Hex's don't crash? Does waivers somehow reduce damage? in order to get a waiver wouldn't one must take the 107 exam? Hobbyist/ Recreational users gain nothing by doing so except more restrictions.Ok, I've experienced a prop pop off of a quadrotor, and what happens is the same thing when you drop a brick. Straight down. If you're 300 ft AGL over a bridge like that, and a motor fails; a prop snaps or pops off, a bird flies into you, that quadrotor is coming straight down and achieving terminal velocity. If that hits someone's windshield when they're doing 55 (haha the Golden Gate bridge, who is doing 55?), this would kill someone. This is why you never, ever fly a quadrotor over a busy roadway. If this guy had a hexarotor or a counterrotating 8-prop quad (see ShotOver.com) arrangement (and a waiver), I wouldn't bat an eyelash. But RaptorMan is right. Stuff like this is going to ruin it not just for the commercial operators, but the hobbyists too. And don't tell me that the Mavic is Small. If Payton Manning threw a Mavic full tilt at your head, you would be an inpatient at the hospital if not worse.
Just personally I fly using AMA rules using Hover which I downloaded from the FAA site because it doesn't allow the input of user parameters (the version I have doesn't) if the FAA approves it I don't see the need to make things more complicated. I get you, I ride motorcycles and when I see idiots I cringe, but no point getting bent out of shape because when that idiot crashes and burns two more will replace him/her. Manned aviation underwent the same sky is falling scrutiny in its early years, we will have our growing pains adjust and I suspect manned aviation will soon become a nostalgic conversation over cold beers.