Can you legally fly your sUAS over the Willis Tower?
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Looks like you can under Part 107. It's 1,450 ft high under 3,000 ft floor Class B airspace, so provided you stay less than 400 ft above it you are good.
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The height to antennas is 1,729 ft. Are there any other local or state ordinances or restriction in area.
That's still clear of the Class B airspace. There may be local restrictions on takeoff/landing operations - I was only addressing the "how high" question.
You would need to have the streets and sidewalks closed as you would not be able to fly over people or moving cars legally.
That's still clear of the Class B airspace. There may be local restrictions on takeoff/landing operations - I was only addressing the "how high" question.
Not necessarily, if you took off from that block or from the building itself.
So let’s say that there are takeoff and landing restrictions and with knowledge that they don’t control the airspace and that I can legally be there, can I do a hand launch and catch legally.
I would at least need to close sidewalk just Incase someone comes strolling by.
I think that the "hand launch" tactic to get around takeoff and landing restrictions has been debunked enough to discount it. You would still be present, on the ground, launching a UAV. And sitting it on a chair doesn't work either.
Not if you took off from one of the lower roof areas - then you would not have to fly over any sidewalks.
Is this a serious question?
Yes it is. Just wondering, that would make for some great pics.
Downtown Chicago is beautiful.
Nope, 400ft agl.I don’t know about that mate but in the UK it’s 400 feet (122m) max that’s it unless you are PfCO authorised and so on ....
Legally you can fly 400ft agl, or 400ft above the highest structure agl, as long as you remain within 400ft horizontally of said structure. View attachment 108100
That being said, finding a place in Chicago were you aren’t over active roadways, or people (people restriction can be bypassed via parazero) you are allowed to, assuming you takeoff and land from public property.
(people restriction can be bypassed via parazero)
Nope, 400ft agl.
I should have specified AGL ... I took it as read that everyone knows it’s AGL and not MSL or .... AMSL or in broadcast engineering terms HAAT.
This picture probably describes it better (off the CAA website)
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Hope this clears any confusion [emoji4]