Know the difference between an r/c toy and a drone?

[Delta4Embassy]

When a r/c toy's rotor blade hits you in the throat and just folds up harmlessly, it's a toy. While it slits your jugular and you run around like a loon clasping the blood gushing from your neck, then it's a drone.

Also, when you head for the nearest bomb shelter, it's a drone.

If you make a "The BIrds" commercial about it for your car, it's a toy.

 

[irosie91]

When a r/c toy's rotor blade hits you in the throat and just folds up harmlessly, it's a toy. While it slits your jugular and you run around like a loon clasping the blood gushing from your neck, then it's a drone.

Also, when you head for the nearest bomb shelter, it's a drone.

If you make a "The BIrds" commercial about it for your car, it's a toy.

IMHO ("humble"<<<< yeah right!!!) all RC toys should be banned. There is too much applicability
to acts of terrorism ----------I am even beginning to wonder about pressure cookers for home use-------
and PRESCPTIONS for nitate based garden fertilizers

 

[MikeK]

When a r/c toy's rotor blade hits you in the throat and just folds up harmlessly, it's a toy. While it slits your jugular and you run around like a loon clasping the blood gushing from your neck, then it's a drone.

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Very good assessment and description of the difference between the two.

I've been practicing with an r/c toy (Syma x5c) for the past few months. It's a lot of fun and is preparing me to graduate to a real drone, probably a DJI Phantom, sometime soon.

At the rate this hobby has grown in popularity during the past year I expect there will be a lot of commentary about it in this forum, mainly because of the attention it is getting from government. As you've probably heard, the latest move is a proposal to require registration of all drones so the police will know who to look for when one crashes and causes damage.

Although this imposition will occur as one more bureaucratic pain-in-the-ass I regard it as necessary and reasonable.

 

[irosie91]

When a r/c toy's rotor blade hits you in the throat and just folds up harmlessly, it's a toy. While it slits your jugular and you run around like a loon clasping the blood gushing from your neck, then it's a drone.

[...]

Very good assessment and description of the difference between the two.

I've been practicing with an r/c toy (Syma x5c) for the past few months. It's a lot of fun and is preparing me to graduate to a real drone, probably a DJI Phantom, sometime soon.

At the rate this hobby has grown in popularity during the past year I expect there will be a lot of commentary about it in this forum, mainly because of the attention it is getting from government. As you've probably heard, the latest move is a proposal to require registration of all drones so the police will know who to look for when one crashes and causes damage.

Although this imposition will occur as one more bureaucratic pain-in-the-ass I regard it as necessary and reasonable.

I still do not like the idea of RC toys-------for "practice"------there should be specified locations in recreation
areas. ---------I am coming to the CONCLUSION-----that even RC little toy ships---------could be
adapted to an act of terrorism -------

 

[irosie91]

PS-----does the OP expect every little old lady taking a walk in the park to KNOW THE
DIFFERENCE?????

 

[MikeK]

I still do not like the idea of RC toys-------for "practice"------there should be specified locations in recreation
areas. ---------I am coming to the CONCLUSION-----that even RC little toy ships---------could be
adapted to an act of terrorism -------

While it's true that increasingly sophisticated r/c toy helicopters (drones) could be adapted to destructive purpose so can certain other recreational devices, such as sports cars. In fact I have no doubt that eventually there will be some nefarious misuse of these hobbyist drones, just as there is daily misuse of ordinary automobiles, firearms, prescription drugs, etc. But do you support banning of all potentially harmful things?

Your concern is not without merit. There already is a plan to require registration of hobbyist drones. I'm sure the next proposal will be restrictions as to where these little aircraft may and may not be flown. But for the time being I believe this to be a let's-wait-and-see issue.

 

[irosie91]

I still do not like the idea of RC toys-------for "practice"------there should be specified locations in recreation
areas. ---------I am coming to the CONCLUSION-----that even RC little toy ships---------could be
adapted to an act of terrorism -------

While it's true that increasingly sophisticated r/c toy helicopters (drones) could be adapted to destructive purpose so can certain other recreational devices, such as sports cars. In fact I have no doubt that eventually there will be some nefarious misuse of these hobbyist drones, just as there is daily misuse of ordinary automobiles, firearms, prescription drugs, etc. But do you support banning of all potentially harmful things?

Your concern is not without merit. There already is a plan to require registration of hobbyist drones. I'm sure the next proposal will be restrictions as to where these little aircraft may and may not be flown. But for the time being I believe this to be a let's-wait-and-see issue.

ok ----thanks for resisting the urge to spit