Why DJI are allowing their drones to fly miles away ?

[Maverick]

Why DJI as a company are allowing their drones to fly far away, when the law restricts us from doing flying too far from the take off point. Basically we all need to keep VLOS, but using DJI drones, we can fly 10miles away, without even seeing the drone.

 

[tmcimagery]

Cause they know if it flies away they will come back an buy another drone cause Dji knows your flight log an can tell how far away from your set home point you really are - your right I see so many dangerous pilots that have no respect for FAA laws in the US they fly so reckless I don’t even want to fly around them

 

[Maverick]

Cause they know if it flies away they will come back an buy another drone cause Dji knows your flight log an can tell how far away from your set home point you really are - your right I see so many dangerous pilots that have no respect for FAA laws in the US they fly so reckless I don’t even want to fly around them

Flying a drone can be fun, but also dangerous. Make sense for them to not restrict their drones by how far they can go. Not sure on your drones, but on my mini drone is restricted by how heigh I can fly as well.

 

[tmcimagery]

Flying a drone can be fun, but also dangerous. Make sense for them to not restrict their drones by how far they can go. Not sure on your drones, but on my mini drone is restricted by how heigh I can go

It’s hard to say cause if you do it for a living a UAV we need be able to go above structures & towers for inspection- I have done a ton of cell towers that are over 400 agl so there is a time your agl may be 600 to 800 pending on job at hand

 

[Maverick]

It’s hard to say cause if you do it for a living a UAV we need be able to go above structures & towers for inspection- I have done a ton of cell towers that are over 400 agl so there is a time your agl may be 600 to 800 pending on job at hand

Do you require permission to fly higher than the limit ? Here in UK is 120m.

 

[tmcimagery]

Do you require permission to fly higher than the limit ? Here in UK is 120m.

Yes we are required to get a FAA waiver in order to complete a job over 400 agl

 

[Maverick]

Yes we are required to get a FAA waiver in order to complete a job over 400 agl

Do you have to pay for that ? Or requires to fill an online form ?

 

[tmcimagery]

Do you have to pay for that ? Or requires to fill an online form ?

No pay but you do have to get the clearance before you fly an it really helps when you are a 107 pilot

 

[Maverick]

No pay but you do have to get the clearance before you fly an it really helps when you are a 107 pilot

That’s ok then. I was thinking to do my qualification too, but since I haven’t received any job enquiry. I see no reason.

 

[MM42]

Because you might have an operational authorisation with the CAA (or your local equivalent) to fly beyond visual range.

 

[Maverick]

Because you might have an operational authorisation with the CAA (or your local equivalent) to fly beyond visual range.

Well, not everyone will request an authorisation from CAA to fly away just for fun I guess. Unless the pilot has a spotter that can keep a eye on the drone that has flown 9 miles away.