So you're telling me you NEVER jaywalk? you NEVER go over the speed limit when driving? You always report any items you buy online that you dont get charged sales tax?
Maybe I am being arrogant, but I have faith in my ability to operate a drone in a safe and reasonable manner, even if that might conflict with regulations. I do not see any safety issue with having one drone hovering in place, and then putting a 2nd drone up and letting it hover while I land the first one. If i had to actually maneuver the drones around (aside from going straight up and down) then yes, I would not do that on my own.
And the drone wouldn't be directly over people/traffic.
LOL! Seriously???
Honestly... I go out of my way to not break the law... ANY law.... regardless of how much more I know than the regulators on the local, state, and National level . . .
Now there was a time I thought I knew better and did exactly what I wished but for a good while now I've always tried to follow the laws even if I don't agree with them. But those were a long time ago.
Examples:
Just today we were driving through Kentucky and the highway was 6 lanes wide, open and clear-visible as far as the eye can see yet the speed limit went from 70mph to 55mph. Even though I felt like I could "
safely" handle that stretch of highway at 80+mph I still reduced my Cruise Control (
and resulting speed) to the stated 55mph. I left it at that rate until the posted speed limit changed at which time I re-adjusted my Cruise Control to the new speed. Of course I got my doors blown off by every Tom, ****, and Harry who wished to run at whatever speed they felt like they were entitled to run. I merely worry about MY speed and let everyone else worry about theirs as I can't do anything about it.
This weekend I was spending time in Louisville Ky and their red lights/crosswalks seemed to take forever. Even though I felt like I could '
safely" run the red lights or cross the crosswalks against the signage I opted to wait until they changed and then proceeded.
That should be the answer to your questions. Yes I do WALK the TALK that I spew out on the forums.
With all due respect, your attitude is exactly why restrictions are getting tougher. Just because you feel like you're better than the law doesn't give you ANY leeway what so ever. What happens if you have a failure/emergency with one sUAS while the other unit is hovering? What happens if an unexpected MANNED aircraft enters the area low and at a high speed? Which one do you bring down and which one do you leave? What happens if one aircraft is about to go into Low Battery Landing and at that moment the other aircraft experiences some typ of sudden emergency failure?
Flying 2 drones is flying 2 drones regardless of the path/direction of flight. You can not SAFELY manipulate 2 at once in an emergency situation. Task saturation is a real thing with one aircraft and 2 it's a recipe for disaster in your situation. Very very bad idea IMHO and probably not the best use for sUAS to begin with.
Aviation has a great safety record because we are always "Expecting" worse case scenario and planning for it like that. Few professional/wise pilots go out with the intentions of busting the regs and creating safety hazards along the way. And even fewer take the time to go online and mention/brag about it on the forums that are very well known (and documented) to be at least occasionally read by our friends at the FAA.
Keep in mind that the vast majority of this forum is genuone industry professionals who don't appreciate those who do this type of stuff and put the rest of us in a negative light. So the uprising you've created is of no surprise what so ever.