Shiny!

[clovehitched]

I want one of these:

That is all.

Originally posted at http://auntysarah.dreamwidth.org/226084.html - you can comment here or there.

Comments

[darkwaterfairy.livejournal.com]

Ok, myself and twiggy_j just had an academic disagreement as to if the gadget you posted would be covered by said CAA remit. I say ye, she sez neh.

Poking about... we get The Air Navigation Order 2009 (the mentioned just-activated regs). Which, to put briefly, says (in S.166+167) "Small unmanned aircraft
" can be flown anywhere bar airports and >400ft, while "Small unmanned surveillance aircraft" need to be licensed at all times. And what makes a small unmanned aircraft of the surveillance variety?

"(5) In this article ‘a small unmanned surveillance aircraft’ means a small unmanned aircraft which
is equipped to undertake any form of surveillance or data acquisition."

Ergo, I'd say this gadget can only be used by CAA licensed peeps, full stop. Don't pass Court.

[auntysarah.livejournal.com]

I note with interest that all those hobbyists attaching digital cameras to their RC planes are not being prosecuted.

[auntysarah.livejournal.com]

I further note that something which will primarily be used indoors by many people is none of their damned business.

Actually, since this thing is running Linux, I wonder how long it is before someone makes one that uses some sort of machine intelligence to be autonomous. That way it could fly itself to where it was going, using GPS, do stuff and then come home. That genuinely would be useful for surveillance, because it's not limited by the rather short range of wifi.