Night flying is fun and offers some pretty cool photography and video effects. As long as you know your surroundings. Just be above the tree tops and powerlines. I love flying at night!
You need to wake up and have a strong cup of CLUE.plus people I fly with we like to due distance runs and have fun not be told by ama people how to operate are drones
go to ama field to fly your drone and told to get lost no drones here .no thank youYou need to wake up and have a strong cup of CLUE.
The AMA is not the enemy here (nobody is, but read on): they are our friends. You should thank the AMA. You should JOIN the AMA as a member. Here's why:
It's the FAA that's making all of these rules and regulations. They need to, it's their job, but forget all that -- what you need to know now that IT IS NOT THE AMA.
So when we get wind that the FAA is defining or changing more rules for we UAV operators (both part 101 and 107), its the AMA that marches on down there and says "wait a minute, this here is reasonable, but that there is going too far". They are our champions.
They have done a great job of keeping the FAA from being too restrictive. If you're a member like me, you will get frequent reports about the actions they have taken to protect our rights.
Okay, not for the part that would have turned someone like you away by now if I had put this at the top of my post: There must be rules and regulations: I won't explain why here. If you don't know why, you're already lost. However, if you truly are curious, ask.
I take it you are a commercial flyer because that's who those rules apply to. For hobby flying, just follow community based guidelines (AMA). You can fly at night under those guidelines.Can't fly over people, cars, most buildings
Can't fly at night
Can't fly out of your sight
More here: https://www.faa.gov/uas/media/Part_107_Summary.pdf
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Along with eating carrots, I am going to buy a Bald Eagle costume for my P4. "Look, it's a Bald Eagle. No it's a drone. No it's a Bald Eagle with amazing flying capabilities!"
The average person don't just track the FAA rules and regulations about drones. Probably 99% don't even care. If you run a business utilizing a drone, you can bet your competitor will turn you in if you are not licensed to fly. Simple as that.
By their definition, I fly mine commercially. For the most part, I do crop inspections for farmer's. I am not around airports or anything of any concern. Question is; am I really a commercial pilot?
Can't fly over people, cars, most buildings
Can't fly at night
Can't fly out of your sight
More here: https://www.faa.gov/uas/media/Part_107_Summary.pdf
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It depends on how you define line of sight. It doesn't say able to see, just line of sight. If you could see it with binoculars and it is in a straight line with no obstructions that is still line of sight.
still a waiting game am I not going to fly at night yes I am plus still going to due distance runs not like vlos police will be running around everywhere im sure faa has a lot to due just keeping up on all the planes in the sky
rumor is that hobbyist that use goggles would have to have a 107 which means people flying racing drones or dronesSo pretty much nothing changes for recreational/hobbyist UAV pilots ... Just commercial
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That is sad at best. A lot of range extenders get sold so someone isn't going by that obviously.Actually, paragraph 5.7 states "the PIC and person manipulating the controls must be able to SEE (emphasis mine) the sUAS at all times..."
I live in the city, and not much interested in videos consisting of nothing but unpopulated, wide open fields of endless trees, grass or water.
No nighttime. No over people. No near big structures (buildings). No out of VLOS (and at 50 that ain't far).
Basically every type of flying that I do today ends Monday.
Out of all the videos I watched today on here and YouTube - I'd guess 90% of them l overflew people or cars or buildings; maybe 70% seemed out of VLOS. Forget long range runs; Who can see their drone a mile out, or three?
Feeling sad a bit
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That is sad at best. A lot of range extenders get sold so someone isn't going by that obviously.
weird a lot of people haven't even seen a drone flying I have never seen one around me ever