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Plus, if you want to fly it "really" legally you often can't. In CA, according to my own research: - you can't fly over private property, - pretty much _ALL_

Plus, if you want to fly it "really" legally you often can't. In CA, according to my own research: - you can't fly over private property, - pretty much _ALL_ parks&rec departments and counties in the Bay Area prohibit flying in their public parks, - flying over e.g. public parking lots and the likes is probably a gray area as there's potentially people around, - airspace at least around here is often regulated anyway, many airports, hospitals with heli pads (not 100% sure about legality of flying within their "zone") and national/state parks that are also no-fly. I tend to fly in smaller parks and just risk the $500 (?) fine and getting the drone confiscated :( It will just get better once this can happen retroactively :/ But this is mostly why I got a DJI Mini, it's pretty quiet and doesn't draw a lot of attention.

Ancapistani 4y ago
> you can't fly over private property Yes, you can. The FAA regulates airspace; the state has no jurisdiction. > pretty much _ALL_ parks&rec departments and counties in the Bay Area prohibit flying in their public parks, They can restrict taking off, landing, and "operating from". > airspace at least around here is often regulated anyway, many airports, hospitals with heli pads (not 100% sure about legality of flying within their "zone") and national/state parks that are also no-fly. In most cases it's as easy as a LAANC request, made through a mobile app and approved instantly. It's worse in some places than others but I had no problem flying in Santa Cruz a few months ago. San Diego is a nightmare, between military bases and the civilian airport there.