CNN Article Drone Operator Detained

[Jason Porembski]

Take a look at this. This is terrible. I really thought the video was fake.

Drone operator detained for flying near plane in China - CNN.com


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[m0rod]

What`s terrible? the fact he got arrested or for flying in airspace ?

 

[Kirby Johnson]

Some things....are just better NOT shared...just sayin....

 

[N017RW]

What`s terrible? the fact he got arrested or for flying in airspace ?

My first thought is the OP was referencing the action of the drone operator as terrible.
Make sense?

 

[RW-1]

That would be equal to someone here flying in a Class B near a major airport, and I have no sympathy for the pilot.

 

[Kirby Johnson]

OTOH, how cool would it be to have a window seat and see a "Phantom 5 ProSonic" pull up beside you?
I'd be digging for MY camera.

 

[RW-1]

OTOH, how cool would it be to have a window seat and see a "Phantom 5 ProSonic" pull up beside you?
I'd be digging for MY camera.

You wouldn't likely get the shot, by the time you saw it (If you saw it), you'd be past it ...

 

[Kirby Johnson]

You wouldn't likely get the shot, by the time you saw it (If you saw it), you'd be past it ...

My (tongue in cheek) point exactly. Thanks, but even I could figure out that it would be improbable for a 30 mph drone to "pull alongside" a 400 MPH jet. That's why I named the new P5 the ProSonic.

 

[Kirby Johnson]

I would never fly my drone that fast, it would blow my FAA sticker off it.

 

[RW-1]

My (tongue in cheek) point exactly. Thanks, but even I could figure out that it would be improbable for a 30 mph drone to "pull alongside" a 400 MPH jet. That's why I named the new P5 the ProSonic.

Hehehe, you wont be going 400Mph in a Class B .... more like 287 max (250Kias) But I got your point.

 

[Kirby Johnson]

Romeo Whiskey, yeah 250 is above my pay grade.

 

[RW-1]

I'll never get that fast either, but mine's more fun hehehe.

 

[Jason Porembski]

My first thought is the OP was referencing the action of the drone operator as terrible.
Make sense?

Exactly!


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[SoCalDude]

The takeaway that I see on this video is that China has very bad air pollution.

 

[Rob in Sydney.]

Geofencing works well then...

 

[m0j0]

Really stupid ... but his stupidity is compounded by his decision to... post it under a username that comes back to him.. so double stupid.


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[erkme73]

There was quite a bit of debate in other threads/forums/comment sections that this was a screen recording of a flight simulator program. Among the reasons given:

1) The statement from DJI was a condemnation of anyone trying something like this, but no acknowledgement that it happened (with their equipment)
2) The poor resolution (if shot by a MP)
3) Operator claimed to try to capture the sunset (too cloudy)
4) the apparently slow speed of the fly-by

There were others, but I can't recall what they were. Given the anti-drone hype that the media seems all too willing to publish (i.e. drones at 10,000ft that later turn out to be trash bags), I wouldn't be so quick to accept any initial stories as fact. I suppose it could be true, but I'm not naive enough to believe there aren't other factors at play that generate "fake news".