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Innovation vs Public Safety
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if an auto accident causes bodily harm to another than jail time is a possibility, depending on what state and all that determines the penalty. Heard a news story today about a drone doing damage to a high rise building in New York and the feds are looking into that one.
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In regards to the whole parachute thing blowing into someone else's yard, or getting blown off course:
First we have to keep in mind that these aren't going to be long distance deliveries across the country or across the state, local deliveries only. They would obviously check the weather before flying just as any other commercial pilot would do and limit these deliveries during calm conditions only.
Personally I think this story is more of "look what we can do" type of thing. Amazon is famous for that, just look at the amount of pending patents they hold on all sorts of high tech gadgetry yet to be released. It gets people talking about the company.
And two, the FAA has not yet granted any commercial drone operator a waiver to deliver any goods beyond visual line of sight as of yet, so it'll be a little while still before we see this type of delivery system come to fruition.
Yes @xeene, there are dozens of companies that provide drone insurance these days. While it's not yet "required", every commercial drone operator I know carries insurance.
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First we have to keep in mind that these aren't going to be long distance deliveries across the country or across the state, local deliveries only. They would obviously check the weather before flying just as any other commercial pilot would do and limit these deliveries during calm conditions only.
Personally I think this story is more of "look what we can do" type of thing. Amazon is famous for that, just look at the amount of pending patents they hold on all sorts of high tech gadgetry yet to be released. It gets people talking about the company.
And two, the FAA has not yet granted any commercial drone operator a waiver to deliver any goods beyond visual line of sight as of yet, so it'll be a little while still before we see this type of delivery system come to fruition.
Yes @xeene, there are dozens of companies that provide drone insurance these days. While it's not yet "required", every commercial drone operator I know carries insurance.
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Amazon patents a parachute shipping label for drone deliveries
Parachutes, because I can't possibly see anything going wrong there?
I have to guess that Amazon will be putting out a warning about trees, cars, etc and them not being responsible.
I can only imagine someone's package stuck high up in a tree and Amazon saying "will we delivered it".
So now you either have to climb a tree or rent a lift to get your package.
I'll admit I'm pointing out all the bad things. There are many other scenario which this can work.
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Parachutes, because I can't possibly see anything going wrong there?
I have to guess that Amazon will be putting out a warning about trees, cars, etc and them not being responsible.
I can only imagine someone's package stuck high up in a tree and Amazon saying "will we delivered it".
So now you either have to climb a tree or rent a lift to get your package.
I'll admit I'm pointing out all the bad things. There are many other scenario which this can work.
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This poster is completely correct. I'm an FAA Certified drone pilot, I shoot photos and videos for real estate listings. I'm not familiar with laws in other countries, but in the United States, the FAA requires that the Remote Pilot in Command maintain visual line of sight at all times with the drone. Theoretically, Amazon could have one person driving the vehicle while the passenger controls the drone and maintain line of sight that way, but at this point, you might as well just deliver the package by the car or truck you're driving...
The FAA just made commercial drone use legal in the United States back in August of last year, so the rules and requirements are very new. The FAA has stated that they are still figuring things out and that some regulations may be altered in the near future. Personally, I don't see them changing the line of sight regulation. At least, not any time soon. There's too many variables, even in clear weather. Yes, if your drone has a camera on it, you have some visual reference. But the cameras are limited in range of movement and resolution of the image itself. Also, even with a camera, it can only see in one direction at once. The field of view on these cameras are too small and the movement of the camera is too slow. Right now, I agree that visual line of sight is required.
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@xeene, even so they are still obligated to follow the current regs posted by the feds. Fly for Work/Business
And per the feds you still have to keep it in sight regardless the number of cameras. Now we know there are people not following the regs but a company, especially as large as Amazon, will have more government oversight than a "Bob and Kathy Aerial Photo" company. So needless to say that unless the government relax the regs then unless you live down the street from Amazon you are out of luck.
Now I am sure there are lobbyist up on capital hill arguing for the regs to be changed for the sake of businesses and jobs. But I am sure the feds are going to want some way to either be allowed a kill switch or something that allows them to take control of that drone in the event of an emergency or it flying in an unauthorized airspace.
And per the feds you still have to keep it in sight regardless the number of cameras. Now we know there are people not following the regs but a company, especially as large as Amazon, will have more government oversight than a "Bob and Kathy Aerial Photo" company. So needless to say that unless the government relax the regs then unless you live down the street from Amazon you are out of luck.
Now I am sure there are lobbyist up on capital hill arguing for the regs to be changed for the sake of businesses and jobs. But I am sure the feds are going to want some way to either be allowed a kill switch or something that allows them to take control of that drone in the event of an emergency or it flying in an unauthorized airspace.