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Chris F Posted at 2017-3-15 13:28
Thank you for the information! there is a lot of information out there and the reason I decided to come to the DJI forum rather than any other drone forum ultimately was because it is a DJI Drone.
I started to get confused as to what I actually needed to do and how to make sure I was legally able to fly while following the current laws (for the USA) so I appreciate the input from another fellow drone pilot. I don't want to have my gift of the Mavic turn into me being too scared to fly for fear of reprisals from FAA or other entities. There are a ton of Youtube videos where people received fines out there. Albeit they were doing some dumb things (in my estimation) with their drones but I wanted to be safe and fly safe as well.
There are a ton of Youtube videos where people received fines out there.
I'd guess that a lot of that is click bait. As of a year and a half ago the FAA had issued a whopping total of 20 fines to drone operators, though I'm guessing the number has increased a bit since then. Unless you plan to try to fly over the White House or something along those lines your chances of ever having a close encounter with the FAA are probably pretty slim. You're much more likely to get grief from regular citizens who've seen too many news stores about how the skies are filling up with killer spy drones flown by pervert pilots who live in their parents' basement and who are looking for any opportunity to invade peoples' privacy and photograph their children.
I actually prefer to call it a quad over a drone myself.
A lot of veteran pilots do, but most "laymen" don't know what that is so I've made my peace with "drone". |
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