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Originally Posted by greyshep
I'm not a drone owner, nor do I intend to be but 250 grams seems awfully small. So are we talking about registrations for little johnnies mini drone he got in his stocking?? Seems kinda crazy if so.
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Probably not. I have a drone that just tips over the 250gr weight (with battery) and that thing is a rocket. Not the type of cheap, $60 ones you can buy at hobby stores. Odds are, those don't even have the power to fly outside.
Figured this was coming and appears to be more or less what the US is doing. I don't like the $5 registration fee per drone though. That should be a one time set up fee per pilot IMO.
And crap like this in articles drives me nuts:
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The number of reported incidents more than tripled to 135 in 2017 from 38 when data collection began in 2014.
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Ok, so how many of those were actually drones? Posting stats like this just strike me as fear mongering. It's like what happened at Gatwick. 67 reported sightings and then they weren't even sure one was in the area at all?