Dunno, i'm well past 9km from the nearest airport here in Montreal.
Height ceiling isn't too much of an issue.
Height ceiling isn't too much of an issue.
Recreational drone now illegal in most of Canada...
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Montreal No fly zones... Not including buildings or people that you must stay away from or taking into consideration that you must have express consent of any property holders that you are landing or taking off from.
I guess you are one of the lucky ones not affected.
I guess you are one of the lucky ones not affected.
your nuts! you think it should be illegal for people under the age of 18 to fly!! thats ridiculous. sure there are the immature kids that have no respect for anyone or anything. but what about all the responsible ones that are doing good with their drones and actually making good videos and taking good pictures.
9km wow here its 5km from airport 400ft,,,,the belts are tighting enjoy while u can
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*sigh*
We basically went from a 'you can fly your drone anywhere but use common sense and keep it safe' to 'you can fly your drone nowhere that might be fun to fly if you are flying for recreation'
It will be REALLY interesting to see how many - ahem - aerial photography companies spring up in Canada in the next few weeks...
We basically went from a 'you can fly your drone anywhere but use common sense and keep it safe' to 'you can fly your drone nowhere that might be fun to fly if you are flying for recreation'
It will be REALLY interesting to see how many - ahem - aerial photography companies spring up in Canada in the next few weeks...
For Commercial use you have to get a waiver (SFOC) with specific flight plan, time, etc.
AFAIK.
I have heard the wait time is 3 months and limited to a specific flight. I am not sure so if anyone has any real world experience with this, let us know
I agree there's nothing really new in these regulations. In Canada we don't live under American regulations such as max altitude. Here it has been 90m (300ft) not 120m (400 ft). Our regulations have been and continue to be "visual line of sight". Nothing has really changed. Age was mentioned but that is addressed in SFOC (special Flight Operations Certificate) and this is almost always in regards to commercial drone usage.
I think the biggest thing is the way the regulations will be enforced. We will just have to wait and see.
Hopefully a few drone flyers with the "I don't give a f***" attitude won't make things even more difficult when the updated "newest" regulations come out later this year.
Don't get me wrong, I do NOT want more regulations and I believe in "common sense" when flying.
However... one thing I would like Canadian Minister of Transport (and former Astronaut) Marc Garneau to think about is this.....should the International Space Station be banned from orbiting above Canada??? Think about the damage and injury that could cause if it lands on a Canadian city!
I think the biggest thing is the way the regulations will be enforced. We will just have to wait and see.
Hopefully a few drone flyers with the "I don't give a f***" attitude won't make things even more difficult when the updated "newest" regulations come out later this year.
Don't get me wrong, I do NOT want more regulations and I believe in "common sense" when flying.
However... one thing I would like Canadian Minister of Transport (and former Astronaut) Marc Garneau to think about is this.....should the International Space Station be banned from orbiting above Canada??? Think about the damage and injury that could cause if it lands on a Canadian city!
I think the minimum age should be 40 with signs of a midlife crisis and problematic quddcopter buying issues
It occurred to me this might come. I got in when I did to try to beat it... didn't beat it by much and ended up worse than I thought.
As another member said a while ago... there will be lots of video of farm land.
So discouraged.
As another member said a while ago... there will be lots of video of farm land.
So discouraged.
Again, the government has made implantation without putting much thought into it. There was also a claim that the number of drone incidents were on the rise. Where ? How come I didn't hear anything about this, despite the fact I go through most drone forums everyday. Ontario had two incursions of large US drones near Ottawa and Toronto. Are they counted against me when flying my P4?
Someone has to pick up the ball on this and get the rules within reason. Most of them have to be adjusted or modified. Where are age limits? Experience credits? Credit for built in NFZ into the controller? Credit for instrument flying capable controllers and displays?
I have hundreds of safe flying hours, all flown with respect for man, beast and property. Regretfully, I cannot see how these enforceable rules are of benefit to anyone. Should have been left as recommendations.
The drone trolls are going to have a great summer.
Someone has to pick up the ball on this and get the rules within reason. Most of them have to be adjusted or modified. Where are age limits? Experience credits? Credit for built in NFZ into the controller? Credit for instrument flying capable controllers and displays?
I have hundreds of safe flying hours, all flown with respect for man, beast and property. Regretfully, I cannot see how these enforceable rules are of benefit to anyone. Should have been left as recommendations.
The drone trolls are going to have a great summer.
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Actually, no. See all of that area overlaid with the diagonal markings? That's for all of the helipads that exist in the area. The 5NM (9km) limit now applies to those things as well.
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90 m is 300 feet, actually. (91 m or so=300 ft).
75 m is 246 feet (call it 250) for distance from everything that is precious to man (apparently)
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They were influenced by the asswipes at the Canadiam Model Aeronautics Asylum who reduced all drones to the lowest common denominator as if it was 1980 RC world.
Very bad crap.
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(75m) from buildings, structures, vehicles, vessels, animals,
"OMG watch out for those birds, squirrels, etc..."
But anyway by the definition of this order :
model aircraft means an aircraft, the total weight of which does not exceed 35 kg (77.2 pounds), that is mechanically driven or launched into flight for recreational purposes and that is not designed to carry persons or other living creatures. (modèle réduit d’aéronef)
just modified my aircraft, now it carry a cockroach, so since it carry a living creature it does not apply to my aircraft.
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I've been composing (in my noggin) the letter to the Hon. Astronaut for the last few hours, CC to Mr. Williams, [EXPLETIVE REMOVED]
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It's supposed to be 21 days to get an SFOC. I'm preparing one and trying to slip in as much leeway as possible as to dates, places and equipment. Apparently once you've been through a few you can then get something of a more generally applicable SFOC. I'm hoping the fact that I have a commercial pilot's license and haven't actually killed anyone yet may get me some leverage. Wishful thinking. And after the letter I'm about to send the Hon. Astronaut I'll probably end up under scrutiny from the weasels at TC.
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