A couple of years ago I asked a number of questions about flying a drone at my location and received some very helpful answers here, however I eventually ditched the idea of getting a drone for various reasons.
Now I'm thinking about it again and bearing in mind that there have been changes to drone laws of late I'm looking into flying in my area again.
So, Drone Assist puts me in a 'High Risk' area, yet I've download the DJI Go 4 app to check on that too and it doesn't indicate any limits at all where I live. The closest restricted area is about four miles from me where there is a very small airfield.
As for Drone Assist, it states for my location (which is only about 1 mile just inside the red circle):
AIRSPACE (DANGER AREA)
SUMMARY
Red zones are regulated high-risk area and operation of your drone may be hazardous or prohibited
This leads to my first question - how do I know if flying a drone at my location is prohibited?
And what is the hazard to? Interference to my drone from HIRTA I assume? (NoFlyDrone puts me in a 'Danger Area'/HIRTA, hence the question)
Drone Assist continues:
VERTICAL LIMITS
This piece of airspace is in effect between Surface and 12000 ft MSL
DANGER AREA
Activities within this are dangerous to the flight of aircraft may exist at specific times
(then there's a lot of very generic text)
I know that the RAF do training in the area from time to time and I sometimes see a jet fly nearby, even hear them in the far distance at times (I've never seen one fly over my property though in the 20 years that I've lived here). There's also a weapons testing range, etc some miles away.
AIRSPACE ACTIVATION SCHEDULE
Listed are only weekday times - first a list between 09:00 (UTC) to 16:00 (UTC) and then another list of 08:00 (UTC) to 16:00 (UTC)
I don't know why there are two lists which overlap
I'm not though in a Flight Restricted Zone, although there is the northern boundary of one about half a mile to the south of me.
So, based on all of the above, can I fly a drone at my property? Is there any governing or local body that I can contact to check if I can fly a drone or not, maybe at certain times for example?
Now I'm thinking about it again and bearing in mind that there have been changes to drone laws of late I'm looking into flying in my area again.
So, Drone Assist puts me in a 'High Risk' area, yet I've download the DJI Go 4 app to check on that too and it doesn't indicate any limits at all where I live. The closest restricted area is about four miles from me where there is a very small airfield.
As for Drone Assist, it states for my location (which is only about 1 mile just inside the red circle):
AIRSPACE (DANGER AREA)
SUMMARY
Red zones are regulated high-risk area and operation of your drone may be hazardous or prohibited
This leads to my first question - how do I know if flying a drone at my location is prohibited?
And what is the hazard to? Interference to my drone from HIRTA I assume? (NoFlyDrone puts me in a 'Danger Area'/HIRTA, hence the question)
Drone Assist continues:
VERTICAL LIMITS
This piece of airspace is in effect between Surface and 12000 ft MSL
DANGER AREA
Activities within this are dangerous to the flight of aircraft may exist at specific times
(then there's a lot of very generic text)
I know that the RAF do training in the area from time to time and I sometimes see a jet fly nearby, even hear them in the far distance at times (I've never seen one fly over my property though in the 20 years that I've lived here). There's also a weapons testing range, etc some miles away.
AIRSPACE ACTIVATION SCHEDULE
Listed are only weekday times - first a list between 09:00 (UTC) to 16:00 (UTC) and then another list of 08:00 (UTC) to 16:00 (UTC)
I don't know why there are two lists which overlap
I'm not though in a Flight Restricted Zone, although there is the northern boundary of one about half a mile to the south of me.
So, based on all of the above, can I fly a drone at my property? Is there any governing or local body that I can contact to check if I can fly a drone or not, maybe at certain times for example?
