Hello! Finally received my new Mavic Air 2 yesterday! I am very excited to start flying, but now have a few questions that i cant seem to find any solid answers to.
Before buying the MA2, I downloaded the B4UFLY and AIRMAP apps to see what the airspace limitations were at my house since i do live near the anoka county airport (ANE). I was pleased to see that all i needed to do (or so i thought!) was obtain an auto authorization via LAANC. seemed easy enough, and was happy to see i could fly in my backyard.
so i pulled the trigger and bought the MA2 along with a FAA UAS certificate.
well, last night as i was setting everything up and updating firmwares and such; once i got into the dji fly app, i now see that my house i literally across the street from the end of the dji restricted zone due to the airport runway orientation (image below).
Neither AIRMAP or B4UFLY show this zone, so im not able to do the initial flight or any practice flights at home at the moment.
So i headed over to the dji flysafe site to look into getting a self unlock license in order to fly in my backyard and around my house. The flysafe site says something like "if you believe you have authorization to fly in a RZ, email flysafe.."
the part that sticks out is the "if you believe you have authorization" line. what would constitute a believed authorization?
If i can obtain an auto-authorization from the FAA via LAANC, would that count as being authorized to fly in a DJI RZ that i could then use when emailing the flysafe team?
I get why the RZ is there (for safety), and i will travel outside the RZ to fly if necessary. But wanted to get some other opinions from more experienced pilots on this before i throw in the towel.
*bonus question!*
On the FAA page for recreational drone pilots, they mention needing to pass a 'aeronautical knowledge and safety test' in a few places on their site. but then on another page says that requirement is coming in the future.
Is there a knowledge test requirement right now?
Thanks in advance for any info!
Before buying the MA2, I downloaded the B4UFLY and AIRMAP apps to see what the airspace limitations were at my house since i do live near the anoka county airport (ANE). I was pleased to see that all i needed to do (or so i thought!) was obtain an auto authorization via LAANC. seemed easy enough, and was happy to see i could fly in my backyard.
so i pulled the trigger and bought the MA2 along with a FAA UAS certificate.
well, last night as i was setting everything up and updating firmwares and such; once i got into the dji fly app, i now see that my house i literally across the street from the end of the dji restricted zone due to the airport runway orientation (image below).
Neither AIRMAP or B4UFLY show this zone, so im not able to do the initial flight or any practice flights at home at the moment.
So i headed over to the dji flysafe site to look into getting a self unlock license in order to fly in my backyard and around my house. The flysafe site says something like "if you believe you have authorization to fly in a RZ, email flysafe.."
the part that sticks out is the "if you believe you have authorization" line. what would constitute a believed authorization?
If i can obtain an auto-authorization from the FAA via LAANC, would that count as being authorized to fly in a DJI RZ that i could then use when emailing the flysafe team?
I get why the RZ is there (for safety), and i will travel outside the RZ to fly if necessary. But wanted to get some other opinions from more experienced pilots on this before i throw in the towel.
*bonus question!*
On the FAA page for recreational drone pilots, they mention needing to pass a 'aeronautical knowledge and safety test' in a few places on their site. but then on another page says that requirement is coming in the future.
Is there a knowledge test requirement right now?
Thanks in advance for any info!
