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> It's a real shame that large ready-to-fly drones aren't required by law to prevent arming in no-fly zones. What if I have a permission to fly there? A frien
by mopsi 7y ago
> It's a real shame that large ready-to-fly drones aren't required by law to prevent arming in no-fly zones.
What if I have a permission to fly there?
A friend of mine struggles with this a lot. He does real estate photography and has photographed even at international airports (under strict supervision).
- bsamuels 7y agoThe FAA establishes complete "no-fly" zones where you may never fly a UAS period. These are zones like active landing/takeoff routes and areas with low flying aircraft like the fire fighting aircraft in the article. I have never heard of someone obtaining FAA authorization to fly a UAS in one of these zones, so I seriously doubt someone using a ready-to-fly kit would be able to do so. One common misconception is the difference between a no-fly zone and controlled airspace. If you want to fly in controlled airspace (within 3 miles of an airport or so), you can obtain said authorization using the LAANC system. It's extremely easy, you just install an app, verify your phone number, and submit the flight request.
- dvtrn 7y agoThere are actually a couple classes of airspace that are technically “controlled” but don’t require authorization from nearby towers. May want to refresh your 107 information.
- bsamuels 7y agoFor the purpose of non-aviation people reading a comment thread about drones, it's good enough. I could edit my post and include all the weird side cases about controlled airspace but at the end of the day it's not relevant to the reader.
- beamatronic 7y agoVisualizing these areas with an AR headset would be really useful
- SimonPStevens 7y agoDJI already have a process for getting clearance to fly in restricted zones. It's called flysafe self unlock. [Edit: changed "no-fly" to restricted]