Farang with drone in central bangkok

[ghworker2010]

I was in bangas on the weekend and walking down a moderately busy street off Sukhumvit. I approached a group of 10 people around a nerdy looking guy playing with a remote. He was operating a drone and taking photos whilst it was 'high in the sky'. The photos looked great and we all watched as he landed the drone with precision on the side walk- with people walking really close and bikes / cars driving by.

Apparently the blades on the drone could cut a finger off and I was thinking that this device could cause serious injury in the hands of the wrong person.

I'm keen to buy one but thought I would ask if anyone knows are they legal to operate in thailand?

cheers

[bkkgooner]

I'm pretty sure they are illegal to operate since the army came in but I could be wrong. Are you sure about the cutting off fingers bit?

[CNXBKKMAN]

I think the thai govt was talking of banning them or licensing them a month or so ago. I quite often see people flying them in fields just outside chiang mai city. I don't think they are dangerous at all for most people.

[Mcffee]

Propellors are made of relatively soft pastic and engines have no power only speed.

[gerry123]

BANGAS?????

[MrWorldwide]

Bangers - the Big Mango - BKK.

[Rhys]

They are annoying...

[midas]

Not sure about Thailand but Cambodia has already banned them

Cambodia Bans Drones

http://thediplomat.com/2015/02/cambodia-bans-drones/

[willyumiii]

There has been talk of banning them in Thailand, at least those with cameras, but so far they have not been banned.

I see them for sale in many stores in Thailand, usually without the camera, but equipped to carry one.

[samran]

If they banned Drones in Thailand, Thai Visa would be a very empty place indeed...

[wow64]

They work really well.. fly mine out of my condo and perv on my neighbors through their windows.

[chickenslegs]

I'm pretty sure they are illegal to operate since the army came in but I could be wrong. Are you sure about the cutting off fingers bit?

Not sure about cutting off fingers but my Mum told me they could put your eye out.

[jdinasia]

Could have been Richard Barrow

http://www.thailandfromabove.com/

[Langsuan Man]

Proposed ban on drones with cameras covered here:

http://tech.thaivisa.com/drones-fitted-cameras-banned-thailand/3290/

[AleG]

Propellors are made of relatively soft pastic and engines have no power only speed.

I got bitten once, resulting in four stitches on my right wrist. That was with a plastic, 10" propeller, using a flexible propeller adapter that gives if it hits something; I also use carbon fiber propellers and those are significantly stiffer than plastic, a carbon propeller mounted with a rigid adapter can cause serious injuries, but to completely cut a finger off it needs to be a relatively large multicopter,.

The risk of injury is very real and that is the reason I never fly over people or in urban areas, anyone who does is, IMHO, acting irresponsibly; at least for anything over 300 grams of weight or so.

[FalangBaa]

If you go to any expat bar in Bangkok, they are completely full of drones - by which I mean "worker drones", boring English teachers droning on about every subject under the sun as if they were an authority, whereas in reality they know absolutely nothing. They are the kind of people who would never be able to get a teaching job in their own country, but to be an English teacher in Thailand the main hiring criterion is being able to speak English. They make a 200 baht drink last a fairly long time, because each drink represents 1% of their monthly salary.

Edited April 8, 2015 by FalangBaa

[willyumiii]

If you go to any expat bar in Bangkok, they are completely full of drones - by which I mean "worker drones", boring English teachers droning on about every subject under the sun as if they were an authority, whereas in reality they know absolutely nothing. They are the kind of people who would never be able to get a teaching job in their own country, but to be an English teacher in Thailand the main hiring criterion is being able to speak English. They make a 200 baht drink last a fairly long time, because each drink represents 1% of their monthly salary.

You should show those English teachers more respect.

They may be able to teach you how to focus, and compose a reply to a thread that is actually on topic!

[pmarlin]

Bangers - the Big Mango - BKK.

I prefer Bangkok as I/m sure most adults do.

[Norrad]

If you go to any expat bar in Bangkok, they are completely full of drones - by which I mean "worker drones", boring English teachers droning on about every subject under the sun as if they were an authority, whereas in reality they know absolutely nothing. They are the kind of people who would never be able to get a teaching job in their own country, but to be an English teacher in Thailand the main hiring criterion is being able to speak English. They make a 200 baht drink last a fairly long time, because each drink represents 1% of their monthly salary.

There has to a village somewhere that's missing its idiot. Luckily I found him...

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[lostinisaan]

If you go to any expat bar in Bangkok, they are completely full of drones - by which I mean "worker drones", boring English teachers droning on about every subject under the sun as if they were an authority, whereas in reality they know absolutely nothing. They are the kind of people who would never be able to get a teaching job in their own country, but to be an English teacher in Thailand the main hiring criterion is being able to speak English. They make a 200 baht drink last a fairly long time, because each drink represents 1% of their monthly salary.

Sad to hear that you don't have other friends. So you're basically saying that you need much longer for such a drink, to be able to follow great conversations, teaching techniques, grammatical structure and all the other currently available treatments for impotence -- intra-urethral pellets, intra-penile injections, sildenafil (Viagra) or a vacuum pump -- that are suitable for cardiovascular members of this glorified forum.

[cgphuket]

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If you go to any expat bar in Bangkok, they are completely full of drones - by which I mean "worker drones", boring English teachers droning on about every subject under the sun as if they were an authority, whereas in reality they know absolutely nothing. They are the kind of people who would never be able to get a teaching job in their own country, but to be an English teacher in Thailand the main hiring criterion is being able to speak English. They make a 200 baht drink last a fairly long time, because each drink represents 1% of their monthly salary.

And that's why I don't go to expat bars.

[anotheruser]

If you go to any expat bar in Bangkok, they are completely full of drones - by which I mean "worker drones", boring English teachers droning on about every subject under the sun as if they were an authority, whereas in reality they know absolutely nothing. They are the kind of people who would never be able to get a teaching job in their own country, but to be an English teacher in Thailand the main hiring criterion is being able to speak English. They make a 200 baht drink last a fairly long time, because each drink represents 1% of their monthly salary.

At least when they do it in a bar I am not subjected to it. Thanks for the fascinating insight Doctor Tedious.