Up in the Clouds

[rjanumpally]

You dont get to see

 

[BD0G]

You mean 4400 feet.

 

[Plawa]

Wait for the line of people telling you you're supposed to stay under 400ft

 

[Keule]

Clouds were low today in orange county

Did you fly here? RC Flying Club in Trabuco Canyon - Trabuco Flyers

 

[Viper 1]

Would be worried the winds would play havoc but we only live once. ;~ ))

 

[rjanumpally]

The mavic can handle 40 mph winds which it wont be windier than on a calm day

 

[BD0G]

Its not about being 30 miles from the nearest airport. (Whats an airpot? LOL)

It about being 400 feet or below when flying. Regardless of distance from Airport. The FAA is very clear about this.

 

[53-63-6f-74-74]

The mavic can handle 40 mph winds which it wont be windier than on a calm day

So you think that at 5700 feet MSL there is no air traffic (17 miles East of John Wayne Airport), flight corridors (Class "E" Federal Airways). . . . VFR checkpoints . . . . . or wind above 40 mph?

 

[prb]

Someday some dimwit drone pilot flying more than 400' elevation is going to cause a major accident, and then the days of amateur drone piloting will be legislated away.

 

[Lake_Flyer]

The mavic can handle 40 mph winds which it wont be windier than on a calm day

Tell that to all the poor suckers who lost their craft in only a moderate breeze.
10m/sec is the wind speed limit according to the specs.
So 20 mph, certainly NOT 40 mph.

 

[Pedroski]

You must be kidding! A degree in irresponsibility.....and that is the nice way of putting it.

 

[Deleted member 43289]

*grabbing popcorn*

 

[Simmo]

 

[JMF]

Wait for the line of people telling you you're supposed to stay under 400ft

Yeah, I guess it makes them feel important.

 

[dvarapala]

IINM, those peaks in the pictures are Santiago Peak (5689 feet) and Modjeska Peak (5496 feet). So technically, as long as he stays within 400 feet radius around Santiago Peak, he can fly up to 6089 feet above sea level (400 feet above the terrain) without violating FAA regs, correct? Furthermore, Santiago Peak has a bunch of radio transmission towers on it; this raises his permissible flight ceiling even more (i.e. by however tall the tallest radio tower is) - again, within a 400' radius around the tower.

If I'm wrong please correct me.

 

[rjanumpally]

If i launched from the top of santiago peak and flew 400 feet or under from that point that would be fine. In this case i was less than half a mile from santiago base and i didnt go even close to the peak height. I coukd have easily launches from santiago peak and flew above the clouds as the clouds were below the peak on that day. So where is the faa violation?

 

[rjanumpally]

Planes flying 20 miles from the airport will be at 30000 ft and wont fly below that near a 6000 ft peak. Correct me if i am wrong if a plane will fly actually 500 feet above a mountain.

 

[rjanumpally]

After reading this thread i will sell my mavic and buy one of these gyrocopters and get a pilots license.

 

[rjanumpally]

Imagine drone dlying there u could probably do 7 km easily without radio interference u just have to watch out for the low dlying gyrocopters