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by dirktheman 4349 days ago
As an avid RC/quadcopter enthousiast I second this. Do not fly over populated areas. Imagine flying a 2 pound brick with 4 sharp, spinning blades at 25 mph. With a camera attached. Sounds safe? You're right, they're not. I've seen a quadcopter crash through the windshield of a car without any trouble.

Flying over urban areas is asking for trouble, and will hurt the RC hobby gravely. It's people like these who will cause a legal ban on RC models.
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chiph 4348 days ago
There have been photos published on Reddit from people who were seriously cut up by the spinning propeller blades - both from RC helicopters and commercial quadcopters.

Not something I want happening to me, or being responsible for.

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dirktheman 4348 days ago
Don't get me wrong, it's a great hobby! Designing, building, tinkering, flying, improving (and repairing, always repairing) your own models is very rewarding. If you know what you're doing it's not a very dangerous hobby, too. A lot more people get injured with baseball, american football, kayaking, paragliding, cycling, racing, scuba diving, boating just to name a few. If you have a little common sense (not grabbing your UAV out of the sky with your bare hands, for instance), keep a safe distance with buildings, roads, people and animals you'll be fine!
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Florin_Andrei 4348 days ago
> Imagine flying a 2 pound brick with 4 sharp, spinning blades at 25 mph.

With 4 sharp blades spinning at potentially over 10k RPM.

The quad I'm building now has a foam shield all around the rotors. And it's a mini. It's gonna be slow, but safe(r).

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dirktheman 4348 days ago
Minis are safer, and perfect for learning how to fly! Take this for example: http://www.banggood.com/Cheerson-CX10-CX10-Mini-24G-4CH-6-Ax...

Mad fun to fly, it can do everything its bigger brothers can (well, apart from carrying your GoPro, of course!), and it's only $23.00. Worst thing that can happen is your cat attacking it, but with these tiny props and this weight, no damage will be done!

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Florin_Andrei 4348 days ago
Well, okay then, maybe mine is not so "mini" after all. 5x3 props, 10A ESCs - fairly small still.

The GoPro is wildly over-rated. The Mobius is smaller, lighter and cheaper, and works about the same.

http://mobius-actioncam.com/

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