Recent content by King.Taco

Am I missing something here, no one in the US is allowed to fly at night unless they have a waiver. If you're talking about 30 minutes after sunset or 30 minutes before sunrise with a strobe light that can be seen 3 statue miles away. Sure, but if you fly at night, you need a wavier. I just...

I did something to this nature recently where I was invited to a Tech Summit event in Philadelphia that was held at Citizens Bank Filed where the Philadelphia Phillies play. The team was not in town and there were no active TFR's. I put my drone in my back pack and my camera to take some...

Any night shot in the US needs a waiver from the FAA, a lot of people still ignore it unfortunately or they just don't understand the regulations. I see some photos on here from Philadelphia by the William Penn Statue which was shot during sunset or sunrise and over 500 feet. To fly at night...

Nice Shot man.

To answer your original question, I personally will fly my drone about 3 feet above the water surface. I did this to create and get a feel for speed for a clip I was making on m my own. Going by what people are saying here, I guess I've been lucky about 5 times and no disruption. I'd never fly...