IrishSights said:
As you do live in the UK you DO have restrictions!!
EDIT: I presume you mean AGL?
By no restrictions i mean there are no houses, people or the likes.
im wanting to film from beaches, up the cliff faces into the clear air, so i just want to know what the max i could got from my take off point.
If the beach is 200ft below the top of the cliff can i there for add another 400ft to that as it is now at ground level for the rest of the landmass? or am i still held to 400ft from takeoff point?
EXISTING REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
FOR MODEL AIRCRAFT
UK national regulations for model aircraft are summarised in CAP 658 “Model Aircraft: A Guide to Safe Flying” [7]. Under the terms of the regulations, Small Aircraft
less than 20kg are excluded from the vast majority of the regulations that apply to other aircraft. The regulations provide freedom to operate a Small Aircraft
provided the operator does not act in a reckless or negligent manner so as to endanger any person or property.
For Small Aircraft with mass between 7kg–20kg, some additional operational constraints are imposed to ensure adequate safety. These include:
o Clear of controlled airspace, unless with ATC permission,
o Clear of any aerodrome traffic zone, unless with ATC permission
o At less than 400ft above the point of launch, except with permission as above,
o Within 500 metres of the operator at all times.
o Not within 150 metres of any congested area of a city, town or settlement,
o At least 50m clear of persons, vessels, vehicles or structures. This can be reduced to 30m for take-off or landing. Other model operators and any assistants or officials may be within this distance; as may vessels, vehicles or structures under their control,
o A serviceable “fail-safe” mechanism shall be incorporated to terminate the flight following loss of signal or detection of an interfering signal,
o Ensure that any load carried on the model is secure,
o Flights must comply with any conditions such as byelaws,
o CAA permission is required for any commercial flights.
As the Phantom 2 + set up is LESS than even the 7kg what would the restrictions be? I'm sure common sense would prevail in the end but I'm more curious to the "theoretical" max height from take off point