Honestly I am getting a bit depressed here with the lack of good areas to fly my phantom. Granted, what did I expect living where I live (near Mall of GA). The two big issues I am having around here are ...
1) Gwinnett County parks forbid it. Which is dumb, so many great spots with very few people. I'd love nothing more than to take my phantom up to the top of little mulberry lookout spot and get some beautiful shots.
2) People have this huge hatred for drones and anything related. I blame it on the few bad apples that ruined it for the rest of us that just want to fly for fun and not to spy on teenagers sunbathing or drop contraband over prison fences. It just sucks that as with everything in life, the idiots ruin it for the rest of us.
So has anyone found any good spots to fly? I've only been flying for less than a year. During the summer I practiced at empty schools (Mountainview HS was a good spot) but obviously that's a huge problem now that school is in session I won't go anywhere near a school.
I've even gone so far as to write some letters to some people I see on the map with huge plots of empty land (find them on tax records to get name and address). I try to be as polite as possible and tell them I just want to practice on some open land and that I'd even give them any photos and videos that they can just have for some neat views of their property. But have not received a single reply.
So again, anyone found any cool spots? I have a lot of free time (well, I am self employed so I can MAKE free time whenever is a better way to put it) so would love to just spend a chill fall day flying around taking in the scenery.
1) Gwinnett County parks forbid it. Which is dumb, so many great spots with very few people. I'd love nothing more than to take my phantom up to the top of little mulberry lookout spot and get some beautiful shots.
2) People have this huge hatred for drones and anything related. I blame it on the few bad apples that ruined it for the rest of us that just want to fly for fun and not to spy on teenagers sunbathing or drop contraband over prison fences. It just sucks that as with everything in life, the idiots ruin it for the rest of us.
So has anyone found any good spots to fly? I've only been flying for less than a year. During the summer I practiced at empty schools (Mountainview HS was a good spot) but obviously that's a huge problem now that school is in session I won't go anywhere near a school.
I've even gone so far as to write some letters to some people I see on the map with huge plots of empty land (find them on tax records to get name and address). I try to be as polite as possible and tell them I just want to practice on some open land and that I'd even give them any photos and videos that they can just have for some neat views of their property. But have not received a single reply.
So again, anyone found any cool spots? I have a lot of free time (well, I am self employed so I can MAKE free time whenever is a better way to put it) so would love to just spend a chill fall day flying around taking in the scenery.
