LAANC??

[Skydreamer]

there is a power line that goes trough the state park located across from my house,some kind of work is done on that line,i can see heli flying over the park,picking up large parts and delivering them to the parking lot not that far away from my house,it looks like heli is flying 200-300 feet above tree line and it shows up every 15-20 min.Just for fun i checked ALOFT and i am getting message that all is green and its ok to fly.
should there be a no fly message and if not,is there a (easy)app that will show or give me more information regarding aircraft’s that are flying in areas where i wanna fly my drone….

 

[mavic3usa]

there is a power line that goes trough the state park located across from my house,some kind of work is done on that line,i can see heli flying over the park,picking up large parts and delivering them to the parking lot not that far away from my house,it looks like heli is flying 200-300 feet above tree line and it shows up every 15-20 min.Just for fun i checked ALOFT and i am getting message that all is green and its ok to fly.
should there be a no fly message and if not,is there a (easy)app that will show or give me more information regarding aircraft’s that are flying in areas where i wanna fly my drone….

Not necessarily. If you keep visual line of sight for your drone when you are flying, you should be able to easily give way to any manned aircraft you encounter and all is good.

 

[Skydreamer]

Not necessarily. If you keep visual line of sight for your drone when you are flying, you should be able to easily give way to any manned aircraft you encounter and all is good.

sure but lets say i dont know heli is in the area(dont forget,it shows up every 20 min),i get green light from aloft,my drone is up in the air and suddenly there is a yellow heli flying low and fast heading towards my drone,what i am trying to find out if there is any other way to find out what or if is anything going on around location where i wanna fly my drone, is there any way to minimize chance of seein my face on breaking news

 

[mavic3usa]

sure but lets say i dont know heli is in the area(dont forget,it shows up every 20 min),i get green light from aloft,my drone is up in the air and suddenly there is a yellow heli flying low and fast heading towards my drone,what i am trying to find out if there is any other way to find out what or if is anything going on around location where i wanna fly my drone, is there any way to minimize chance of seein my face on breaking news

Not really, you'll be at fault and responsible if there is a collision or a near-miss almost regardless of the circumstances; the drone pilot must always give way to manned aircraft. Ultimately it is up to you to determine the risks and if you don't believe it is safe to fly, you should refrain unless and until the conditions are safer.

Aloft doesn't tell you that you can fly or give you a green light; Aloft is there mostly to provide you with a mechanism to obtain flight authorization (if required). Usually it's automatic so there's no sort of "conditions" evaluation that I am aware of. Newer drones have detection capabilities and they work fairly well as long as the manned aircraft is transmitting (look up ADS-B) so this could be helpful for early warning. In my area, basically every single helicopter that have come my way has alerted me and it was miles/minutes ahead of time; ymmv.

 

[Cafguy]

There is probably a NOTAM issued for the area. perhaps?

 

[ExUmbra.Solutions]

I think there is an important distinction here and one I see from quite a few of the experienced pilots I hire and train.

LAANC does not have anything to do with traffic in the area. What you would be looking for is UTM, Universal Traffic Management. This however is not a reality yet. LAANC only deals with airspace and while it will update itself with TFRs (sometimes) it does not inject NOTAMs in any way.

UTM is still more of a theory than something actively in development. I sat on two FAA roundtables this year to discuss it and quite a few companies have put forth their versions of it either as a mocked up demo or functioning in an isolated area. UTM will essentially incorporate data sources like Remote ID and ADS-B together and is made to enable BVLOS for delivery and support urban air mobility ops.

Having done a lot of work in the utility industry I would also doubt any helicopter going about it’s normal work has filed a NOTAM. Yes it’s low but that’s the nature of helicopters and something we deal with everyday, especially on long distance urban missions like neighborhood LIDAR or the delivery companies I helped set up out side military bases. Very low chance of having a NOTAM for that work.

Always check LAANC. But don’t ever think LAANC is conveying anything more than standard airspace and localized restrictions.