WoW! If that's the case, great! Our Canadian government could learn much from DJI - rules that make sense, protect manned a/c while avoiding killing the hobby. My home is 6 km from a tiny municipal airport with a single runway that gets maybe 4 scheduled movements per day during maybe the same number of private planes. My home is at 40m ASL while the airport is 137m ASL but I still can't fly due to the blanket 9 km NFZ. Even at the mandated maximum 90m AGL here, I'm still BELOW the runway surface.
yes Canada really do want to kill Drones for the hobbyist, i agree that the flight height limit being adjusted the further out you are is a good idea, but like all good ideas they have to get it right.
i guess i can still fly so close as my altitude is way below the 400 feet ATP, and as the approach and take off immediately goes over residential areas, the Ac taking off circle tight to the airport while reaching height.
So they do pass pretty close as said to my local flying area, and if i see anything coming from that direction the drone gets grounded no matter if i am below tree height or not. Sometimes i have seen nothing go over for a week other times i have seen everything from lear jets to military landing there. Sometimes 6 or 8 in one day.
i do not want to try flying to 400 feet to see if going to altitude is stopped by the NFZ software. I do not trust it but i do trust my mostly sane judgement.
If they can get the software right regarding height versus distance then i see that as a way forward for Hobbyist drones that could satisfy a lot of goverments.
It also seems to have reflected what people are feeling about the newer NFZ stuff being downloaded by those who believe it is so restrictive that they will not use it.
I would like to hear from others close to major or even military bases and see if they have used the new NFZ and if they are height restricted. It could be tested by those living in an area around the airports regarding how far they live and what height they can achieve before the NFZ cuts in and if they can take off at all or even start the props withing 2.5 miles with all NFZ software activated. trouble is no one wants to activate all the NFZ software for fear that they will restrict themselves more than they are now.
DJI should be working on this harder and actually getting the message out that they are not against us but are working for us fliers with this.