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Postby charlie nelson » Fri Mar 20, 2015 11:18 pm

Hi guys and gals, a heads up , about drones. Lots of people around here have bought one, and they want to fly them. Funston is an attractive place to try that. Yesterday i saw a park policeman handing a ticket to a guy who was flying his drone at the north corner of the parking lot. If you see a drone flying alongside your glider, don't be too surprised,but know , it's an illegal act. you'll have to decide what to do at the time. these drones sometimes have a go Pro on them ,which you can see hanging below the fuselage . the goPro can swing around and view any angle , while the image is sent live feed to the pilot on the ground . so, you may not be able to figure out who is piloting the drone , because he could be far away. it sounds like Park police want to stop any aerial conflict problems before they start, so, maybe we won't end up seeing any of these wingmen on our tips. maybe carry a small tennis racket to drive away these insects....Charlie
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Re: drones

Postby Alan » Sat Mar 21, 2015 8:56 am

Charlie do you happen to have a link to the park regulations under which that person was cited?

Is there a legal distinction between a drone and an RC aircraft?
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Re: drones

Postby charlie nelson » Sat Mar 21, 2015 9:32 am

good question. no , i don't know the exact rule , Alan.
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Re: drones

Postby crvalley » Sat Mar 21, 2015 10:03 am

“We abuse land because we see it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.” ― Aldo Leopold
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Re: drones

Postby Alan » Sun Mar 22, 2015 4:50 pm

Thanks Chris. Seems pretty clear. Also it seems to have nothing to do with hang gliders which is what I was curious about. It seems more focused on curbing behavior annoying to both man and beast.
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Re: drones

Postby Steve Urbach » Tue Mar 24, 2015 1:18 pm

Drones are also Powered (model) aircraft
AFAIK only RC gliders are permitted
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Re: drones

Postby charlie nelson » Mon Apr 13, 2015 7:42 pm

drones can produce visual art. run the video at the bottom of this article , it's filmed from a drone at Waddell Beach. this artist draws mandalas on the sand where we break our gliders down when we land on that beach ( next to the restrooms) http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-new ... cles-santa
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Re: drones

Postby alejandro » Thu Apr 16, 2015 1:42 pm

The third link is the rule.
It prohibits drones, rc airplaines, and rc gliders the same.
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Re: drones

Postby charlie nelson » Sat Apr 18, 2015 1:50 am

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Re: drones

Postby Urs » Wed May 06, 2015 8:07 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_WbwKZ ... freload=10

Nice to watch it go through the clouds, but then skip to the last minute as it runs out of juice.
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Re: drones

Postby charlie nelson » Wed May 06, 2015 9:09 pm

great find , Urs. cool footage .
good thing the guy wasn't flying very close to the cliff edge or he might have gotten underwater movies.
most of you have heard about the following occurrance already.
so , would it be logical to conclude that the GGNRA police are Federal employees and might have Tase-a Bility, like their Hawaiin counterparts
http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/lo ... e-incident
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Re: drones

Postby charlie nelson » Thu Oct 22, 2015 8:19 pm

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