May be traveling to Germany in May.  Any places where I can find rules for foreigners flying?

Hi,

In Germany there are some rules to obey.

For all drones:
- Every drone needs to be marked (fireproof sticker) with your name and address. You can do that yourself.
- Maximum altitude is 100m above ground
- No flying in control zones or near airports
- Only fly in visual range
- No flying near main roads, hospitals, government building, people, inhabitated houses, national parks.

Additional rule for drones with a takeoff weight of 2 kg or more:
- Pilot needs to do a course and a test (forget it for foreigners)

Additional rule for drones with a takeoff weight of 5 kg or more:
- Flying only possible with a specific allowance ("Aufstiegsgenehmigung")

So if you fly a Spark or a Mavic, you're fine with just marking it.

Cheers,
Wolferl

Wolferl Posted at 11-29 06:15
Hi,

In Germany there are some rules to obey.

Thank you.  Found a map of the town I plan to visit and it appears to be almost all a no fly zone

lordgarth Posted at 11-29 13:54
Thank you.  Found a map of the town I plan to visit and it appears to be almost all a no fly zone

Too bad. But flying in a town or city (100m distance from houses) isn't possible anyway, unless you are flying in a park with no people. German people sometimes really call the police. It happened to me twice, but I had the necessary paperwork with me. Very different to Austria, nobody cares about illegal flying.

Cheers,
Wolferl

lordgarth Posted at 11-29 13:54
Thank you.  Found a map of the town I plan to visit and it appears to be almost all a no fly zone

Yep, towns or all residential areas are no go.

Also near major roads, Autobahn (Highways), Railroad/ Railroad tracks, 100m distance to Hospitals (cause of the helicopters going there), Jails, Courthouse, Power planst, crowds of people (such as concerts etc), Accident sites on roads/streets... all no no. Distance to major airports is 1.5 km (about 1 mile) is needed.

More here:
http://www.loc.gov/law/foreign-n ... and-model-aircraft/

Hi lordgarth
please also have in mind that the dji go app may switch from fcc to ce mode
so your action radius you´re use to outside europe is very limited here

have a nice travel anyway