Neighborhood Drone

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I bet you couldn't hit my race quad if you tried... LOL!

The OP said that LEO has been contacted, and said too bad so sad...

We don't know if the OP's inlaws have tried the neighborly thing of trying to talk to said quad flier, but that would be the place to start.

As Irving alluded to, pissing people off is usually not a good plan. Many of the people I know that fly quads would be vindictive and creative in retaliation for handling this poorly. If one is annoying, dozens will be flat out infuriating...

Neighbor was contacted, and it did not go well... Hence my question.

Other authorities have been contacted. I'll keep this updated.

But thanks guys!

[fitz19d]

Neighbor was contacted, and it did not go well... Hence my question.

Other authorities have been contacted. I'll keep this updated.

But thanks guys!

Thanks for the update, because I am curious to how it plays out. Can you be more specific in what the behavior of the drone folk is? (not the being pissy about being asked to not do it, more details as far as we are talking invading a large acreage property, vs a 1/4 acre neighborhood plot, hovering high vs acrobatics sorta low around people/animals, etc)


@Def90, I think the .55lb thing had been changed or otherwise overruled even if it's still on their page. This was a thing like 2 years ago when it first happened ish. I thought I recall seeing that either a court, or another agency said essentially that some of what they were trying to regulate was outside their scope or some such. I don't fly, so I'm not any better than 50/50 on being sure that I remembered that correctly. Just happened to see a news blurb or link somewhere about it.

[00tec]

Thanks for the update, because I am curious to how it plays out. Can you be more specific in what the behavior of the drone folk is? (not the being pissy about being asked to not do it, more details as far as we are talking invading a large acreage property, vs a 1/4 acre neighborhood plot, hovering high vs acrobatics sorta low around people/animals, etc)


@Def90, I think the .55lb thing had been changed or otherwise overruled even if it's still on their page. This was a thing like 2 years ago when it first happened ish. I thought I recall seeing that either a court, or another agency said essentially that some of what they were trying to regulate was outside their scope or some such. I don't fly, so I'm not any better than 50/50 on being sure that I remembered that correctly. Just happened to see a news blurb or link somewhere about it.

Initial registration requirement was overruled because the FAA was trying to just do a rule change outside of their allowed scope.
Then registration got added back in along with some budget bill somewhere.

[Grant H.]

Neighbor was contacted, and it did not go well... Hence my question.

Other authorities have been contacted. I'll keep this updated.

But thanks guys!

I would certainly be interested in updates as this unfolds.

I know that I/We have been pretty careful about not annoying folks with our quads, but we also have easy access to hundreds of acres of BC open space that is never monitored or checked (except by the farmer that leases it for his cattle)...