Drone Believed to Cause Incident

Sounds like the drone operator ran away like a little beyotch rather than facing the consequences of his actions and taking responsibility like a man. I think we will see much more of these sort of incidents in the future. I just hope any damages are minor and they do not cause any injuries or death but I'm sure that is just wishful thinking.
 
SkyDog58 said:
Sounds like the drone operator ran away like a little beyotch rather than facing the consequences of his actions and taking responsibility like a man.
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I got this from the article:

Kurth did not see the impact but said a few minutes later that a man in his 30s came running up and admitted he had lost control of a drone he was flying at a nearby playground.
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Somedudeintn said:
I think he was referring to the line...

When PG&E arrived, the drone pilot moved on, Kurth said.
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Yes. One thing to just mention it to a bystander who does not know you. Quite another to stick around when any party that is more 'interested' shows up.

I took "moved on" to mean "got his butt out of there in an expeditious and stealthy manner". :lol:
 
SkyDog58 said:
Sounds like the drone operator ran away like a little beyotch rather than facing the consequences of his actions and taking responsibility like a man. I think we will see much more of these sort of incidents in the future. I just hope any damages are minor and they do not cause any injuries or death but I'm sure that is just wishful thinking.
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Well, since it has to have a registration number on it, problem solved.

Right? RIGHT?

:rolleyes::rolleyes:
 
SkyDog58 said:
Yes. One thing to just mention it to a bystander who does not know you. Quite another to stick around when any party that is more 'interested' shows up.

I took "moved on" to mean "got his butt out of there in an expeditious and stealthy manner". :lol:
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Around here, it would have taken at least a couple of hours for the electric company to show up for an event affecting a few homes. Maybe they're more efficient than that in CA, but I doubt it. So "moved on" could very easily mean looked for his drone for an hour and then went home.
 
The article sounded somewhat inconclusive as to whether the drone actually was what caused the flash and the outage. For one thing, they didn't find any sign of the drone, and you would think there would at least be some parts lying around on the ground afterwards. I also know that when a bird shorts across the terminals of a transformer, it makes one heck of a bang, because it happened on the one in my back yard one day, and that's what the PG&E guy said it was.
 
How do we know that this issue wasn't caused by a Mylar balloon? Where is the push to register those???
 
Palmpilot said:
The article sounded somewhat inconclusive as to whether the drone actually was what caused the flash and the outage. For one thing, they didn't find any sign of the drone, and you would think there would at least be some parts lying around on the ground afterwards. I also know that when a bird shorts across the terminals of a transformer, it makes one heck of a bang, because it happened on the one in my back yard one day, and that's what the PG&E guy said it was.
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Maybe it vaporized!

http://www.frsafety.com/Resource/Arc_Flash

Keep in mind, I have no experience with flying drones into transformers. Just a wild guess.
 
Airplanes run into power lines regularly. And we want to pick on the one time that a drone does it?

:rolleyes2:
 
timwinters said:
Airplanes run into power lines regularly. And we want to pick on the one time that a drone does it?

:rolleyes2:
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Why would anyone want to bury their head in the sand and ignore problems caused by drones?
 
Why would anyone who lives in a glass house throw stones?

There are zero problems with small aircraft?
 
No one has considered the missing drone might have been unrelated? It's not like people don't lose those constantly.

No, there is no way to completely vaporize one without any physical evidence.

There are a number of causes of arc flashes. Tree branches, water leakage, critters, etc.
 
As I understand it, the new rule for registration of drone owners is intended to make it possible to identify the responsible party in case of a mishap. Tree owners are already identifiable through real estate ownership records.

As for airplanes, ownership information of those is already registered with the FAA.

Of course, we also have ultralights, but I suspect that the number of them in operation, and the number of incidents caused by them, are not considered sufficient to warrant action.
 
Here is the problem with drones:

A cheap Chinese made five pound flying object of which some estimate close to one million were sold over this year's holiday season alone. The day is approaching where you won't be able to sit in your back yard on a nice Sunday afternoon without one of these GoPro toting buggers passing over and looking at you.
 
Silvaire said:
The day is approaching where you won't be able to sit in your back yard on a nice Sunday afternoon without one of these GoPro toting buggers passing over and looking at you.
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One more time. That's why god invented 12 ga shotguns. And, no, I'm not kidding. If a drone is within lethal shotgun range (and what's that for #6? 40 yards maybe?) then it's trespassing.

Period.

Regardless of what the actual laws say.

I seriously won't hesitate. Well, yes I would, because I'd have to walk into the house to get my shotgun. And, if it hangs around that long then I'm doubly justified.
 
Silvaire said:
Here is the problem with drones:

A cheap Chinese made five pound flying object of which some estimate close to one million were sold over this year's holiday season alone. The day is approaching where you won't be able to sit in your back yard on a nice Sunday afternoon without one of these GoPro toting buggers passing over and looking at you.
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I think its a fad though. I'm guessing in 2-3 years people won't be flying them very frequently unless they have a commercial reason.
 
Silvaire said:
Here is the problem with drones:

A cheap Chinese made five pound flying object of which some estimate close to one million were sold over this year's holiday season alone. The day is approaching where you won't be able to sit in your back yard on a nice Sunday afternoon without one of these GoPro toting buggers passing over and looking at you.
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And of those how many survived the living room? How many died on the first day of ownership lol?

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So a drone took out a transformer, big deal. We lost one a couple months ago to a squirrel. Fried the little rodent pretty good, too.
 
Silvaire said:
A cheap Chinese made five pound flying object of which some estimate close to one million were sold over this year's holiday season alone.
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Ho many million five pound birds are there? :lol:

Most drone weigh less than a pound or two, anyway. Many more millions of birds that size, too.
 
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