wellsi
Core User of DJI
Flight distance : 9082933 ft
United Kingdom
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The immediate reposonse that I'm armed with is "Civil Aviation Authourity rules say I'm allowed to fly as long as I'm more than 50 metres away from you. So even if I was viewing your house, which I assure you I'm not, the distance and the wide angle lens on drones means the view is worse than Google Earth. Come and look for yourself....."
Most people are intrigued by drones and are really interested once you show them the display. That said, you need to watch out that they're not aggressive and likely to grab your remote, which is then a criminal offence, but isn't a situation you want to get into. You can also point out it's no different to a hot air balloon flying over their house....
However, in fairness, the CAA do not allow you to fligh over or within 150 metres of a 'Congested Area' defined as “in relation to a city, town or settlement, means any area which is substantially used for residential, industrial, commercial or recreational purposes” (see Article 255 of the Air Navigation Order 2009)
https://www.caa.co.uk/Commercial ... -unmanned-aircraft/
So, if he is in a town or city, you have to stay more than 150 metres away by the rules, so the park or open area you're flying in needs to be big.
I've also printed off those rules, and the CAA Exemption allowing FPV flights up to 400 metres, just in case anyone (including PC Plod) doesn't believe you.... Not needed them yet, but I tend to fly well away from houses.
Cheers,
Ian
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