We took our drone out again yesterday, and were flying over some feral lands near Newark, CA.
I noticed again, that once it gets about 700' away, I definitely have trouble seeing the drone; I end up choosing my route by looking at the camera image, and comparing with the terrain that I can see visually. I also carefully monitor his altitude, and keep the speeds real slow. There were a few very tall power poles out there, but nothing much else to form obstacles. That was working pretty well.
My question is, how should I be interpreting 'visual line of sight' ?? I can see the area where it is, there are no hills or anything between it and my line of sight, but I cannot actually visually detect the drone.
Does that still fit within 'visual line of sight' ??
I should probably actually ask the FAA this question, but this forum is much more accessible at this point!!
I noticed again, that once it gets about 700' away, I definitely have trouble seeing the drone; I end up choosing my route by looking at the camera image, and comparing with the terrain that I can see visually. I also carefully monitor his altitude, and keep the speeds real slow. There were a few very tall power poles out there, but nothing much else to form obstacles. That was working pretty well.
My question is, how should I be interpreting 'visual line of sight' ?? I can see the area where it is, there are no hills or anything between it and my line of sight, but I cannot actually visually detect the drone.
Does that still fit within 'visual line of sight' ??
I should probably actually ask the FAA this question, but this forum is much more accessible at this point!!