Would the same apply if I were to use a kite instead of a radio controlled plane? I can understand limiting the range of the radio signals so the plane can't stray far from the piolet but limiting what the piolet may do within the bounds of a typical radio controlled flying area seems excesive.
Steve Meier On Tue, 2005-11-15 at 19:00 -0500, Syed Faisal Akber wrote: > > On Tue, 15 Nov 2005, DJ Delorie wrote: > > > > > > http://www.georgiajets.org/video/PinCushion_Goes_To_Lake_Wales.wmv > > > > A friend of mine once put a video downlink in a model helicopter and > > flew using the monitor instead of watching the helicopter. I always > > thought it would be cool to put a pair of cameras in a model plane, > > and hook them up to VR goggles and fly it that way. > > Unfortunately, the Canadaian and probably the American governments > classify this as UAV (Unmanned Arial Vehicles) and thus it becomes illegal > for us to do. You can put a camera on a model plane but point it towards > the ground not forward and not use it to fly either. This was told to me > by a friend of mine who happens to be an Industry Canada inspector. > > > > > > I know this is off-topic, but I thought it was pretty neat :) > > > > Hacking electronics seems on-topic to a hobby electronics group :-) > > > I concur. >
