Which complicates following the rules somewhat... the requirement is to stay below 400ft (US), a.k.a. Above Ground Level. You only have data for your height above takeoff location, so if you fly out over descending terrain it's easy to exceed...
I must say that I spent my first 15 years out in the back country, where I learnt to hunt, fish, shoot, and all sorts of cool stuff (Flying (and crashing) drones included). I remember when my younger bro flipped a quadbike into an electric fence...
Yeah that picture is stupid.
I launched mine off an outdoor table into the lawn. Couldn't be safer. Lots of fun!
I'm also very grateful to have grown up as part of the last generation not to be bubble-wrapped as kids. We had real playground...
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To vastly improve upon this tutorial, use about twice the length of foil on the matchstick, cover at least half the length of the matchstick.
Place a straightened paperclip on one side of the...