Drone question: flying over neighborhood

[macphanatic]

hal wrote:
if you fly over my yard, I'm throwing stuff at it - you have fair warning

Don’t disagree, but release that doing so can result in the FAA pressing charges against you.

[RAMd®d]

Also, this is a 249 g drone which does not require a license or registration with FAA as far as I understand.


Less than 250g only needs the TRUST cert, unless you perform some 'pro level' activity.

That could be something as innocuous as taking a pic of a house for a real estate buddy.

I didn't know the weight of your drone, so I mentioned both the cert and the 107 license.


The FAA isn't an enforcement agency like the FBI.

They can fine someone, but 'pressing charges' would only be in the loosest sense of that phrase, and the FBI handled the investigation.

He turned himself in.

"Lack of common sense and ignorance of your duty as a drone pilot will not shield you from criminal charges," said Akil Davis, the assistant director in charge of the FBI's Los Angeles Field Office.

Federal prosecutors say Akemann flew the drone more than 1.5 miles toward the fire and lost sight of the remotely piloted unit.

He was BVLOS long before 1.5mi.

He has some money so the ~$60,000 probably didn't hurt him too bad.

It's just the price of a gold Rolex Daytona.

So he made restitution and did 150hrs of community service.

Dude got off light.


https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/...ades-fire/

[special]

To be clear: I am not flying over airports, over emergency areas, I am not that stupid.

This is a toy, no pro level activity.

[RAMd®d]

To be clear: I am not flying over airports, over emergency areas, I am not that stupid.


To be clear, if anyone implied that you were, it wasn't me.

Or if you inferred it, it still wasn't me.

My mention of the CanAir (lol) air tanker collision was addressing the FAA 'pressing charges' comment.

[Lux Interior]

hal wrote:
if you fly over my yard, I'm throwing stuff at it - you have fair warning

I'm usually 300-400' when flying over neighbor's yards.

You would need a good arm (or good aim, if using gas-propelled projectiles).