legal

Thee FAA claims to be registering 2000 drones per day! So here is the question. How many is too many? how long does anyone think it might be before the FAA declares there are too many drones and the sky is unsafe for normal air travel. Especially emergency flights like medical, police, etc. As...

Dear DJI, I have a couple of Phantom P4s and I love them; fly them daily as a hobbyist and am working towards becoming a FAA licensed UAS pilot. You have a great product, hardware and software. Kudos! An incident today and the hours since has given me time to reflect and come to a conclusion...

As we all know, flying in Washington State Parks is verboten. Or, rather, it was - apparently there's been a recent change to WAC 352-32-130 that might give us a path. According to this rule revision, flying in a park that didn't already have a designated flying area is now permissible under...

Hi all! So I am a new phantom 4 owner looking to both get into flying commercially as well as for personal fun. I've read an exhausting number of articles regarding the mess surrounding drone regulation. I want to play by the rules but find that living in Los Angeles I'm virtually not allowed...

Stumbled across the following today building up a collection of Legal docs in case I am ever confronted while flying. Technically, the "Follow-Me" features of the Drones and the new Phantom 4 fall under this guideline. [EDIT/UPDATE] Section 39101a is clear it does not apply to "Modle...

Hi all. I am new to the forum and from Pennsylvania USA. I recently had a discussion with our chief of police who informed me he could charge me with trespassing for flying over private property below 400 foot, as well as confiscate my phantom and phone. Not to mention charge me with stalking if...