Hi everyone,
Just became member and am considering buying my first drone , Im considering the Mini 2 as my first. I've been reading this forum on certain topics over the past week and watching videos. I have some general question about things or ideas I couldnt find answer to. So heres goes.
Some background on myself, while I dont have RC aircraft experience, I do have some experience w/ RC land vehicles, namely the nitro offroad world, I know a completely different beast from their skybound counterparts but .. I feel as a result I do have some notion of RC spatial awareness (have to drive / fly as if you are in the seat/cockpit etc...)
Furthermore, Ive spent the greater part of the past couple weeks learning about the FAA regulations, reading various state / city / county regulations for areas im interested in ... so I feel like im doing my due diligence before my first flight. Furthermore, for now I plan on starting as a recreational flyer only. The whole photography / videography element of it will be new to me as well, so I look forward to learning more about that over time as I get footage and pictures etc.. yay!
So, onto my initial questions:
1. I've read from forum and other forums a good tactic to steer away public folks who just would otherwise want to hassle me or othewise throw "laws" at me that dont exist ... is to buy one of those yellow safety vests. Which makes sense to me, I mean it wont stop everyone hassling me but I believe it may alter their perception to a more positive one. So, I was thinking of clever phrases to put on it, and I see many online. Basically I would like to make it sound as "official" as possible, obviously while maintaining accuracy. So, I realize that being under 250g I wouldnt have to register the drone w/ FAA .. BUT, I wonder if registering anyways could work to my advantage, the advantage in this case I was thinking of putting something to the effect of "FAA Registered Drone Pilot - Please Do Not Disturb" on the safety vest. Would that play on words be going too far if I did register and did put that phrase and did fly recreationally? To me, I think its accurate enough and definitely official enough to keep those pestering folks away from me. What do you all think?
2. Kinda related to the above question, if not registering for the reason above ... would it be wise to register the drone anyways in case I want to put accessories on it that *may* put it over the 250g weight limit ... that way I wouldnt have to worry about my weight all the time?
3. Im kinda confused on the laws regarding the Oregon coast. Im reading how most places its fine to drone around on the coast as long as its not within range of specified nature sanctuaries / reserves etc ... but Ive found some puzzling laws/rules here: Oregon Secretary of State Administrative Rules that basically state for the counties on the west coast "no aircraft may land on the ocean shore except for emergencies" ... but many articles / publications say drones are allowed except for where its posted its not. For those who fly drones around Oregon coast, are you familiar w/ these laws or anything? Furthermore I also looked up the mentioned ORS 390.668 .. which seems was superseded by another law, in which its specified: "After the establishment of a zone and the erection of signs or markers thereon, no such use shall be made of such areas except in conformity with the rules of the department." Making it sound like its only forbidden if theres a sign saying so. So, I guess at the end of the day, anyone in this forum.. have you landed on the shores before w/o hassle? ... or shall I always just try to land it in the vegetation or boardwalk or streets ... that are next to the shore to avoid potentially violating this law?
4. This one is about FAA LAANC airspace requests. So, Im kinda confused, I looked on kitthawk site and airmap .. and I see the controlled airspace around airports around me, grid filled circles with, from what I understand, numbers indicating likely the highest ceiling id be approved for in that square from LAANC - all makes sense. But I also downloaded the DJI Fly app I would use w/ the drone to take a look around it and how its GEO zone mapping works. When I look at that map in the same area ... the airport zones look dramatically different ... a smaller circle around airport w/ legs that reach out from them (Im guessing the incoming / leaving flight path of planes) ... so Im wondering how on earth w/ this disparity of supposed zones between the 3 different sources ...would I be able to figure out when LAANC is necessary? Additionally, it seems like all such zones in the app require some form of "unlock"? is that 1:1 equivalent of LAANC request or is that a seperate request I have to do through DJI or .. how does that work?
The whole LAANC zone request around an airport kinda made sense ... until I saw the dramatically different zones and layout of zones on DJI app vs kittyhawk and airmap =(
I think those are my questions for now, feel like Im missing some. If so Ill reply to the thread. Thanks all! I appreciate any input / guidance.
