The FAA realizes that air safety currently fundamentally depends on pilot self-preservation, which is not a property shared by drones.
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Replying to @starsandrobots
The main weakness of many sUAS today is range and battery use.
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Replying to @starsandrobots
Half a thought here, but regulations might require energy-intensive maneuvers as a tax on harmful behavior as an alternate disincentive.
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Replying to @starsandrobots
Interesting thread, but you lost me here and I'm not boat race savvy. Could you share a (rough/draft) example of what this idea in practice?
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@CJHandmer is the one who's boat race savvy! I'm only vaguely familiar. Maybe he'd share some specific examples1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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Here's an article I found: http://www.yachtingworld.com/features/5-tips-when-and-how-to-take-a-penalty-63119 …. TLDR: Sailing against the wind is hard. Penalties are a 360 degree turn, costing time.
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Replying to @CJHandmer @starsandrobots
Cool, thanks. How might rules like that apply to "drones", though? If someone flies over 400ft, someone makes them land and take off again??
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Replying to @natevw @CJHandmer
decelerating from forward flight and hovering/loitering are probably sufficiently energetically taxing as penalties.
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Landing seems impractical
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