What is your opinion on NFZ Management?
I realize there are several different ways to manage no fly zones, but I'm interested in the differing opinions... how you manage them.
After reading a recent thread (no flying in Cali) and realizing there are apps out there, as well as the DJI site and the built in software, I'm just wondering how everyone manages their own NFZ issues.
As an example:
-I just installed three of what seem to be popular NFZ apps, and there are difference in my area for all three
-according to all three, I have flown in designated no fly zones unknowingly, and in some case for different restrictions (within 9km of an airport, designated restrictions with no description, etc)
-the DJI Go app has never yet warned me that I'm in a NFZ for any of those flights, nor prevented take-off.
I am a very conscientious flyer and will always respect rules, privacy, concerns... and endeavour to keep people in general supportive of the sport, but clearly if I researched and followed every rule to the letter, I'd never have taken most of the flights I have so far.
So I'm left to believe there is a grey area... especially when take-off in not prevented by the flying app.
So what do you do?
How thoroughly do you research zones?
How tightly do you follow the NFZ circles?
Or do you fly wherever the app will let you?
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I realize there are several different ways to manage no fly zones, but I'm interested in the differing opinions... how you manage them.
After reading a recent thread (no flying in Cali) and realizing there are apps out there, as well as the DJI site and the built in software, I'm just wondering how everyone manages their own NFZ issues.
As an example:
-I just installed three of what seem to be popular NFZ apps, and there are difference in my area for all three
-according to all three, I have flown in designated no fly zones unknowingly, and in some case for different restrictions (within 9km of an airport, designated restrictions with no description, etc)
-the DJI Go app has never yet warned me that I'm in a NFZ for any of those flights, nor prevented take-off.
I am a very conscientious flyer and will always respect rules, privacy, concerns... and endeavour to keep people in general supportive of the sport, but clearly if I researched and followed every rule to the letter, I'd never have taken most of the flights I have so far.
So I'm left to believe there is a grey area... especially when take-off in not prevented by the flying app.
So what do you do?
How thoroughly do you research zones?
How tightly do you follow the NFZ circles?
Or do you fly wherever the app will let you?
Sent from my iPhone using PhantomPilots
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