Flying at a lighthouse on the California coast yesterday. My P3 was in the air and my friend's Mavic was up. We talk while we fly so as to maintain different altitudes.
At the last minute before sunset, a vehicle pulls up and two guys haul *** to launch an Inspire about 100 meters from us. There's only one lighthouse so the skies seemed crowded with 3 drones orbiting it. Though the odds of a mid-air are pretty slim, they just got higher. I was watching my FPV display during one of my return flights from the lighthouse, when I saw the Inspire go winging by overhead.
A little bit later, one of the guys walks up to see what we were flying. He said they were noobs with a new I2. I suggested next time they should launched within talking distance of other operators in order to keep altitudes sorted out. He was friendly and took it constructively.
I hadn't thought about this before, but with more folks getting drones, I think it's a practice I'm going to follow.
At the last minute before sunset, a vehicle pulls up and two guys haul *** to launch an Inspire about 100 meters from us. There's only one lighthouse so the skies seemed crowded with 3 drones orbiting it. Though the odds of a mid-air are pretty slim, they just got higher. I was watching my FPV display during one of my return flights from the lighthouse, when I saw the Inspire go winging by overhead.
A little bit later, one of the guys walks up to see what we were flying. He said they were noobs with a new I2. I suggested next time they should launched within talking distance of other operators in order to keep altitudes sorted out. He was friendly and took it constructively.
I hadn't thought about this before, but with more folks getting drones, I think it's a practice I'm going to follow.