Sorry Joe, I disagree. In Canada, you are absolutely allowed to carry any electronic device that you care to, even including infrared and night vision in a "hobby" mode. Simply stated, that means you cannot make any commercial gain from it.
I called Transport Canada prior to dropping a significant sum to equip the new Tarot, and they declined my request for a commercial license, with the direction that if I go down that road, it would be a simple application to get one.
This octocopter is an order of magnitude more powerful than most of the quads out there, and it still has a very limited flight time, and with a GoPro mounted, the reality is that you would have to be closer than 15 feet away to get any kind of closeup on that camera.
For airreal shots, landscapes and sailboats underway, which is the sole purpose of buying it, it will be fine. Anybody wants to litigate over that, bring it on.
Anything can be taken out of context, and it's pretty clear that these things are getting painted with a pretty big brush. We just watched yet another poo poo story on the news. They conveniently neglect to state that it was a Secret Service person flying the DJI at the White House, but make a big stink about getting it banned. How hypocritical.
