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So then it makes no sense that in the US, the Fly More combo does not include the controller and requires you to purchase it separately. Maybe they figure everyone already has a compatible controller. I do not and that is the reason that I didn't buy a Neo.
Yes, I believe that, even in autonomous mode, the Neo can be overrided any time using the manual control from the phone. So, technically, you should retain control of that drone, even in full auto mode. Which should match the FAA requirement.🤔 Ordered mine around two weeks ago, but because of stock shortage, it will only be shipped around October 10th sadly. Still, impatient to fly this drone around ! Great instructive video as usual. 😎
Thank you sir for explaining what remote id means….as you can probably tell, I am a beginner. I couldn’t have hoped for a better video explaining the issue. You were incredible and quite clear. Thank you again!
OK.. so.. if I just want to fly around with my mini 4 pro.. sub250, I have TRUST, I am not hovering over someone's house or yard.. but I want to say fly to a near by school (on a weekend.. no kids in class) or park etc. Do I have to follow roadways and NOT go over others homes? If so, and a car is driving.. do I have to "pull over" to the sidewalk (as best I can from 100 to 400 feet up) and wait for the car to pass so as not to fly over the car? What if I am crossing a road (perpendicular) and a car zooms by.. am I now in violation? We'll ignore the line of sight stuff.. waiting to see what FAA does with Part 108 but really hoping drones like the DJIs with object sensors are allowed to go BVLOS soon since they are completely capable of that with all their sensors.
Should not be shooting at RC planes but there needs to be some predetermined number of feet above the ground that is under the control of the property owner, at least a couple of hundred feet. And, we should be allowed to fly RC planes on private property to a height of 200ft or the height of nearby vegetation or buildings whichever is higher without government interference.
If I'm not mistaken, Category 1 drones do not need to be listed in the DOC. You can actually self-categorize an uncategorized zone by 1. using a drone that is .55 lbs or below, 2. you are using prop guards, and 3. your drone complies with remote i.d. regs.
18 USC 32 is enforced by the DOJ, not the FAA, so it’s the police that would charge the shooters, and they have done so in a few and growing number of cases as LE learn about the law.
There is a flip side to that coin. If 1. you own the airspace around your property and that drone is engaged in illegal surveillance that changes the Dynamics.
Except that you do not 'control' the airspace over your property. The FAA has jurisdiction from the blades of grass to the heavens. On the other hand, many jurisdictions have laws against surveillance, peeping toms, voyeurisms etc, using a drone or not, and those can come into play. However, taking the law into your own hand, particularly using a firearm, vigilanteism, is not justified and can get you into a lot of trouble. Many will reference United States v. Causby and mistakenly claim that this ruling said that either you own or control x number of feet (depending on whose is making the assertion) above your property. This is not at all what SCOTUS ruled in that case. This is not to say I am defending people being jerks with their drones, I am not.
@@RebelByNature well there's civil penalties that can be levied against a person for illegal activity using a drone. Case law has supported this. Not to mention violation of the Fourth Amendment
@@NYRM1974you are mostly correct. If a drone is being used to intentionally spy on someone then yes that would be illegal in which case the operator can have charges brought up against them. That would still not allow anyone to shoot a drone out of the sky. The operator would get into trouble and the shooter will get into trouble. To mention your first comment, there is no “if” when it comes to airspace. The faa controls all of the airspace in the country full stop. The key word being “control”. You may “own” the air space but are required to allow easement of that airspace for air travel and since drones are considered aircrafts they can fly over your property. This is something that is not optional. The FAA makes the rules. As far as privacy you have no expectation of privacy when you are in public. HAVING SAID THAT, if you are a drone operator, dont be weird and hover over a strangers house looking at them. It may be legal, its just weird.
No. That just changes in the way that you can sue them, not shoot down the drone. Imagine someone stops his BMW in front of your house and peaks into your window from it. Do you think you can now legally destroy the BMW?
I can fly a real aircraft myself without any kind of certificate or license, and I can do it anywhere at any time as long as the aircraft is under about 354 pounds wet. They call them ultralights. I can fly my hang glider or a motorized aircraft. But I can't fly my non-motorized little sail plane off a 200 foot hill in my back yard without some kind of certificat? Screw that. This is what happens when idiots are running the country. This all needs to be changed. Why aren't you people organizing for change? You just all lay down and take it.
You guys ruined the RC Airplane Hobby for the rest of the world. We were doing just fine and needed no licenses for normal size model aircraft until a lot of idiots got ahold of drones and did really stupid things with them. Like flying into controlled spaces like fires and other emergency areas. The feds took charge and decided to start controlling the idiots. But they included millions of RC pilots and ruined it for everyone. Thanks a lot guys.
Thank you for explaining in 4 minutes what the FAA takes forever to explain. Reading an FAA document is like reading another language that you don't know.
Here’s a good one. How about CHASING a car. Just as in your demonstration the illusion of flying over can be done with a little zoom. So if I am 10 feet behind a moving vehicle and the vehicle is traveling faster than me (so it’s impossible for me to overtake them) and there’s no traffic at all behind me. Am I good to go?. Next one. What if it’s a highway that during most of the day is completely empty for like hours can a person fly over, up and down and around all over the street? Not flying over any cars? No cars in sight. This is the radio control enthusiast equivalent of driving your nitro traxxis up and down the street 20-30++ MPH. As far as I have interpreted from videos like yours and the FAA website (and chat, GPT crunching everything down) I think I’m good to go. What’s your opinion?
@uavcoach do you think the Air3 would get good results at night in the city? It's a toss up between the air3, mav classic and the avata2.. I have about $1500 to spend and all 3 have trade offs but are good in their own ways..
You could make a video covering (currently available ASTM certified parachutes for drones >399g and) planned ASTM certified parachutes for popular models that will release in the next year, after contacting the manufacturers. It'd be really useful to know since, for example, the Mavic 3 Enterprise for which there is a chute isn't very common.
I believe that, now that the Supreme Court has shot down the Chevron Doctrine, drone groups need to start taking the FAA to court over their overreach of the NAS rules that they have made. The fact that they hold control over airspace that no manned aircraft would reasonably fly within (your own backyard, for instance) is ludicrous. We need to take back the skies, at a reasonable level.
