Between Obama’s enthusiasm for drone strikes and the widespread fear that the NSA is forever looking for new ways to murder our freedom, drones have gotten a bad name. There’s an easy way to fix that. “We call them UASes now,” says local drone—ahem, unmanned aircraft system—enthusiast Ryan Twose.
And, yeah, there’s also the fact that operating a drone is fun. “It’s not an esoteric hobby,” says Twose. “It’s very hands-on and maker-friendly. Everyone sort of tweaks their rigs with fixes they invented themselves.” As for the negative associations, he says, “A lot of it’s just sensational . . . that’s just a boogeyman.”
