I lived in Tulsa and OKC and have now been in Kansas over 25
years. Your proposed altitudes are above the MEA on
airways. Done properly, with reserved airspace [you can get
approval to use the MOAs] what you want to do is safe. But
if you just want to launch and depend on luck to avoid
killing somebody you're being reckless.
A quick Google returned this...
Drone aircraft may prowl US skies | CNET News.com Drone
aircraft may prowl US skies | Can unmanned aerial vehicles
doing ... the FAA says it's created a UAV "program office"
to come up with new rules of the ...
news.com.com/Drone+aircraft+may+prowl+U.
S.+skies/2100-11746_3-6055658.html - 54k - Cached - Similar
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and the National Airspace
System This process has aided the FAA, other government
agencies, and the UAV manufacturers ... except for those
flown under the AMA Experimental Aircraft Rules; ...
www.house.gov/transportation/
aviation/03-29-06/03-29-06memo.html - 16k - Cached - Similar
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AOPA Online - Regulatory Brief -- Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Unmanned aircraft (UA) operate without an on-board pilot or
crew. ... The FAA is in the process of drafting rules that
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www.aopa.org/whatsnew/regulatory/unmanned.html - 29k -
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Use of Pilotless Planes May Be on the Rise Last year, the
FAA allowed two unmanned aircraft to be tested for
commercial use. ... The Fine Print: WPNI Rules for Posting
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www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/
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Federal Aviation Administration - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
(UAVs) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) – sometimes called
“unmanned aircraft systems,” ... The FAA’s main concern
about UAV operations in civil airspace is safety. ...
www.faa.gov/news/news_story.cfm?type=fact_
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Factors ... However, some time may pass before the FAA is
notified of these outages, ... 7-5-5. Unmanned Aircraft. a.
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I see on your website that your name is Woodhouse and you
sell wishes. Does your planned UAV that will fly up to
6,000 feet for many miles [you said you early test would be
20 miles] make up a "wish" for a customer?
Since you're in OKC, why not visit the Feds and learn what
is legal and how to do it safely?

--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P


--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
some support
http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm
See http://www.fija.org/ more about your rights and duties.



"Chris W" wrote in message
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| Morgans wrote:
|
| Most likely, nothing bad would happen. Is that
something you want to
| gamble your like on? Is it worth it?
|
|
| I'm guessing that you either live east of the Mississippi
or on/near the
| west coast, and not in Oklahoma. RC airplanes can and
have killed
| people. However, generally this happens from a much
larger plane than I
| plan on using, and the chances of someone getting injured
is reduced
| significantly when the engine isn't running. With this in
mind these
| are the situations I foresee potential for serious injury.
The only way
| I see this coming in contact with someone on the ground is
if the engine
| is not running. Therefore, the biggest danger to someone
or something
| on the ground is gone. So for the plane to impact a
person while the
| engine was running it would have to be an impact with a
real plane. If
| the difference in heading of the real plane and the model
were between
| greater than 0 and less than 90, then the prop wold be
history before it
| penetrated the cabin and would the now dead engine would
loose most of
| it's energy before in impacted someone in the plane, most
of the rest of
| the plane would never enter the cabin. If the difference
between the
| heading of the real plane and the model were between 90
and 180, that's
| big a problem. I'm not sure how feasible it would be to
have some kind
| of sensor to detect such an impending collision and do
something about
| it. Other than avoiding busy airspace, I'm not sure what
to do about
| it. Keep in mind that the class C around KOKC which is
with in 3 miles
| of my house and I plan on staying away from, really isn't
very busy at
| all. There is still the possibility that something goes
wrong with the
| autopilot and sends the plane down the wrong side of the
highway at 3
| feet off the ground. To virtually eliminate this type of
situation, I
| plan on having a completely independent system that will
kill the engine
| and put the plane in a slow flight configuration should
the altitude
| drop below a given amount. Granted that could also fail
but the chances
| of both the autopilot and that system failing is very
remote, that "fail
| safe" system would be pretty small and light and could be
made redundant
| and possibly include a the deployment of a parachute. All
this said I
| am open to other ideas to make it safer.
|
| --
| Chris W
| KE5GIX
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