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Hines Park allowed?

StinkiePants

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I will be in MI next week, mostly in Canton and Whitmore Lake areas, does anyone know if flying a drone in Hine Park is allowed? Any suggestions on where to fly?
 
I will be in MI next week, mostly in Canton and Whitmore Lake areas, does anyone know if flying a drone in Hine Park is allowed? Any suggestions on where to fly?
What do apps like KittyHawk or others say? You can type in a location and see what restrictions are in place that the app knows about.
 
What do apps like KittyHawk or others say? You can type in a location and see what restrictions are in place that the app knows about.
Those apps are for FAA regulations, not local regulations. They show very few (if any) local regs.
 
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Those apps are for FAA regulations, not local regulations. They show very few (if any) local regs.
Sadly Vic - you missed the key words at the end - "the ones they know about."

Using the apps gives him a basic understanding of what rules are in effect in an area before flying. They are not all inclusive for sure - yet if he sees there are restrictions "before" going there - then he saved himself a trip - right?
 
Sadly Vic - you missed the key words at the end - "the ones they know about."

Using the apps gives him a basic understanding of what rules are in effect in an area before flying. They are not all inclusive for sure - yet if he sees there are restrictions "before" going there - then he saved himself a trip - right?
No, I saw that. Apps just don’t have the bandwidth to include anything about local laws, especially land use laws.

No one should ever use an app to check local laws.
 
There's a section along Hines Drive, west of Middlebelt, that dips into controlled airspace. Other than that, I've found few restrictions in Michigan parks. There may even be a state law that restricts local governments from prohibiting drones--I know it was introduced some years back, but not sure whether it passed. You generally don't see "no drone" signs here.
 
There's a section along Hines Drive, west of Middlebelt, that dips into controlled airspace. Other than that, I've found few restrictions in Michigan parks. There may even be a state law that restricts local governments from prohibiting drones--I know it was introduced some years back, but not sure whether it passed. You generally don't see "no drone" signs here.
Thanks!
 

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