Meaning what? Once you get outside the NFZ, aren't things business as usual?Don't even think about it.
All is would take is for a drone to fly into one of the balloons, rip the fabric and kill everyone in the basket. Please dont!
there wasn't any negative talk when others posted their videos of hot air balloons, or at least not that I saw.An inadvertent fly away in that scenario could warrant a felony charge or worse. Use your head and, first & foremost, be respectful/proactive for the safety of others.
I would think if you were out in a field 20 miles away from the festival, happily flying your drone and a hot air balloon came along, you could film it as you were moving a safe distance away.
The law states that you must yield to any and all manned aircraft.Like this morning, was just one balloon in my area. I very well could have been out flying and the balloon came by. And what is the difference between the balloon happening to come by vs. me seeing the balloon and flying up to film it? I am new at this so I am trying to learn what is the law, what is tradition, and by seeing other videos, what others are doing, like filming balloons.
that doesn't seem to exclude flying paralel. "staying in a hover" seems to imply that you would be hovering in the balloons path vs. to the "side" so to speak.The law states that you must yield to any and all manned aircraft.
Flying towards or staying in a hover when a hot air balloon approaches you could be viewed as a violation of that or as reckless endangerment.
there wasn't any negative talk when others posted their videos of hot air balloons, or at least not that I saw.
To the best of my knowledge there is nothing illegal or inherently dangerous about flying a distance from the balloons outside the NFZ.
My best friends son-in-law is one of the top balloon pilots in the country. He gets paid to bring his balloons to events. Will have him ask him what he thinks of drones in the area.
I was responding to the op's open-ended query. The temptation with a wide angle lens is always to get a bit closer rather than to get further away from the action. Having said that, I don't see any issues outside the NFZ.
that doesn't seem to exclude flying paralel. "staying in a hover" seems to imply that you would be hovering in the balloons path vs. to the "side" so to speak.
I suspect this sort of thing is buried somewhere in their docs and rules and shouldn't be arbitrary. I know it isn't exactly the same thing, but in my teens I did some sailing. We had all the rules of right-a-way and yielding to various craft. Isn't this just a 3d version of that
woah, a bit of an asssumption. the post was made with the unstated given of operating within the law and all TFRs. as you can see in my photo i'm 5+ miles from the event!
Hi Patrick, Saw your shot. Not knowing where you shot from, was it when they were launched and still all down by the launch area, so you were photographing subjects 4+ miles away? Have you operated your drone during a time when they happened to drift closer or beyond the NFZ? If I measured right, the 4 mile radius is short of where Corrales Rd hits 528. There are some nice places to launch or view the balloons if they blow to the north. I used to work at a place just north of Corrales Rd and would go out on break and watch the balloons coming up the valley. No always, but when the wind was right. Unfortunately the sun is on the other side so it would be better for an afternoon launch than a morning launch.woah, a bit of an asssumption. the post was made with the unstated given of operating within the law and all TFRs. as you can see in my photo i'm 5+ miles from the event!