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I purchased a drone as a hobbyist, to see if it would be useful to me during inspections. Wow, What a useful tool. I saved risking my neck on an inspection yesterday ( flying my drone for fun and with the property owners permission at no charge and following the FAA's safety rules). The property owner told me that when their inspector was there, his ladder slid down and caused damage to the property and himself.
With snow on the ground and ice in the gutters, laddering up on a 2 story custom home with steep slopes is risky business at best. Being able to avoid that risk is invaluable.
Wading through the FAA regulations (sec 333 exemption) and paperwork may be worth it, to get compliant for commercial use, though they are currently requiring a pilots license. That restriction is the major hurdle keeping most companies from being able to use drones legally. So, until that requirement changes I will have to consider myself a hobbyist only, where nothing is required.
There is talk of requiring a safety certification just for drone use, and I hope it happens. I think it would be beneficial for everyone to still be required to abide by the safety rules in place but basically not have to have a manned aircraft pilots license. I could certainly appreciate being able to reduce the safety risks involved with my work. The fail-safe features built in to the new units are great and take a lot of risk out of flight mishaps. I have the phantom 3 advanced and am very happy with it.
UPDATE: I acquired the remote pilots certificate and am offering aerial photography commercially.
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