The Egypt thread - Insight on customs, filming, experiences.

[bimmy]

Yes 1981 was a little late on (drone) unmanned aircrafts laws . Since they are flying around since the 1920's . First time someone ever flew a drone (yes we fly multicopters . I know.) Is almost 100 years ago.

 

[izzydrone]

Well my 3tb g drive got full... So here is a pic teaser while I go buy a new external to finish my video.

 

[AirApparent]

That's awesome.

 

[omarkatwe]

Well my 3tb g drive got full... So here is a pic teaser while I go buy a new external to finish my video. View attachment 26602

Tell me you got any permission , haw you do it, ?!?!!!!

 

[izzydrone]

I just stayed away from military bases and check points, police etc... For the most part... And paid tour guides a lot to take me to good spots. There's one particularly that was a bit on the too close for comfort side... Posting today a vid for you guys sorry for delay.

 

[izzydrone]

Did you not get searched on way in Omar ?

 

[omarkatwe]

Did you not get searched on way in Omar ?

Ur lucky not spot ur drone in airport scan machines,
And ya i guess ur right i didnt get searched on, man just take care those people so far from educations and educated , be careful,
Waiting ur videos

 

[izzydrone]

Sorry for the delay but here is the pyramid video. More Egypt videos to come.

 

[omarkatwe]

Sorry for the delay but here is the pyramid video. More Egypt videos to come.

You such a lucky guyyyyyyy dude,
A big like from me,
Cheers waiting for the next videos to be published,

 

[izzydrone]

Thanks, I had a blast in Egypt and did my best to stay away from military sites, crowds and flying directly over anything.

 

[Clipper707]

Great video! I've been following this story and love the story.

 

[timmer]

You Rock!

 

[Airborne]

wow, thats impressive and crazy !!!!

 

[Oso]

Sorry for the delay but here is the pyramid video. More Egypt videos to come.

Outstanding. I missed it because it was moved, so most of us lost track of the story. Thanks for posting sir!

 

[AirApparent]

My man Izzy. Balls of steel. Good for you bro. Looks like you had a blast.

 

[izzydrone]

Haha thanks...

 

[daringnomad]

Internet was painfully slow and I used up all my 1.5 gb of data i purchased when i got there. Renewing it was near impossible so i had to go dark for a bit.

Well guys ill give you the drama first... I continued to film some epic scenes.... after about 12 batteries of filming I headed to El Gouna which is absolutely a paradise... and on my way there I am with a a couple buddies... a Egyptian and a US citizen. Our driver somehow kinda rolls through the check point or we were picked I'm unsure what happened. But next thing i know is a guy with a AK looking gun is in front of our car telling us to pull over.

Im pretty worried at this point. Although I had taken preventative measures. All video was backed up on G drive and also still randomly dispersed on multiple sd cards in multiple bags.

But to not disclose too much from Egyptian military procedures online....I was asked to identify the bags I owned. My bags were not searched but we were asked a few questions and then let go. I literally felt like i was in a locked up abroad episode. A huge weight was lifted when we drove off.... Losing that footage would have been heartbreaking. I want really in fear of something happening to me, since all my footage was focused on tourism and beautiful landscapes in Egypt... so the fear of being accused of a spy or whatever was minimal... but having the footage taken because droning may have been illegal would have been horrible.

after talking to a few people there. everyone was amazed I got it into the country. A local friend of my friends said his friend has his confiscated and destroyed it in front of him. so i guess I'm pretty lucky to have avoided it being found at customs and when pulled over. I was asked to not fly it pretty aggressively in 3 locations I was flying but managed to never do it close to any military or police. The most epic video should be my pyramids video. Ill leave some details out but I ended up paying a guide a significant amount of money to take me nearby the pyramids where I then flew it as close as I could stomach safely. He warned me that someone else had a court date for doing a similar thing (not sure what that meant)... so um yea. I did this for art, my own love for video and droning, and of course to show the rest of the world how beautiful Egypt is.

And of course i then proceeded to filming another 10 batteries or so over the next couple of days. Ill upload a teaser vid shortly. either tonight or tomorrow morning. I am now back in the US. I left Egypt happy and with great footage. Its an extremely beautiful country and I try to show its beauty in my vids. Honestly i wouldn't recommend anyone take their drone to Egypt unless your willing to risk having it taken, and having to be very careful about flying it. Im working on getting a legitimate approval to film again in Egypt through some connections I have there but don't know if that will happen...

anyways teaser vid will go up shortly... and some stories to follow.

theres videos of
-camel riding
-pyramids
-boat riding
-el gouna
-the nile

check back shortly guys

Hey izzy good **** dude. I'm flying to Egypt in a month and will definitely try to take some epic footage as well.

May I ask where the tour guide took you at. The pyramids? I might end up walking to the western desert side of the pyramids with ample water and take off very secretly.

I have been travelling he world for the past 4 months and have already got enough footage compile for an epic around the world video. Egypt will be the highlight.

I am.no stranger to stupid drone laws, already risked quite a bit and shot in India and Nepal earlier. Stay tuned for my updated within the country.

 

[datincan]

Very surprised that you got it past customs. I was working for an oil company there and we tried to bring some high end UHF radios with throat mic's . - Customs saw them with with gleaming eyes, and they were confiscated with no chance of return. Anything that could be consider military use, don't consider for a second to bring into this country. Our radios had a legitimate use as we need them to work hands free.