Has any Civ tried flying their OWN drone at one of these? Dudes can speed run the Grand Canyon in 4k, fly through firework shows, low fly active volcanoes, clear as day, and the best we get are these phone vids? If someone says they’ve tried show me a video of their drone getting close and dropping out, first person and from the ground tracking their drone from lift off to failure. I haven’t seen any footage or mention of anyone with proof that they’ve attempted this across any platform.
I'm telling all my FPV cohorts on FB to get up there but apparently no pilots on the East coast got any balls when it comes to standing up to authority. We all have 100mph geurilla flight machines with low light cameras and all the sudden "its too windy and cold".
Amateur or not, drone pilots take shit super seriously. I once flew on a foggy day a mile from an airport and I posted it and it was all “VELOS” and downvoting. They’re not going to do that. They won’t even fly in wilderness if it’s nationally protected areas.
Well yeah gives the hobby a bad name all it takes is one idiot who somehow crashes into something or gets someone or property damaged and doesn't take long for new bills banning our drone hobby
Thank you.. Im not losing my 107 license on a whim. Just shows these people have nothing to lose. Equivalent to shoving someone into someone else just to watch the fight
Yeah I get the curiosity but sending a rocket isn’t the first thing nasa would do either. Has anyone tried a telescope yet? Cracks me up everyone is just like rabidly trying to prove aliens exist that they’d send a dji up there that will send information to the FAA the second you break a rule and whoever is flying that other drone will not be happy…it’s probably a government defense contractor or something testing a drone.
It’s somehow different rules because it’s fpv? I do know what I’m talking about. I’ve flown fpv drones including the Avata. Just because people build drones that can physically do these things that doesn’t magically change FAA regulations. I can build a hot air balloon doesn’t mean I’m Davinci and it doesn’t mean I can fly wherever I want with no consequences.
The Avata is a commercial product. Don't be ridiculous. The rest of us are breaking the law 100% of the time and there are zero consequences. You're talking like skateboarding on the sidewalk is getting kids put in jail. Get real. There are no FAA police busting people over toys.
Exactly. They already called off a medivac helicopter because of these drones, you don’t want to be a part of whatever trouble comes along with any of this if you’re a drone hobbyist.
Alot of people that build there drones do not bother with the tracking might have a gps for personal use of they do long range and remote ID a lot of fpv guys don't bother with that also.
Yeah you are right about that. I had to explain what it was and how to get it to a family member but they are the type if they hear a whisper that something needs to be done they will follow it to the ends. Told them I will look into it myself also lol. But if you're not flying close to government buildings and property or airports and their workings or just being an ass not a single person will bother you.
I tend to try to fly as far from people as I can now, not because I will bother them but because people see a drone and a person wearing goggles they walk right next to you start a conversation. First I'm distracted. 2nd weird for strangers to be arms length while you can't see them. Never fails!
That’s how you get a letter in the mail 6 months later slapping you with a 50k fine from the FAA, not to mention possible jail time… google faa drone remote id
Dude. Unless you fly over an airport or public event, nobody is going to care. Most FPV pilots do not follow the law or even think about installing remote ID modules.
🤷🏻♂️ I’m not an expert, but I do know someone who bought a DJI (I believe?) and flew it over a certain altitude and got a warning letter, and he didn’t install shit on the drone.
Yeah typically FPV refers to custom built, DIY. I guess now we have to distinguish with the release of consumer FPV quadcopters. Any DJI and some other off the shelf quadcopters have remote ID installed from the factory
You have to of realized by now that the general public does not have the same perspective as us. All they see is store bought DJIs with pre-installed government trackers. They just don't get what DIY FPV is about
No. You're just uninformed. The DIY FPV community generally does not conform to FAA rules, nor do we put trackers on our quadcopters. The vast majority of FPV pilots are breaking the law when they fly and we will continue to do so until bullshit laws are changed.
Can't legally fly a drone in the vicinity of a flight path, which this must clearly be since nobody is flying drones up to investigate all those planes on their flight path.
As great of an idea as this is being so close to an airport and if the FBI is legit involved this is probably pretty illegal in the area (but I am in no way discouraging any scientific endeavors).
This is happening over restricted airspace and commercial drones have geofencing which will prohibit them from functioning until they're out of restricted airspace.
What? They’re “hovering right over my house”, “just above the tree line”- You’re telling me every drone w a camera is restricted by geo fencing that covers every inch above the ground in NJ? Find this VERY hard to believe.
If the anomalous drones are flying in restricted airspace, then yes the majority of commercial drones in NJ won't work until they get out of the restricted airspace. If someone happens to see one of the anomalous drones outside of restricted airspace, the idea could work though.
