Comment on DJI might get banned next in the US
otacon239@feddit.de 7 months ago
Would this disable/prevent use of already purchased drones as well? I’ve considered picking one of these up for the longest time, but now with this potential ban, I’d really want to pick one up, but not if they would be unusable if this passes.
Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
I’ve wanted to pick one up for ages, but when I look into it there’s so many restrictions on where you can fly that I can’t see myself being able to get much use of out.
carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Unless you live next to an airport or next to a federal building, it’s really not all that restrictive. Only places I haven’t been able to fly were near camp David and a local airport.
Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
For starters you cannot fly a drone over a person except the operator (yourself). The weight of the drone or inclusion of prop guards does not change this.
So goodbye to flying around any busy area or city.
andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Is that because most drones are passively recording a videosteeam for it’s operator to navigate it? Would it affect cameraless drones?
Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
We live 4.5kms from an airport. Can’t even fly it in our backyard since the limit is 5kms. Doesn’t matter how high you fly it.