Hello
I'm french...
I fly my mavic pro here since 2 years now.
Rules about drone are simple: (but can change at any time, even if the "drone law" came out a few months ago, son keep a watch on legislation when you're here!
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First, you have to fly with a 800grams or less drone to be free about flying anyway.
If your drone weights more (like
mavic pro 2), you'll need to answer a quiz on this website:
fox-alphatango.aviation-civile.gouv.fr
(Need to register before answering it)
You need to have at least 18 right answer over 20 questions about regulation, security and drone manoeuvers, but it's very basic, and , as a useless law, you can try it as many times as necessary to get enought good answers. Then , you can download a file that you can keep on your device un case of a policeman ask you about it... It never happened to me yet...
Other rules are simple:
-do not fly over any city or public places (exept if you have authorisation from the place owner ) , or sensitive areas like airports, military places or nuclear stations....
-do not fly over people
-don't fly over more than 150m high, maximum. You can find some apps that can show you where you can fly this height, or places where it's forbiden to fly , or other max altitudes to fly. I use "géodrones", which is the best to me: it shows you with diferent colors the diferent altitude restrictions , on a Google map..
-keep your drone un sight
-flying over national natural parks is forbiden
-flying over seas is forbiden too...
- if you fly with
goggles, someone must be next to you, to watch you drone's evolutions and what's going on around...
Other restrictions : dont fly in hard winds, under rain or in clouds....(logical...)
If there is any emergency (security/urgency helicopter ,planes or paragliders....) they have priority over your drone, so make it come back quickly !!!
It's the most important rules you need to know...maybe I forgot something...if I remind it, I'll tell you!
Just be prepared about people who are scared about drones, or don't understand what it is.... Maybe some will scream on you (happened a few times to me)...
So try to fly your drone when nobody is around you, you'll fly safely and quietly!
Enjoy your trip !
If needed, I live near Grenoble, in the alps