Honest Hammer 11:21 Tue Oct 4
Drones and where you can fly them
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I haven't been round here for a while, but obviously this is THE place for 'this happened to my mate' etc..
I have a drone en route and the laws in the UK seem somewhat undefined.
Anyone had any experience on where you can and can't?
Obvious no go zones are near an airport and in built up areas. If I were to say to go down to the end of Southend Pier... legal?
Cheers.
HH
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Johnson
11:32 Tue Oct 4
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Have you ever kissed a girl, son?
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On The Ball
11:34 Tue Oct 4
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No, but he's going to watch her get undressed soon.
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bruuuno
11:51 Tue Oct 4
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What the hell goes a grown man want with a drone? Live near a school do you?
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claret50
11:56 Tue Oct 4
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You can do a lot of damage with a drone - watch the film 'Eye in the sky' starring Helen Mirren.
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defjam
11:57 Tue Oct 4
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Used one for storm chasing down by Hastings, mate got some cracking lightning footage.
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chim chim cha boo
11:58 Tue Oct 4
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In my experience it's where you can get away with flying one. There's a height limit and you have to be a silly distance from an airport but to most people they are still a curiosity.
I flew one in the city on a Sunday and in Waterlow park in Highgate on a sunny day with loads of people enjoying the sun and although people start to look at you like you're about to ruin their day once it's up in the air they can't even hear it.
When it comes to flying it around Southend pier picture in your mind's eye fifteen hundred quid in cash flying out to sea that you'll never get back if it goes in the drink. It tends to focus you as it flies off almost out of sight while you try to remember if you are flying it backwards or forwards.
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yngwies Cat
12:12 Wed Oct 5
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(nt)
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ManorParkHammer
12:12 Wed Oct 5
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Stay away from playgrounds.
Am pretty sure you will be violating one of your previous orders.
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yngwies Cat
12:13 Wed Oct 5
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Kim Kardashians arse.
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J.Riddle
12:15 Wed Oct 5
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Chim, can't see this being worth £1500
https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/shopping?q=tbn:ANd9GcQe98DH1qmivFzZ95ezmcdZKNuuB8vfnITiXLHuKKLPgu2nbt6c&usqp=CAE
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chim chim cha boo
12:38 Wed Oct 5
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He he.
I've actually got one of those. Fucking impossible to fly and after about twenty pathetic attempts to fly it around my living room my Bengal cat Elvis decided to put me out of my misery by running off with it. I found it later under my bed chewed into about a thousand bits.
The drone I flew to make a video was about three grands worth with retractable wheels and able to carry a much bigger camera than a GoPro.
Last time I spoke to the bloke who owned it he told me that he'd taken it to Lanzarote to video wind surfers and it was now at the bottom of the sea. That's three grand WITHOUT counting the camera.
It can be an expensive hobby when it all goes wrong.
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gph
12:42 Wed Oct 5
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You can get into a lot of trouble if you load it with drugs, fly it near a prison and it goes ever so slightly off course
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J.Riddle
1:10 Wed Oct 5
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I know a few tales, but I refuse to DRONE on about it.
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gank
3:45 Wed Oct 5
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Are you planning to fly it over one of our matches? If not, what the fuck are you asking on here for? This is a West Ham website.
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jack flash
10:04 Wed Oct 5
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No idea what the rules are, but if one of those fuckers flies over my land I wouldn't hesitate to shoot it down & smash it to pieces, in the interest of national security of course
Total invasion of privacy, they should be banned
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Bungo
10:26 Wed Oct 5
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Maybe these will 'take off' if you pardon the pun..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdkd9BX_iBk
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Honest Hammer
10:35 Wed Oct 5
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It's not my drone so I don't really care if it ends up in the drink.
Yes I'm planning on flying near playgrounds, always been into a bit of noncing.
Sniff my shit
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Pi Alpha Nu
11:53 Wed Oct 5
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As I got out my car the other day I could hear a strange noise I looked up and saw a drone.
At that moment I thought that I'd wish I had a shotgun on me.
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chim chim cha boo
1:04 Wed Oct 5
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Pi Alpha Nu 11:53 Wed Oct 5
Total waste of a cartridge. Save them up for Chelsea away.
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IsaacHock
1:39 Wed Oct 5
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Shotguns at football matches? I'm surprised you haven't got a story about that CCCB.
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