Recent content by drone111

Friend of mine has his pilot license and he tried to take the advanced written exam and failed...not by much..but yeah, kinda speaks to the questions they asked. To this date he says some of the answers they marked wrong are actually right. I don't have any background but for a study guide I...

One of the reasons I did it was to have the freedom to fly where ever and wanted to have 4k footage....

Yeah. Depending where you live it could be totally worth doing the advanced one. I'm totally shocked once passing it the freedom you get...and by that I mean areas to use the sky that are pretty high traffic that I wouldn't even want to be in... some required me to call into the tower before...

I think for most people who just buy a drone at Best Buy and expect to write it the next day need to know it's not easy. But if you were someone who was flying before all the regs and had to fill out SFOCs and all that jazz before, then it's not that bad..the flying part is the least of your...

Yeah I had to travel 5 hours to get mine... Made dam sure I was going to pass or that would has been a long trip home!

I remember when I did mine...about a week after the June 1st laws that year..it was the wild west. Places were charging anywhere from 150 to 500. So shop around and I would also recommend trying to get as much info out of them on what is expected and how the day will go...if they do not give...

They can charge what they want so ask the place they are going to but expect around 200

Ahh missed the mini part...so I imagine your under the 249g... I've had a number of conversations with the transport Canada rpas desk about this .. there are CARs that do apply which you could get pegged on. For instance .. you're not allowed to fly in a reckless way...and that can be...

I'll make this clear for you... :-) No, you are NOT allowed to fly. You are in controlled air space.

Like I said .. won't matter which as you won't get your license until both are done.

You need to do both..won't matter which as you won't get your license until both are done.

Yes..so the bigger area is probably correct... Honestly, I don't use my advanced certificate for commercial purposes but it allows me to fly in so many cool places in control zones....

The 5.5km is the MINIMUM for flying near any airport...think of a small farm airport... However most major airports have CONTROL ZONES...CLASS C AIRSPACE that extends to the ground... And you are not allowed to fly your drone in class c...this could 9.2km, 15km whatever it says on the VFR maps.

Yeah when they see my 3" binder and all my gear they tend to realize ... "Hmm maybe this guy knows what he's talking about" and give you a chance to prove yourself...and then usually 5 minutes later your back flying..

Id' also add... think about this - if your flying a drone, people around you do NOT know its 250g or less... get ready to talk to the cops as you will get people calling it in :) .... so just be ready to expect that .. OH and also understand that when the police are called,the know the bylaws...