Drones

Absolutely,

2017 into last year there was the beach plastic watch, Drones photographed the country's coastline for individuals to log on and count the amount of plastic items littering our beaches.

 

There are downsides to them, as recent airport shut down's have shown, there is a balance to strike, we aren't quite there yet.

 

For example the National Trust ban Drones on their sites with houses, quite right too, but it would be nice to have maybe a Drone afternoon where supervised and restricted flights where allowed for those using drones for photographic purposes.

Maybe one day.

ByI have no problem with people using drones as long as they are used like any other pastime equipment, that is to say with due consideration to those around them, be they people or animals.

They can be extremely useful in an official capacity, for mapping, for surveying, for, potentially,  life saving even. Great.

The fly (pun intended) in the ointment are the few who are just plain anti social. We've already seen it with the recent chaos at airports and with media coverage of criminals using them to get drugs etc. into prisons. There will always be these types and we need stronger deterrents and better registration.

Let's face it. We belong to an organisation where its' members are derided and mocked by some sections of the public and media. We're easy targets due to decades old prejudices so I don't see why we can't have a bit more understanding for a hobby that is quite new and is already suffering those same type of prejudices. 

Enjoy your hobby and be good. 

Yes there are downsides. I can't say I see many around but the noise would be a down factor for me but you obviously enjoy your new found hobby. Thanks for the video clip. 

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I think that the biggest concern is not the drones themselves but the high quality HD cameras now fitted to a lot of them.  With most caravans and motorhomes now having huge skylight windows what price privacy ?

The noise in my video was amplified by my phone.

There is noise when flying say at 10 metres high, above that you should hardly hear them if at all.

 

Drones are like cyclist.

 It's illegal in England to cycle on footpaths, and even push a bike. As an avid walker of our countryside and coast I don't mind cyclist enjoying our scenery, provided they are courteous and conscious of others who want to enjoy the outdoors. I hope I can fly my drone under these circumstances.

 

I would imagine Drones would be banned on all caravan sites, if not I for one would say they should be, so privacy shouldn't be an issue.

 

I can understand noise being an issue, but the outdoors isn't the pursuit of one hobby, in the Rc flying club years ago  noise was extreme with petrol and nitro engines, so flying times were adhered to. Drones are much quieter.

Well at least you will know the updates from the gov.uk site on drone usage. My OH built model planes, the last one was too big to get out of the place where he built it, thankfully he didn't build a boat. 

Me too, many years ago I loved to build plane kits by Flair. They were based on WW1 aircraft, ah memorys.

W&M, having re-read my earlier post I realise it sounded abrupt. That was not my intention and I apologise. I’m genuinely interested in the legality, safety and insurance issues and would welcome your response.

I've heard that the Mavic Air is a good one.👍🏻

There are plenty of websites for you to look at that can provide far more information than I.

 

My interest is photographic, and will fly my Drone in this mode rather than the sports mode that it also comes with.