Drone Coverage for SR/CQB...

I will have a Lily at some point for both CQB and SR. Its really a no brainer. I'm learning to fly them myself but that one is really simple with no skill needed.
 
The no electronics thing at the firing point is why? Is it the same as no smoking at the firing point? Because the rounds/ ammo may catch fire?
Over seas the ammo point was the smoking point in 120 degree afghan heat, to include small arms rounds grenades, 60mm 40mm,25mm 155, 556 762 9mm 84mm and the rest of it hundreds of thousands of lbs of ammo and dozens of smokers and cell phones,cameras ipods etc believe it or not and guess what not one single incident!!!! OMG

Some one please clarify the paranoia of this urban legend
 
I believe it's intended as a safety measure, to avoid distraction on the firing line, and I think the focus is on cell phones. I can't imagine anything more distracting than a drone buzzing overhead.
I'm guessing a DND range might have issues with us flying drones on base whilst training flights take place nearby and at low altitudes.
 
A shooter checking his emails on the phone would be severely distracted and as dangerous as a driver doing the same. I don't think there is a problem with a non shooter using something like a camera.

A drone might be distracting to the shooters if they could hear or see it.


But the pics would be interesting.
 
My neighbor has a huge drone with an 80km range. It has a live feed camera on it so he can see what's up through the goggles he wears, or a lap top. It's very quiet as well, with everyone wearing ear pro and it being 10 or 20 feet above you, nobody would even notice it. I was thinking of getting one till he told me it was a 15k project that he built with most of the parts coming from Europe.
 
I think the main reason for the no electronics rule is to prevent cheating. I believe some people have been caught or suspected of sending messages to shooters about location of hits, coaching etc. during a match.
 
Mauser GDog said:
I'm guessing a DND range might have issues with us flying drones on base whilst training flights take place nearby and at low altitudes.
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We don't run aircraft over active small arms ranges due to ricochets so the chances of an aircraft eating a drone a couple hundred feet over an active KD small arms range is minimal.
 
Viper26 said:
You'd need DND's permission to fly per Transport Canada regulations
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Only with drones used for a commercial purpose or over a certain mass which the Lily falls below as well as the DJI phantoms, just like you don't need a permit to fly the little helicopters that have been available for years. However in Canada a pilot must be in control of the drone at all times and have visual sight of it. The Lily doesn't have a pilot so technically would not be allowed to be used in Canada. However no one pays attention to these rules. They exist nonetheless.
 
Jerry Champagne said:
The no electronics thing at the firing point is why? Is it the same as no smoking at the firing point? Because the rounds/ ammo may catch fire?
Over seas the ammo point was the smoking point in 120 degree afghan heat, to include small arms rounds grenades, 60mm 40mm,25mm 155, 556 762 9mm 84mm and the rest of it hundreds of thousands of lbs of ammo and dozens of smokers and cell phones,cameras ipods etc believe it or not and guess what not one single incident!!!! OMG

Some one please clarify the paranoia of this urban legend
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Yeah, wtf? I've mounted a go-pro offset from the targets at 300m at my range. (Just like the target cams I've seen advertised.) remoted into my iPad. Great for seeing hits and recording video of taneritte explosions.
 
How about 30 target drones flying in front of you and each one of them is full of tanerite.....
I'd like to attend that match...
 
Markus said:
Only with drones used for a commercial purpose or over a certain mass which the Lily falls below as well as the DJI phantoms, just like you don't need a permit to fly the little helicopters that have been available for years. However in Canada a pilot must be in control of the drone at all times and have visual sight of it. The Lily doesn't have a pilot so technically would not be allowed to be used in Canada. However no one pays attention to these rules. They exist nonetheless.
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True, you don't need an SFOC to fly recreationally but you always need permission to fly on private property. Some of us do pay attention.
 
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