noiseboy72 said:The CAA rules are Draconian and stifling. 50m from a person or structure? You might as well make it 50km. 150m from a congested area (i.e. urban/city area)? That's great if you're content to film cow **** drying in the sun.
...and there lies the difference between the UK and USA!
There is plenty to film in the UK without straying into towns and cities. The law is to protect privacy and also people and property from damage and injury.
If you want to film in the city, you pay around $1500 to become a rated pilot. This proves you are safer to fly closer to people and are (hopefully) a more responsible pilot!
it doesn't matter how good a pilot you are really, if a quad copter goes tech it departs or falls or both. phantoms seem to go tech every 5 minutes it seems?. the phantoms all but fly themselves and anybody with sight should not in theory have any real problems in phantom mode.