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Hi fellow pilots. This is my first post here but I have had my Mavic Air with me for a couple months. I live in Southern California and I flew around but the drone laws here are killing me.
Here’s the latest example: http://www.rpvca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/8623/Drone-Policy
I wanted to fly my Mavic Air around the coast near Ranchos Palos Verdes, CA. I googled the city laws for drones and found the statement from the city cited above. They asked me to get a permit from a model aircraft carrier club to fly in a city park. I contacted the club owner and he said and I quote his email here:
“Hello,
Are you a member of AMA, have you registered your model(s) with the FAA?
If so please provide your membership number for AMA and your FAA registration numbers.
If you have all of these you will then need to join our club SCORCH. Only current members of the club are allowed to fly at the field. The police and park service patrol the field routinely and will cite any non club members. SCORCH membership is $50 per year.
If you don’t have all the above you’re not allowed to legally fly at the field.
Let me know“
My drone is registered. But I don’t have AMA (American Model Aircraft Association or something of the sort) membership and it costs $65 a year to ge tone. Add that to the $50 that I’ll have to pay to get a membership with SCORCH (local model aircraft club) and I’ll be paying $115 for flying in their city.
With all these regulations, varying from city to city, it’s becoming difficult to fly around here. I’m seriously considering selling my Mavic Air because of this BS. I don’t mind being members of the clubs but I’m not an aircraft modeler. Seriously this thing is pretty messed up.
Edit:
In response to the email above, I sent the following to the SCORCH fellow:
"
Thank you for your prompt response Rob. My drone is registered with the FAA but I am not a member of AMA since I am not a model aircraft enthusiast. I don’t think I’d want to be a member of SCORCH since I do not plan on flying around Point Vincente Park regularly. Which is unfortunate because I was really looking forward to fly around there. I do appreciate your help though in making things clear for me. Maybe this information could be included on the city’s website as well?
Thanks"
Seems like they were listening and updated the link to include information about the AMA requirements and also the $10 fee. Surprising that I was told it was $50 though.
Here’s the latest example: http://www.rpvca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/8623/Drone-Policy
I wanted to fly my Mavic Air around the coast near Ranchos Palos Verdes, CA. I googled the city laws for drones and found the statement from the city cited above. They asked me to get a permit from a model aircraft carrier club to fly in a city park. I contacted the club owner and he said and I quote his email here:
“Hello,
Are you a member of AMA, have you registered your model(s) with the FAA?
If so please provide your membership number for AMA and your FAA registration numbers.
If you have all of these you will then need to join our club SCORCH. Only current members of the club are allowed to fly at the field. The police and park service patrol the field routinely and will cite any non club members. SCORCH membership is $50 per year.
If you don’t have all the above you’re not allowed to legally fly at the field.
Let me know“
My drone is registered. But I don’t have AMA (American Model Aircraft Association or something of the sort) membership and it costs $65 a year to ge tone. Add that to the $50 that I’ll have to pay to get a membership with SCORCH (local model aircraft club) and I’ll be paying $115 for flying in their city.
With all these regulations, varying from city to city, it’s becoming difficult to fly around here. I’m seriously considering selling my Mavic Air because of this BS. I don’t mind being members of the clubs but I’m not an aircraft modeler. Seriously this thing is pretty messed up.
Edit:
In response to the email above, I sent the following to the SCORCH fellow:
"
Thank you for your prompt response Rob. My drone is registered with the FAA but I am not a member of AMA since I am not a model aircraft enthusiast. I don’t think I’d want to be a member of SCORCH since I do not plan on flying around Point Vincente Park regularly. Which is unfortunate because I was really looking forward to fly around there. I do appreciate your help though in making things clear for me. Maybe this information could be included on the city’s website as well?
Thanks"
Seems like they were listening and updated the link to include information about the AMA requirements and also the $10 fee. Surprising that I was told it was $50 though.
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