Hello,
First, let me start this thread by saying a big, fat THANK YOU to all the users here. I'm reading mavicpilots for a day now, but, surprise-surprise, this doesn't look like any ordinary forum. The amount of answers and information to all kind of questions, the quick response, the sheer attitude and willingness to help others make this place look really cool! Maybe it's because flying drones is a relatively new hobby.
However - amidst all that information a noob like me can (and does) get confused. Today I almost bought the MM Fly More Combo. After weeks of watching youtubers praising the MM I decided to pull the trigger. 2 minutes before buying it I decided to check if the DJI Fly app is compatible with my Google Pixel 3a. Turns out - not yet. In search of info and users who can fly the MM with the Pixel 3a, I got to this forum and, voila, I don't ever want to own a drone.
Let's put aside the not 100% certainty the MM will fly with the 3a (some users in the net claim they have no issues), let's puts aside the wind and lost transmission issues on the MM of which I read here (and not a single "youtube influencer" spoke of), let's put aside CE/FCC horrors. etc. My main concern is legal flying. I live in Bulgaria, where hardcore laws aren't present, as I understand from both international and local sites and forums. However I plan some trips this summer - to Spain (Malaga, Madrid and San Sebastian), Ukraine (Kiev) and Italy (maybe Sicily or somewhere in Toscana). How can I be sure that I can take off and not be fined by the police thousands of euro?
Is that map - DJI - The World Leader in Camera Drones/Quadcopters for Aerial Photography accurate enough? When I tick the boxes of "Warning Zones" and "Enhanced Warning Zones" it gets pretty ugly. Let's take Malaga, Spain, for example. Without "Warning Zones" and "Enhanced Warning Zones" enabled, the site looks alright - No-Go are the airport, the area around it in blue and some prisons. But when I tick the "Warning Zones" and "Enhanced Warning Zones" boxes, all of Malaga gets colored - the orange area covers the area to the centre, and the yellow one completely covers the city, the beaches. Does this mean I won't be able to take off even in the yellow areas? Can I be fined just for flying it? Can I use it for filming in the city, above the traffic on a roundabout, or the rooftop of a cathedral? How can I be sure that my 499-bucks drone won't give me 4999-euro fine? What is the police definition of "over a crowd" - if there are 5-10 people on the beach in March in Malaga, and I pass over them, would that be considered bad? I read about some new laws in July 2020, what will happen to the MM? I surely don't want to buy it simply to take it on farms and Siberia-like fields.
So many noob questions, so few bullets - glad I'm not asking them f2f. Cheers, thanks in advance and keep up the good work!
First, let me start this thread by saying a big, fat THANK YOU to all the users here. I'm reading mavicpilots for a day now, but, surprise-surprise, this doesn't look like any ordinary forum. The amount of answers and information to all kind of questions, the quick response, the sheer attitude and willingness to help others make this place look really cool! Maybe it's because flying drones is a relatively new hobby.
However - amidst all that information a noob like me can (and does) get confused. Today I almost bought the MM Fly More Combo. After weeks of watching youtubers praising the MM I decided to pull the trigger. 2 minutes before buying it I decided to check if the DJI Fly app is compatible with my Google Pixel 3a. Turns out - not yet. In search of info and users who can fly the MM with the Pixel 3a, I got to this forum and, voila, I don't ever want to own a drone.
Let's put aside the not 100% certainty the MM will fly with the 3a (some users in the net claim they have no issues), let's puts aside the wind and lost transmission issues on the MM of which I read here (and not a single "youtube influencer" spoke of), let's put aside CE/FCC horrors. etc. My main concern is legal flying. I live in Bulgaria, where hardcore laws aren't present, as I understand from both international and local sites and forums. However I plan some trips this summer - to Spain (Malaga, Madrid and San Sebastian), Ukraine (Kiev) and Italy (maybe Sicily or somewhere in Toscana). How can I be sure that I can take off and not be fined by the police thousands of euro?
Is that map - DJI - The World Leader in Camera Drones/Quadcopters for Aerial Photography accurate enough? When I tick the boxes of "Warning Zones" and "Enhanced Warning Zones" it gets pretty ugly. Let's take Malaga, Spain, for example. Without "Warning Zones" and "Enhanced Warning Zones" enabled, the site looks alright - No-Go are the airport, the area around it in blue and some prisons. But when I tick the "Warning Zones" and "Enhanced Warning Zones" boxes, all of Malaga gets colored - the orange area covers the area to the centre, and the yellow one completely covers the city, the beaches. Does this mean I won't be able to take off even in the yellow areas? Can I be fined just for flying it? Can I use it for filming in the city, above the traffic on a roundabout, or the rooftop of a cathedral? How can I be sure that my 499-bucks drone won't give me 4999-euro fine? What is the police definition of "over a crowd" - if there are 5-10 people on the beach in March in Malaga, and I pass over them, would that be considered bad? I read about some new laws in July 2020, what will happen to the MM? I surely don't want to buy it simply to take it on farms and Siberia-like fields.
So many noob questions, so few bullets - glad I'm not asking them f2f. Cheers, thanks in advance and keep up the good work!