Max takeoff altitude above sea level?

[KingDad1985]

I tried looking up the info but couldn't find the answer. What is the max altitude I can take off from? Imean in big bear and it's 6789 ft above sea level.

 

[Meta4]

I tried looking up the info but couldn't find the answer. What is the max altitude I can take off from? Imean in big bear and it's 6789 ft above sea level.

You have a long way still to go before you have altitude problems.
Max Service Ceiling Above Sea Level = 19685 ft (6000 m)

 

[Frankc]

That means you have to cancel your trip to the Himalayas. There are only 14 mountains in the world above 6000m and most of them are there.

 

[Meta4]

That means you have to cancel your trip to the Himalayas. There are only 14 mountains in the world above 6000m and most of them are there.

I think you mean 8000 metres.
There are plenty over 6000 metres including many in South America and even one in N. America.
List of mountains by elevation - Wikipedia

 

[Kenneth Coggin]

Max altitude you can fly a drone is 400 ft AGL (above ground level). That said, class A airspace starts at 18,000ft MSL. Make sure you never enter it, but good luck trying to [emoji12]


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[tcope]

Max altitude you can fly a drone is 400 ft AGL (above ground level).

Nope and nope.

 

[Kenneth Coggin]

Nope and nope.

huh?

 

[tcope]

No one (not the FAA) is placing a 400 foot limit.

 

[Kenneth Coggin]

No one (not the FAA) is placing a 400 foot limit.

https://www.faa.gov/uas/media/Part_107_Summary.pdf


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[tcope]

https://www.faa.gov/uas/media/Part_107_Summary.pdf

No indication Part 107 applies in this case.

"The new rules for non-hobbyist small unmanned aircraft (UAS) operations – Part 107 of the Federal Aviation Regulations"

 

[John Locke]

No indication Part 107 applies in this case.

"The new rules for non-hobbyist small unmanned aircraft (UAS) operations – Part 107 of the Federal Aviation Regulations"

What's you're point posting a 624pg document? Do you have a specific item of interest, and pg#?

 

[John Locke]

No one (not the FAA) is placing a 400 foot limit.

Look on Page 4 of this FAA document. titled Interpretation of the Special Rule for Model Aircraft

 

[Frankc]

I think you mean 8000 metres.
There are plenty over 6000 metres including many in South America and even one in N. America.
List of mountains by elevation - Wikipedia

Actually if you read the link and count them there are 14 above 6000 metres as I said.

 

[Kenneth Coggin]

Look on Page 4 of this FAA document. titled Interpretation of the Special Rule for Model Aircraft

Yes, when operating as a hobbyist, drones are considered "Model Aircraft" and restricted to 400ft AGL - per the FAA.


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[Meta4]

Actually if you read the link and count them there are 14 above 6000 metres as I said.

There are 14 higher than 8000m
There are many more that are higher than 6000m & 7000m
List of mountains by elevation - Wikipedia

 

[John Locke]

I tried looking up the info but couldn't find the answer. What is the max altitude I can take off from? Imean in big bear and it's 6789 ft above sea level.

Yes, Meta is right, you will have no problem at BigBear. I flew there in Jan this year, landed on the frozen lake. No problems. I've also flown at 13,000'MSL in Colorado at Loveland Pass, shown at the end of this video. Also, no problem. The Phantom 4 is a bulldog at elevation, even with wind. Pretty incredible craft.

 

[CactusJackSlade]

I took off from Loveland pass in Colorado at 11,990 feet and wet up a couple hundred feet - so 12,000 feet was no problem.

 

[FlyGary]

I was out with the new P4P and had one launch at 8400 feet in AZ this weekend. Just keep in mind density altitude. In hot temps, high humidity, the calculated altitude will seem like it is higher for the aircraft.
See Density Altitude Calculator - English/Metric for an online calculator.

 

[tcope]

Look on Page 4 of this FAA document. titled Interpretation of the Special Rule for Model Aircraft

This has been discussed here _many_ times.

What you link to is an interpretation of the guidelines by the FAA, not the actual regulation and is yet another reason people are confused. The FAA has put out a ton of crap over the years.

The FAA letter to the AMA dated July 2016:

http://amablog.modelaircraft.org/amagov/files/2016/07/FAA-400feet.pdf

But then:

Part 107 _does_ change this but does not apply to hobbiest.

As mentioned above, this has been beat to death here in the past. So I'll just leave it at this.

 

[Mad Dog]

Swim coach in the past drone pilot now!