Adam Savage loves his Inspire 1. He and his MythBusters co-star Jamie Hyneman helped introduce the drone when DJI officially unveiled it in November. Since getting his hands on his own personal Inspire, Savage has been modding it out and optimizing it’s performance as only a MythBuster can.
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Adam Savage should be allowed to make money doing his drone videos, so should everyone else. It is legal, here’s why. The U.S. Constitution id the highest law of the land. The first Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantee’s us all the right to Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Expression, and the Right to Publish, particularly to publish things the government doesn’t like, or what published. Shooting videos with the best camera is the photographer’s right to freedom of speech and expression. The flying cameras called drones are the best cameras of this time. To take away the right to use the best camera, that is infringing big time, on the photographer’s Constitutional rights. Unless they want to change the Constitution, commercial work with drones is a right for all Americans.
Is Adam being paid by DJI, or compensated with free drones? Is this of with the FAA? I’m only asking because most of us are still grounded for commercial use, but Adam’s videos certainly look like celebrity advertisements for these wonderful drones. If he can do commercial work now, can the rest of us?
Adam is a friend of DJI’s Eric Cheng. We got to speak with him at the Inspire event and he told us he has always been a fan of flying, and when Eric says something new and awesome is coming, he drops what he is doing and runs to find a controller.
So what you are saying Andrew, is that he isn’t getting compensated in any way? Honestly, he aught to, and the FAA aught to let us all do commercial work. I don’t even have my Phantom 3 yet, and the FAA’s web of confusion is making me want to cancel my order. I’ve never seen a set of rules as anti-technological development, anti-innovation, anti-competitive, or as out of sync with American values as the FAA’s drone guidelines. Lets face it, these rules are still in place because the big money still influences the FAA. If commercial work with drones is ever allowed, it may cut into traditional aerial photography businesses; that is the real reason. It’s not about safety at all, if it were, commercial drone photography would not only not be prohibited, it would be encouraged. It is thousands of times safer then flying a helicopter or plane low over populated areas to get aerial shots! The FAA has been ordered by Congress to integrate drones into the American air space (in 2012 I believe), and it is way past time for them to comply.
Well spoken, Jim. Although, we should (optimistically) know more by June 2016. The FAA is dragging its feet because it has been inundated by the drone popularity. Right now, there are way too may people flying drones illegally and unsafely. That has to stop!
Curious what made you choose the Inspire. I’m just beginning to look at quad copters/drones and was wondering.