Here's my first attempt at a night time hyperlapse.

[Yellow1976]

 

[dv8ed]

well done!

 

[maVik-Venkat]

killer! (do you need a special permit to do that sort of thing?)

 

[chief_p]

Looks great, good work

 

[Yellow1976]

well done!

Thanks!

 

[Michael Gilbert]

Very nice!

 

[explorer76]

Nice!!

 

[Yellow1976]

killer! (do you need a special permit to do that sort of thing?)

Get your part 107 license

 

[ac0j]

Get your part 107 license

AND a special night time waiver from the FAA. 107 alone is not enough as from what I have read.
Recreational pilots only need lighting on the drone. No waiver.

Miss that part on the 107 test? Perfect example of a Part 107 thinking he has more rights than a hobbyist. When in this case part 107 has LESS freedom.

From another site;
Although flying at night is perfectly legal for an amateur enthusiast, the commercial operator that elects to fly at night for recreational purposes puts himself in a delicate position.
If flying an aircraft that has commercial registration there may be some technicality that might hang you. If your log book shows that all the flights made with that aircraft up to then were for commercial purposes the noose might get a little tighter. That may be a good reason to clearly define the type of flights in your log book. Under no circumstances can you initiate a flight for commercial purposes and change mid flight to a recreational purpose, so if a commercial flight starts near the end of legal daylight you can't suddenly flip to recreational flight to finish out the flight after the legal daylight clock ran out. If any photos or videos obtained during a night flight were to show up somewhere that provided any kind of consideration with your name attached to them, that lacked a night waiver to have permitted obtaining them, the price could be very high.
Not saying not to do it but use caution and plan appropriately before you do. You never know when some fine, upstanding law enforcement type that's home for the evening might get perturbed and walk over to collect your information for transfer to the FAA at the start of the morning shift. The FAA loves technicalities. Night flying is a lot of fun

 

[ac0j]

I have reported this video to the FAA. (No I didn't!)

 

[Yellow1976]

I have reported this video to the FAA. (No I didn't!)

I miss having that recreational pilot freedom. Now I have to abide by everything under the sun, to be able to fly in certain areas.

 

[ac0j]

Seems counter productive doesn’t it?
Hopefully the FAA will get this figured out.

 

[mcsenerd]

You can still make a recreational flight, but you cannot monetize your video in any way if you do so.

 

[Drone on]

That's cool, and well lighted.

 

[ac0j]

You can still make a recreational flight, but you cannot monetize your video in any way if you do so.

Yes you can, if there was NO INTENTION of selling any result of the recreational flight when the flight took place..

 

[Ldcfla]

Looks great

 

[calmar81]

Wow! Thanks for sharing!!

 

[Danny Panini]

Very Good for first time filming

 

[mreloc]

Can you share your camera settings?

 

[Yellow1976]

Very Good for first time filming

I was amazed how easy it was

Can you share your camera settings?

Can you share your camera settings?

2.8 aparture
800 iso
Shutter 1/4
Shot in Raw
2 sec shot intervals at 15 second video
Noise reduction in Neat Video
Post processed in Powerdirector