Just became member and am considering buying my first drone , Im considering the Mini 2 as my first. I've been reading this forum on certain topics over the past week and watching videos. I have some general question about things or ideas I couldnt find answer to. So heres goes.
Some background on myself, while I dont have RC aircraft experience, I do have some experience w/ RC land vehicles, namely the nitro offroad world, I know a completely different beast from their skybound counterparts but .. I feel as a result I do have some notion of RC spatial awareness (have to drive / fly as if you are in the seat/cockpit etc...)
Furthermore, Ive spent the greater part of the past couple weeks learning about the FAA regulations, reading various state / city / county regulations for areas im interested in ... so I feel like im doing my due diligence before my first flight. Furthermore, for now I plan on starting as a recreational flyer only. The whole photography / videography element of it will be new to me as well, so I look forward to learning more about that over time as I get footage and pictures etc.. yay!
So, onto my initial questions:
1. I've read from forum and other forums a good tactic to steer away public folks who just would otherwise want to hassle me or othewise throw "laws" at me that dont exist ... is to buy one of those yellow safety vests. Which makes sense to me, I mean it wont stop everyone hassling me but I believe it may alter their perception to a more positive one. So, I was thinking of clever phrases to put on it, and I see many online. Basically I would like to make it sound as "official" as possible, obviously while maintaining accuracy. So, I realize that being under 250g I wouldnt have to register the drone w/ FAA .. BUT, I wonder if registering anyways could work to my advantage, the advantage in this case I was thinking of putting something to the effect of "FAA Registered Drone Pilot - Please Do Not Disturb" on the safety vest. Would that play on words be going too far if I did register and did put that phrase and did fly recreationally? To me, I think its accurate enough and definitely official enough to keep those pestering folks away from me. What do you all think?
2. Kinda related to the above question, if not registering for the reason above ... would it be wise to register the drone anyways in case I want to put accessories on it that *may* put it over the 250g weight limit ... that way I wouldnt have to worry about my weight all the time?
3. Im kinda confused on the laws regarding the Oregon coast. Im reading how most places its fine to drone around on the coast as long as its not within range of specified nature sanctuaries / reserves etc ... but Ive found some puzzling laws/rules here: Oregon Secretary of State Administrative Rules that basically state for the counties on the west coast "no aircraft may land on the ocean shore except for emergencies" ... but many articles / publications say drones are allowed except for where its posted its not. For those who fly drones around Oregon coast, are you familiar w/ these laws or anything? Furthermore I also looked up the mentioned ORS 390.668 .. which seems was superseded by another law, in which its specified: "After the establishment of a zone and the erection of signs or markers thereon, no such use shall be made of such areas except in conformity with the rules of the department." Making it sound like its only forbidden if theres a sign saying so. So, I guess at the end of the day, anyone in this forum.. have you landed on the shores before w/o hassle? ... or shall I always just try to land it in the vegetation or boardwalk or streets ... that are next to the shore to avoid potentially violating this law?
4. This one is about FAA LAANC airspace requests. So, Im kinda confused, I looked on kitthawk site and airmap .. and I see the controlled airspace around airports around me, grid filled circles with, from what I understand, numbers indicating likely the highest ceiling id be approved for in that square from LAANC - all makes sense. But I also downloaded the DJI Fly app I would use w/ the drone to take a look around it and how its GEO zone mapping works. When I look at that map in the same area ... the airport zones look dramatically different ... a smaller circle around airport w/ legs that reach out from them (Im guessing the incoming / leaving flight path of planes) ... so Im wondering how on earth w/ this disparity of supposed zones between the 3 different sources ...would I be able to figure out when LAANC is necessary? Additionally, it seems like all such zones in the app require some form of "unlock"? is that 1:1 equivalent of LAANC request or is that a seperate request I have to do through DJI or .. how does that work?
The whole LAANC zone request around an airport kinda made sense ... until I saw the dramatically different zones and layout of zones on DJI app vs kittyhawk and airmap =(
I think those are my questions for now, feel like Im missing some. If so Ill reply to the thread. Thanks all! I appreciate any input / guidance.
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