Dangerous Drone

What Not To Do

The following is a list of what not to do if you are an RC flying club.

Do not threaten the neighbour especially on his land, in front of his house with his wife and infant inside.

Do not lose communication with the neighbour because when there are issues, the problems will be reported somewhere else.

Do not tell the neighbour that the only way to make you stop is to sue you.

Do not lie to the neighbour, telling them that you will fix something only to later admit you’ve done nothing at their expense.

Do not send your president to do noise measurements on the neighbour’s property with the pretext that there will be adjustments only to have the president say that no one will be completely happy. Then do nothing about the noise.

Do not fly over the neighbour’s house.

Do not fly within 20 feet of the neighbour’s buildings with a jet.

Do not fly over the neighbour’s property.

Do not crash anywhere close to the neighbour’s home or property.

Do not wake the neighbour up each morning to the sound of a turbine helicopter.

Do not expel the exhaust fumes from the turbine engines in the direction of the neighbour so that the exhaust goes into his house.

Do not make so much noise with your aircraft that the neighbour is tortured in his own home hour, after hour, day after day.

Do not tell the neighbour with an infant to move just so that you can play with your hobby aircraft.

Do not tell the neighbour that their infant needs to be educated because their infant can’t sleep because of noise from the club’s aircraft

Do not expect that in order for the neighbour to have company over they need to contact you to ask you not to fly that day.

Do not expect the neighbour to tell you when he is going on vacation so that you can do whatever you want around his property.

Do not expect the neighbour to bring you flowers then plead with you to keep the noise down.

Do not put an RC flying club field very close to an existing home.

Do not increase membership with those who operate large aircraft while acknowledging that more members means more noise.

Do not tell the neighbour of the club that you’re a neighbour when you live in another city and only come to this property to fly dangerous noisy machines at the expense of the residents who live there.

Do not expand the runway so that larger planes can be flown when in close proximity to residents.

Do not set the noise limit of the club so that it is above the bylaw on the neighbour’s property then fly even noisier aircraft.

Do not attempt to intimidate or bully the neighbour in reprisal.

Do not massacre the tree line on your club site so that you can fly aircraft more easily over the neighbouring property.

Do not laugh at the neighbour as he holds his infant child and asks you to please stop flying such loud planes because the neighbour’s child can’t sleep then tell the neighbour not to worry that your group will only do it from 7am to 11pm each day.

Do not fly such loud aircraft that the noise is louder than the neighbours baby monitor in his house with doors and windows closed.

Do not yell at the neighbour to go away when he taking pictures from his own property of club members breaking rules because he recognizes the danger and is trying to protect his family’s safety.

Don’t attempt to bribe the neighbour with token offerings when you are making their lives hell.

Do not hold a filmed event with giant RC aircraft saying it’s for children while the noise and danger is abusive the neighbour’s child.

Do not tell the neighbour, don't worry we have insurance because if it is needed that’s a problem.

Do not offer to show the neighbour his property from the sky (using FPV) because their place looks nice from the air.

Do not tell the neighbour that you are watching his property and argue with him about when he is home.

Do not crash so many aircraft on neighbouring properties that you need an ultra-light powered parachute to look for them on a regular basis.

Do not fly over the neighbours endangering their lives on their own property.

Do no fly over the neighbour on his property then crash, search the trees on his property line, call the neighbour to tell him if he has the crashed plane to leave it outside then trespass on the neighbour’s property multiple times only to then insult and threaten the neighbour.

Do not be so arrogant as to think that because someone, years prior, allowed a club to be established that members are entitled to make the neighbour’s lives hell.

Do not think that flying in a circle for fun is more important than the health and safety of the neighbours.

Do not make rules and then not enforce them.

Do not trespass.

Do not threaten seniors.

Do not threaten a young family.

Do not recklessly or knowingly endanger neighbouring residents by flying over them.

Don’t set a noise limit above the city’s bylaw.

Don’t violate the city’s noise bylaw.

Don’t break the Club rules.

Don’t break the MAAC rules.

Don’t violate the Transport Canada CARs Exemption.