400 ft limit?

[asitton]

Hi all,
So my mavic is supposed to arrive very soon and while registering with the FAA and looking up some information, I noticed that the FAA does not want hobbyists flying over 400 ft above ground level. I tried looking some more stuff up about this regulation and some people made it seem like there would be a cap built into the drone itself not allowing it to fly over 400 ft higher that what it took off from. Is this true? Would I still be able to fly over that height if I had a reason to? Or is it built into the drone that it physically cannot overcome that barrier? I would love to know! Thanks!


~AS

 

[msinger]

The Mavic is able to fly up to 500 meters over the takeoff point. Keeping it under 400 feet AGL is your responsibility.

 

[F6Rider]

Small manned A/C are limited to a low altitude of 500' in most areas (I wish someone would tell the Rotorheads in my area that) so limiting us to 400' AGL will supposedly provide a 100' buffer. I have found that 400' AGL gets very boring very fast as you just can't see anything, I prefer low and fast