I’m Gui in South London and I just bought a new Mavic Air, set it all up today but haven’t flown it yet.
Seems like it’s very frowned upon anywhere in London, I understand the rules so I was looking at which park to have a go and it seems everything’s forbidden so I’m quite annoyed by that.
I initially had the idea of buying the drone as I’m off on holiday to Weymouth next week and I thought it would be a great thing to have to record the kids, etc.
Any tips on places to fly in south london hit me up!
Small world, I used to live on Streatham Road in Mitcham about 20 years ago (was born in Wimbledon)
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I bought a Hubsan … THEN read the no fly rules and was horrified. Around me they are banned from EVERY park or recreational area.
I had planned to take pics of my grandson on a busy beach. No such luck.
Eventually though lots of places come to light.
Very annoying at first sight though.
Just find a PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, (and there are a shit load around Beccles!) they cannot stop you taking off from it, and Flying above it at 50 metres (Drone Code Rules)
I just managed to set it all up and take it outside. I took off from a small table I have. My garden is 300 sq.m so it’s sort of ok to practice. I just took off and hovered about to get acostumed to the controls, tried some of the gestures too but all at sort of eye level.
I then ventured a bit higher and went up on a straight line at 60m and omg i was a lot higher than I expected which makes me think that the legal height of 120m isn’t bad at all! I thought it would look a lot closer to the ground, but anyway, I already felt I was way too high and panicked a bit so I bought it back down! I even forgot to take pictures or video! haha
Thing is, after a certain height you can’t even hear the thing anymore so if I was to take off from a PROW and fly over a local park who would even notice?
The thing is, most members of the public are not aware that providing you take off from a Public Place (and I do not mean the centre of a town !) and follow the “Drone Code” and be sensible about your flight, there is no reason why you cannot fly.
They do not own the airspace above their property, that has been confirmed directly from the CAA via a communication received by one of our members.
This is why I always carry with me various Documents to prove my rights to fly.
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