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The NOTAM reads: "ALL UNMANNED ACFT ARE PROHIBITED FROM FLYING WITHIN A STAND-OFF DISTANCE OF 3000FT LATERALLY AND 1000FT ABOVE." That is somewhat narrowly de
by themafia 7mo ago
The NOTAM reads:
"ALL UNMANNED ACFT ARE PROHIBITED FROM FLYING WITHIN A STAND-OFF DISTANCE OF 3000FT LATERALLY AND 1000FT ABOVE."
That is somewhat narrowly defined. I'm sure you can still effectively film them from 1100ft.
further:
"FACILITIES AND MOBILE ASSETS, INCLUDING VESSELS AND GROUND VEHICLE CONVOYS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED ESCORTS"
I think you'd easily beat this language in court. "Please show us where 'mobile asset' is legally and narrowly defined."
- light_hue_1 7mo agoYou cannot fly drones over 400ft above the ground (with some very narrow exceptions). So this isn't narrow, it's extremely broad. You can't read such rules in a vacuum without knowing their context.
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- reactordev 7mo agoUmmmm… I fly drones at 8,000ft for arial mountain shots… drones are surprisingly capable given good wind conditions.
- hrimfaxi 7mo agoThat would be against the law in the US. https://www.faa.gov/uas/recreational_flyers https://www.faa.gov/uas/recreational_flyers
- kotaKat 7mo agoNot if you stay within 400 feet AGL of the mountain terrain. You can be over 400 feet MSL (mean-sea-level) but still be within 400 feet above-ground-level from where the drone's sitting in the sky.
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 7mo agoIf I'm still following the plot, this means protesters just need to get their mountains to follow ICE activity (but remain 3000 feet away, laterally) for lawful recording.
- reactordev 7mo agoOnly if you’re caught. It’s perfectly fine to put your body and life on the line and go paragliding at those altitudes but the moment you strap a headset on for FPV, it’s “illegal”.
- LorenPechtel 7mo agoDrone altitude restrictions are AGL, not ASL. I go out on top of the highest local mountain and send a drone up to 12,300' and the FAA won't care. I do the same thing over my house, they would very rightly be quite upset. (But I think it's BLM would care about the drone over the mountain--it's wilderness terrain, no powered vehicles of any type except for emergency use.)
- zimpenfish 7mo ago> I'm sure you can still effectively film them from 1100ft. But also having to be 3000ft laterally which gives you a distance of about 3160ft which is probably beyond the useful camera range of most consumer drones?