Drone Crashes into CHILDEREN! injuring 6

[Vettster]

"Scratches to necks and shoulders."... No body bags... good thing of course but any object dropping from that height into a crowd is going to inflict scratches and maybe some bruising.

Here is a debate subject:

What is better? Doing candy drops with a drone at zero forward velocity if something goes wrong and high chance of hitting the kids or with an airplane with it's forward momentum but a very slim chance that it would hit the kids in the event of failure?

Ya ya I hear the rising "keep the kids off the field until the candy hits the ground" crescendo from the safety gurus! Sure - I have watched candy drops done that way. Just toss the candy on the ground in the parking lot if you are going that route. Then it won't interrupt the flying and is just as exciting for the kids!

I wonder if you would have the same attitude if it were YOUR kids were the ones that got hit.

FYI... Model airplanes DO NOT fly over the kids or anyone else for that matter cause we only hold events at MAAC sanctioned events on MAAC sanctioned fields, following MAAC SAFETY guidelines....unlike the Drone pilots that do what they want, When they want with no regards for public safety. If you know of a candy drop event where the kids are on the field during the fly over... then that club should have its certification yanked.

I guess it shouldn't surprise me that you don't care that children got hurt and that you would defend the drone pilot.