Mark The Droner
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Flight distance : 2917 ft
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My understanding is that if you're flying in the US as a hobbyist which means you're flying under CFR Part 101 which is to say you're flying under PL 112-95 sec 336, then you are indeed prohibited from flying over cars - even parked cars. This is concluded because of the the sub-section (a)(2) of the law which states
the aircraft is operated in accordance with a community-based
set of safety guidelines and within the programming
of a nationwide community-based organization;
...and the only community-based set of safety guidelines which is within the programming of a nationwide community-based organization in existence is AMA's Safety Code. So if we look at that, we see this:
B. RADIO CONTROL (RC)
1. All pilots shall avoid flying directly over unprotected people, vessels, vehicles or structures and shall avoid endangerment of life and property of others.
http://www.phantompilots.com/thr ... del-aircraft.94297/
So indeed, it seems, technically, you're not supposed to fly directly over cars as a hobbyist in the US. And because of the language in Part 107, this means the so-called recreational flight is disqualified as a Part 101 flight and automatically defaults to a Part 107 flight, which potentially opens the door to a lot of problems, the first of which is the recreational pilot probably doesn't have a 107 certificate.
https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/tex ... .2.107&rgn=div5
https://www.faa.gov/uas/media/Part_107_Summary.pdf
However, there's never been any enforcement of this particular nuance of the law that I've ever heard of, and I suspect a crash into a car would be required to really get the FAA's attention.
Having said that, I agree with RtinTN above. I would ignore him.
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