Re: gEDA-user: OT: Video camera hack

[Dave McGuire <mcguire@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Nov 15, 2005, at 7:00 PM, Syed Faisal Akber wrote:
> Unfortunately, the Canadaian and probably the American governments
> classify this as UAV (Unmanned Arial Vehicles) and thus it becomes 
> illegal
> for us to do.  You can put a camera on a model plane but point it 
> towards
> the ground not forward and not use it to fly either.  This was told to 
> me
> by a friend of mine who happens to be an Industry Canada inspector.

  Well I don't know much about Canada, but in the US you can bet on it. 
 This government is unbelievably paranoid.  Frankly, it makes me want 
to throw up.  But that's a rant for another day. =)

             -Dave

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