So I was flying my MA2 up above my house to take a photo of the sunset, I was just about finished when I hear a neighbor, yelling land your drone now or Im going to call the police. I said" I was just taking a picture of the sunset". Her reply, "no your're not". I landed my drone and had a conversation with her and her husband.
I was honestly take off guard. I thought something like that would happen, but this is literally my 3rd or 4th time flying. The thing is her house is behind my house and the sunset was in front of my house, so when I was taking photos of the sunset, she was actually seeing the back of my drone. I was flying around 125ft and pointed away from her home.
People create an illusion in their head that they are always being spyed on. But my advice to anyone who is caught in a similar situation is that they should land their drone immediately and talk to the individual. I offered my flight plan, told them I was registered with the FAA ,and offered for them to see my pictures. She still seemed a little suspicious. Im pretty limited with flying around my house due to air restrictions and due to the density of our neighborhood I can only wonder how many others have an issue with the drone.
Moral of the story, this may happen to you if you are flying in your neighborhood, so prepare yourself ahead of time to have a relaxed conversation, it's the only way to prevent a bad confrontation and things escalating. For me, a future confrontation with others is not worth flying around my house. I know my rights and yes I was only flying above my property, but still be careful.
I was honestly take off guard. I thought something like that would happen, but this is literally my 3rd or 4th time flying. The thing is her house is behind my house and the sunset was in front of my house, so when I was taking photos of the sunset, she was actually seeing the back of my drone. I was flying around 125ft and pointed away from her home.
People create an illusion in their head that they are always being spyed on. But my advice to anyone who is caught in a similar situation is that they should land their drone immediately and talk to the individual. I offered my flight plan, told them I was registered with the FAA ,and offered for them to see my pictures. She still seemed a little suspicious. Im pretty limited with flying around my house due to air restrictions and due to the density of our neighborhood I can only wonder how many others have an issue with the drone.
Moral of the story, this may happen to you if you are flying in your neighborhood, so prepare yourself ahead of time to have a relaxed conversation, it's the only way to prevent a bad confrontation and things escalating. For me, a future confrontation with others is not worth flying around my house. I know my rights and yes I was only flying above my property, but still be careful.