Drone safety at Wimac

[paulinmtl1]

Hi I'm ex member of WIMAC, I was just wondering what your regulations are towards drones, I'm asking this because today around 3:00 - 3:30 pm I was in the parking lot of the school putting my x country skis back in my car, and a drone flew right over my head , I saw it had come from WIMAC and flew right back in that direction , the noise alone scared the crap out of me, I'm not sure if you guys allow this , but I really don't find it very responsible , there are often kids in the parking lot and usually full of cars

[Sempai-mj]

Thanks for the heads up Paul,

Did you get a chance to see the size and or color?

[paulinmtl1]

Michael, I believe it was black , it was not a small drone , I think it had 5 props

Paul

[Sempai-mj]

Hi Paul,

Did you notice if the gate was opened or closed?

[Burning Head]

At this distance that's probably a FPV ...:no:

[paulinmtl1]

Hi Michael , I was parked in the school parking near Gouin Blvd, I didn't even think to go look if the gate was open or closed , but I'm very sure it came from the field , yes I'm sure it was FPV

[Sempai-mj]

Hi Paul,
There are only two members that fly Penta-copters (5 Rotors) and they were not at the field that day.
It’s not the first time that a person who is not a member of WIMAC flies their FPV’s from the end of Pilon Street.
So I’m going to write this one off as it was not a WIMAC member, this bothers me because we will get blamed for any incidents around our club.

[paulinmtl1]

Ok no problem, I just assumed it was from WIMAC, because it came from there and then flew back in that direction , just out of curiosity though , I guess you don't know if anyone was at the field during the time I mentioned flying a drone?

[Sempai-mj]

I checked with the regular guys who go without posting on the field roll call.