Hello together,

here comes our video about the DJI Avata and the legal situation in Germany and EU. As always, the video is only in German - sorry for that.

The video shows what is possible and allowed within the EU when flying with the DJI Avata and flying with a FPV Goggle like the DJI Goggles 2
It shows what you have to pay attention for - and what is forbidden. EU regulations (Eu Drohnenverordnung) is a bit special ;o)

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We hope that video helps to understand the legal situation and to make it easier to fly safe and legal..




Hope you enjoy this video ;o) thanx for watching!


Further usefull links about the DJI Avata and drone law in EU

• DJI Avata introduction
• DJI Avata details and prices
• DJI avata testing and review
• Where to buy DJI Avata
• Top10 drones and cameras
  

Hello there Nooky. Good day and thank you for sharing this interesting information and video with us. Again, thank you for your support and keep flying.

Very informative video.  Thanks for sharing.

Long story short for European non-German speaking members:

1. You need a liability insurance especially for drones.
2. You need a A1/A3 pilot certification and you need to register as a pilot. Registered pilots receive a so called eID, that needs to be placed on every drone, the pilot has.
3. When using Goggles, you need a so called spotter, someone who stands beside the pilot and watches the drone to avoid accidents. If no spotter is available, you are only allowed to fly in VLOS (visual line of sight) without Goggles.
4. Because it was released before 1st January 2023 the interims EU drone regulations apply until end of 2023. From 2024 on the final EU regulations apply.

Point 4 results in the ability to fly the Avata in A1 until end of 2023. From 2024 on it‘s only allowed to fly in A3.

If you don‘t understand, what A1 and A3 is … you‘ll learn that during your pilot certification. You will learn, where you are allowed to fly under which circumstances with which kind of drone, that the maximum allowed height is 120m and lot more. But don't worry, the test is not that hard and demo tests are available for free.

In Germany the registration costs 20€ and the A1/A3 pilot certification 25€.

Btw, flying without registration and/or certification is illegal and can cost the pilot up to 50.000€ penalty.

Thanks for sharing.

One thing that is missing so far is ... how is the legal situation, when people "hack" the Avata to use FCC mode in Europe instead of CE mode?

Many people seem to be interested in this workaround to get a decent range of more than 100m, because DJI decided to release this drone without 2,4 GHz band, which results in a very weak 5,8 Ghz band in CE mode and so a pretty shocking short range. Check the threads about that problem in this forum.

I guess flying in FCC mode in Europe is illegal, right? How high might be the penalty fees?

Here in NL it is even worse.