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UK UAV Regulations Explained

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Local Club/Activities Anyone Interested - Washington, DC area

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What Would You Pay For An Airframe?

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Morli commented on Patrick Egan's blog post 'What's up with the Drone haters?'
Most of the tal,,k in this topic has been going over my head, :) is this really has to be here, my apologies, I didn't understand the point of this topic to mission of this community as I could not see any haters from outside this community,or else…
on Sunday
Sgt Ric commented on Patrick Egan's blog post 'What's up with the Drone haters?'
@Mike: I have been following this site almost from the beginning, and I can say straight up that Chris has always been consistant about the mission statement of this site. I really don't know what the basis is for your statement "it does come across…
on Sunday
Patrick Egan commented on Patrick Egan's blog post 'What's up with the Drone haters?'
Even though most lawyers are considered heartless, they aren’t robots. It is much harder to insert men assets in a remote and hostile environment before the intel is stale. Maybe we should call the armed ones RLA (Remotely Lawyered Aircraft)
on Sunday
christian mulder commented on Patrick Egan's blog post 'What's up with the Drone haters?'
Three Laws of Robotics; 1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey any orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3. A…
on Sunday
Chris Anderson commented on Patrick Egan's blog post 'What's up with the Drone haters?'
Mike, I'm open to suggestions, but aside from putting a big NASA logo on the Predator, what would you recommend? Not quite sure what "stitched vertical" means. I do think that the Predator is the only really well-known drones, so that's hard to avo…
on Sunday
Mike commented on Patrick Egan's blog post 'What's up with the Drone haters?'
I understand Chris and respect your policy. With regards to the point of the thread I wonder if really you need to review the way the site is presented? We have discussed this before but to be honest it does come across as a military inspired site a…
on Sunday
Chris Anderson commented on Patrick Egan's blog post 'What's up with the Drone haters?'
Mike, I apologize if I missed some comments I should have deleted. I do my best to stay on top of all the discussion here but at the end of the day I'm just one person. I'll try to monitor this thread more closely. The rule is NO politics, ever. At…
on Sunday
Mike commented on Patrick Egan's blog post 'What's up with the Drone haters?'
Chris, you deleted my comment on a previous post on the grounds that it was political. I consider that some of the comments on this post are more so. At the end of the day of course its your call and I respect that. Cheers, Mike
on Sunday

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About Me:
I am on the board of the Remote Control Aerial Photography Association and ARC (Aviation Regulatory Committee) Delegate.. RCAPA’s goal is to promotes and further RC aerial photography and the development and use of SUAS (Small Unmanned Aerial Systems). Our primary focus is safe airspace integration of unmanned system.
Website:
http://rcapa.net
Hometown:
Sacramento

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Patrick Egan

What's up with the Drone haters?




I guess they made it to TAAC.

And I guess Cindy is looking for something new now that GWB is gone???

http://cindysheehanssoapbox.blogspot.com/

We really need to think of ways to showcase the positive side of this technology before the ACLU gets in o… Continue

Posted on December 17, 2009 at 10:34am — 32 Comments

Patrick Egan

UAS 2009

www.uas2009.org




This one is mainly policy and less of a trade show. Too bad all of these shows can't line up the dates???

Posted on May 18, 2009 at 12:00pm — 6 Comments

Patrick Egan

Light at the end of the regulatory tunnel?




It sounds overly optimistic to me, but it's the best news I've heard in a while.



For the cut and paste crowd

http://www.shephard.co.uk/news/1725/us-lawmakers-propose-commercial-uas-access-to-national-airspace-by-30-september-2013/

Posted on February 12, 2009 at 4:00pm — 1 Comment

Patrick Egan

Congrats on TED Chris!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7869307.stm

Posted on February 4, 2009 at 9:13am — 4 Comments

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Airspace integration, what you can do…

http://www.rcapa.net/forums/showthread.php?t=10

Open to any other suggestions folks might have.

Posted on October 25, 2008 at 9:25am — 22 Comments

Comment Wall (6 comments)

At 10:42am on July 11, 2007, Jeffrey Johnson said…
Hey patrick! Check out the Pict'Earth group ... http://pictearth.ning.com/
At 12:22am on September 22, 2008, rochak said…
Hi Patrick
I came to know abt u thru diydrones.
I am a new member out here. my main interests are development of autonomous aircraft (i.e autopilots)
do you have any experience of a quad rotor??
can you help me with its control theory??

Thanks in advance
At 8:03am on October 28, 2008, SUNEEL KAPUR said…
No, i think this is the first time we have come in contact.
At 8:07am on October 28, 2008, SUNEEL KAPUR said…
No i do not have any experience of a quad rotor.
Let me share u r experience on autopilots. What autopilots u have worked on & how about on board videography.
At 5:54pm on November 10, 2008, Andrew Kondor said…
hi... its going OK... what are you doing over here?
At 1:32pm on January 6, 2009, Valery Hronusov said…
Very interest. Thanks you. I don't know about this events. My daughter lives in Moscow, and I hope to see her photos

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