[Goldwingnut]

Originally Posted by bilcon

I am not a big fan of drones. Sure, they take nice pictures of areas, but they can also be an invasion of privacy. Delivery of drugs by drone. What next. Surveillance of your personal activities. Big brother is watching. Watch what your wish for. Only the opinion of a humble man.

"I have never made a mistake in my life. I thought I did once, but I was wrong."

You're watching too much TV, the stuff you see is fantasy, if they you hear them say "enhance that picture" that is where they start to make things up. There are only so many dots in the picture, you can't divide 1 dot into 10 and get more information out of it, but it does make for great TV drama. Flight times and ranges are very limited (<30 min.) and the aircraft are very noisy, I can hear mine clearly at 1000 ft distance and 400 ft high, and that's one of the quitest on the market. The UPS drones don't even have a camera on them, control is all done with flight telemetry and ground observers.

There will always be those with nefarious intentions that can't be controlled.