USF students can now check out drones

[bullsbucsfan426]

http://www.saintpetersblog.com/archives/149177

 

This does not appear to be a prank. USF students can now check out drones for aerial photography. Privacy concerns galore, but hey, it is kind of neat.

 

 

[charsibb]

Not a prank.

 

Official announcement here

 

http://news.usf.edu/article/templates/?a=6347&z=213&utm_source=library-renovations-061714&utm_medium=rotator&utm_campaign=usfhomepage

 

they will also be able to check out video cameras, microphones and even drones. Students, who will be provided training in advance, will be able to check out the small remote-controlled airplane containing a video camera, which can be used to capture footage from an aerial view.

 

 

Which is interesting, because the FAA still forbids all drones - the only one licensed to date is for somewhere in Alaska, IIRC

 

Edit: Yuppers, Prudhoe Bay

 

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-0611-faa-bp-drone-20140611-story.html

Edited June 20, 2014 by charsibb

[USoFlo]

Not a prank.

 

Official announcement here

 

http://news.usf.edu/article/templates/?a=6347&z=213&utm_source=library-renovations-061714&utm_medium=rotator&utm_campaign=usfhomepage

 

they will also be able to check out video cameras, microphones and even drones. Students, who will be provided training in advance, will be able to check out the small remote-controlled airplane containing a video camera, which can be used to capture footage from an aerial view.

 

 

Which is interesting, because the FAA still forbids all drones - the only one licensed to date is for somewhere in Alaska, IIRC

 

Edit: Yuppers, Prudhoe Bay

 

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-0611-faa-bp-drone-20140611-story.html

 

I'm pretty sure the FAA band is for commerical drones. Private drones used for things like photography aren't banned.

[charsibb]

 

Not a prank.

 

Official announcement here

 

http://news.usf.edu/article/templates/?a=6347&z=213&utm_source=library-renovations-061714&utm_medium=rotator&utm_campaign=usfhomepage

 

they will also be able to check out video cameras, microphones and even drones. Students, who will be provided training in advance, will be able to check out the small remote-controlled airplane containing a video camera, which can be used to capture footage from an aerial view.

 

 

Which is interesting, because the FAA still forbids all drones - the only one licensed to date is for somewhere in Alaska, IIRC

 

Edit: Yuppers, Prudhoe Bay

 

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-0611-faa-bp-drone-20140611-story.html

 

I'm pretty sure the FAA band is for commerical drones. Private drones used for things like photography aren't banned.

 

 

I don't have a link, but one of the spring practices had to stop using their drone. I think it was for a baseball team

[USoFlo]

 

 

Not a prank.

 

Official announcement here

 

http://news.usf.edu/article/templates/?a=6347&z=213&utm_source=library-renovations-061714&utm_medium=rotator&utm_campaign=usfhomepage

 

they will also be able to check out video cameras, microphones and even drones. Students, who will be provided training in advance, will be able to check out the small remote-controlled airplane containing a video camera, which can be used to capture footage from an aerial view.

 

 

Which is interesting, because the FAA still forbids all drones - the only one licensed to date is for somewhere in Alaska, IIRC

 

Edit: Yuppers, Prudhoe Bay

 

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-0611-faa-bp-drone-20140611-story.html

 

I'm pretty sure the FAA band is for commerical drones. Private drones used for things like photography aren't banned.

 

 

I don't have a link, but one of the spring practices had to stop using their drone. I think it was for a baseball team

 

 

Could be because they might be considered a commercial entity and could use the footage for promotional puposes? I really don't know for sure but for the sake of conversation just throwing it out there. I would think that they opperate under the same rules as remote controled model airplanes?

[Gismo]

The idiotic part is that whether commercial or private there is no practical difference between the two in most cases. What is the difference between someone taking pictures for hobby or selling the same pictures? $$$$$$..... The government wants to interject itself if money is involved. They want a piece of the pie. No money, okay they don't care.

[USoFlo]

Saw this today.

 

http://video.tampabay.com/To-infinity-and-beyond-Drones-may-soon-be-available-to-USF-students--26288462?playlistId=11886

[charsibb]

OK, I get it now.

 

That's not a freaken drone, it's an RC helicopter.

 

THIS is a drone!

 

Edited June 23, 2014 by charsibb