werner.daehn
Second Officer
Flight distance : 350837 ft
Austria
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All true but also the quantity is a quality of its own. In the early ages of manned flight there had not been any rules either.
Then some authority came and defined streets in the air - airways. How stupid is that!?!? It was necessary due to the amount of planes and their various goals - transportation, recreational flights, flying over cities...
And now the governments try to regulate drones, with their own tendency to cover each case and everybody.
Best would be if we all obey the rules by the word, yes, thousands of people calling your local heliport saying that they are going to fly an RC toy in 5 meter height max. That will change something because it costs others money.
For me, personally, I frankly don't understand the ultimate goal of all these regulations. And Europe is worse, there a drone with a camera is no problem, but as soon as you turn on the camera and take videos, it possess so much risk, you need to apply for a flight permit (=a commercial flight). And this is not related to you taking a video of some stranger, that law you have to obey anyhow in addition.
I would have said, everything below 100 meter and no other persons in reach - do whatever you want. Autonomous, filming yourself, whatever. Below 5kg there can even be buildings, but no people still.
If you want to film somebody else you have to have insurance.
And if you want to fly with heavier things or over crowded places, that is when regulation kicks in big time.
All drones have to have a sticker with the owner or if you like, an online registration process to bind the serial number to an address - assuming my self built drone even has a serial number.
Who gives a damn if you fly FPV with 2km range all by yourself in the desert? Right?
@Machoman: Just got the flight permit from Austro Control.
http://wdaehn.blogspot.co.at/201 ... er-drohne-ulfz.html (German)
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