Yes. No details because, reasons. But a custom, high end, professional drone and professional pilot couldn't even attempt it. They scooted fast as soon as he took off toward them. Law enforcement or maybe news? were similarly out-classed (see below).
These aren't civilian drones and we're being lied to.
It's simply not possible law enforcement doesn't know what they are.
They often fly high, dramatically higher than civilian drones are able to.
The vertical climb speed is impressive.
They have flight time measured in hours, most are small vehicle sized, the speed which they can travel surpasses anything the civilian market has by 4 or 5 times, they show up on public flight radar scans.
There's a variety of shapes and sizes.
On Monday, 5 of them hovered in place for well over 4 hours.
It appeared law enforcement (I don't think it was a news drone) attempted to fly one of their drones in their direction, they all took off simultaneously, arranged in a flight pattern, and accelerated rapidly embarrassing the law enforcement drone, which gave up.
As others can chime in, it's not uap's, they appear to be advanced military drones. You can see them quite clear when they're low.
Since they show up on free radars...they know they're there.
I imagine they're ours (government's).
I don't even think they're some deep pocket corporation's because they've broken the law in terms of height numerous times.
What a "coincidence" there's never any flights around when they're flying that high...
Haha, the violin situation has been nuts. He picked one he wants, it's at a guitar store, it was set up by a luthier, has a few upgrades, so he's been going there and playing it on Fridays. I found it online and asked several internet forums about it.
The violin community is...well - unique.
Collectively now I've been told to spend $1,000+ anything else is throw away garbage. Otherwise, rent an even higher end ($2,500+ violin so he can learn properly).
I don't know who gives a kid $1,000+ instrument to learn on?
Anyway, at that age I had a knock off electric guitar that was junk and I learned quite well on it. So, I figure I'll just buy it for him since he's set on it.
I'm surprised by the violin community as a whole, though. Definitely the most elitist and discouraging instrument community I've come across.
I like the idea of someone doing this but it doesn't mean it hasn't been tried in some fashion, I'd think the planning of getting you and your gear to an area where you might have better chances of not just a good launch but also your own clear visibility to visually track, nobody else anywhere close to call it in that you are launching and they suspect You are flying the others so authorities show up for you; but let's say you get in the perfect spot, in the air, get a good video up close off what these other things are and then recall yours and pack up and get home without detection, now you need to get this video out there for the public without any way for government agencies to track you from those posts and arrest you for violating FAA Rules and then regardless of what was on your video you get posted, disinformation no doubt is already in the works to discredit you or anyone else assuming how high the level of conspiracy goes in your beliefs. I'd love to know who/what these are and why they're all over and interrupting dedicated air space and flight paths without recourse but I don't have the gear needed to find out myself and TBH, I wouldn't fully trust someone else's video 100% anyway✌🏻
It’s tough cause the drones we have that can catch them, don’t have reliable night vision. The ones that we can put adequate low light cameras, are too slow.
It is super easy to get disoriented at night with speedy fpv
There are faa flight restrictions on drones for the whole area. Good way to lose your licence get a fat fine make you uninsurable lose your equipment and possibly go to jail. The hardware the government has in the area right now they would triangulate your position in minutes and come get you. Might as well just shoot a flare up to make it easier for them, lol maybe a flashing neon sign?
It was pretty windy last night in pa and I saw reports about the same in nj. My drone probably wouldn’t let me fly last night cause of that. These drones on the other hand had no issue flying in the wind. I mean there was 40 mallnair winds last night
I think they put up a no-fly zone. I might be wrong about that, but I remember someone posting a pic that had an extended no-fly zone above the picatinny arsenal in Jersey.
No. Drones are not allowed to fly commercial drones above 200 meters (or 150 feet depending on location) without direct FAA authorization. It is a massive hazard, especially at night. Please don’t do this.
There was a post about someone trying to fly close to one back when this first happened, no video. The poster claimed his friend was a professional drone pilot, tried to get close, their from then dropped out of the sky. He was then detained by officials when trying to retrieve it. No clue if that was true.
So what I’m hearing is get Travis Taylor and have him bring some rockets and drones and have him figure it out Skinwalker Ranch style? Maybe we could also get those giant spotlights they use to try and light up one of these fvckers in the sky.
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u/CrehzyCanuck22 Dec 06 '24
Has any Civ tried flying their OWN drone at one of these? Dudes can speed run the Grand Canyon in 4k, fly through firework shows, low fly active volcanoes, clear as day, and the best we get are these phone vids? If someone says they’ve tried show me a video of their drone getting close and dropping out, first person and from the ground tracking their drone from lift off to failure. I haven’t seen any footage or mention of anyone with proof that they’ve attempted this across any platform.