amendment and worse, ignored human nature -- the miscreants who do stupid dangerous stuff near airports or fires are unlikely to go out of their way to register said drones.

Ted Kennedy's car killed more people than my Hubsan X4 ...

Brah! How can you say that!? (bolded). Everyone knows if you want to stop something from happening you just enact a law. /sarc

[Erni]

Just read a security brief today about that. Apparently, though not widely publicized, "they" (ISIS) are using them in current war zones (Iraq and Syria) to deliver explosives to targets that are unaware and causing some pretty substantial damage. Several agencies are discussing this becoming a possible threat here sometime in the near future. Some of the drones have a pretty decent payload capability, 25lbs or more, and I could see this becoming a small issue, but not as widespread as they anticipate.

I heard that report too.
But one thing that doesnt make sense is the drones capable of any significant lift are super expensive.
Looked at a 22lb drone for a work project and that sucker was $25k. 10lb drone is about $10k. Seems like about $1k per pound of lift capability.
Can't see a poor 3rd world outfit fielding a $5k drone to lob a $30 grenade.