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Brutus Posted at 2017-1-16 11:59
Sorry for breaking in, I'm Dutch I'm planning to travel from Capetown to Johannesburg in October this year. Can someone explain the rules in SA to me? I'm confused.
Can I get my Mavic through customs?
Can I fly without a permission/registration?
Hi Brutus,
As far as I understand, if you're flying for private use, you do not require a license, As such you:
- may fly your UAV up to 144 feet (120 meters)
- must maintain Visual Line of Sight (VLOS)
- may not fly more than 300m away from you. If there is an object in that 300m that is the tallest object in that range, you may not fly higher than it.
- may not fly within 50m of people or over crowds of people
- must fly during daylight in good weather conditons (no night flights)
- may not fly within 10km of aerodomes
- may not fly within national parks
If anyone I'm wrong about anything or if anyone has anything else to add, please do.
From what I've seen,, these rules seem to be similar for a lot of countries around the world.
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