The “what and where” requirements are easy to enforce. If a drone goes out of control and strikes a person, it was clearly in violation of a rule against flying over people.
“Return home” is a good start, but it is not enough. The feature set also has to include “see and avoid”. If it can decide to “return home” directly into the side of a manned balloon, it is not safe enough for unrestricted autonomous operation.
I say this as a balloon pilot who has observed drone pilots operating in the vicinity, and even attempting to land on top of a manned balloon.
player2@lemmynsfw.com 3 months ago
Agreed, I have no desire to fly near airports or over 400ft. I’m just in my FPV quad in my backyard, no other person in sight, and they arbitrarily worry about my 260g drone and not my 240g drone, it’s silly and unenforceable unless you really screw up.