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<blockquote data-quote="daglas" data-source="post: 19371" data-attributes="member: 1751"><p>Oy!</p><p></p><p>Flying in urban areas is tricky, especially when you go to a foreign country where you don’t have local knowledge. Last month in Sri Lanka I was lucky enough to have a local driver who helped me figure out where I should and should not fly. You may notice in my video there is no aerial footage of Colombo downtown. I just did not want to risk it. We were staying next to a Finance ministry building and I noticed soldiers with automatic riffles and what not. </p><p>On the other hand, Spark is I belive the best drone on the market for urban flying. I do a fast launch and go to 20-30 meters in Sport mode, make my homepoint chenck there and once there, no one knows the drone is flying since its so small and light.</p><p></p><p>As for fines and stuff, I can tell you what the practice is in Croatia.</p><p></p><p>You as a foreigner will only get in trouble if you fly at a large planned event. There you can run into officials from the FAA. Other than that you need to be veeeery cursed to meet them in person. Regular police are mostly interested in what that is and would rather see their turf from the air than to fine you.</p><p></p><p>Biggest trouble for drone pilots here at the moment is if you are a local, make a commercial video or go viral in the news and then another proffesional turns you in since you are taking his business. And of course if you do something stupid like take a flag with you drone into a soccer match.</p><p></p><p>And last point, I would never dare take my drone up at main square or a huge tourist attraction but so many people here doband I haven’t heard anyone get caught or fined yet.</p><p></p><p>By the way, like your video! Is the framerate an artists touch or is my device doing the stuttering?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="daglas, post: 19371, member: 1751"] Oy! Flying in urban areas is tricky, especially when you go to a foreign country where you don’t have local knowledge. Last month in Sri Lanka I was lucky enough to have a local driver who helped me figure out where I should and should not fly. You may notice in my video there is no aerial footage of Colombo downtown. I just did not want to risk it. We were staying next to a Finance ministry building and I noticed soldiers with automatic riffles and what not. On the other hand, Spark is I belive the best drone on the market for urban flying. I do a fast launch and go to 20-30 meters in Sport mode, make my homepoint chenck there and once there, no one knows the drone is flying since its so small and light. As for fines and stuff, I can tell you what the practice is in Croatia. You as a foreigner will only get in trouble if you fly at a large planned event. There you can run into officials from the FAA. Other than that you need to be veeeery cursed to meet them in person. Regular police are mostly interested in what that is and would rather see their turf from the air than to fine you. Biggest trouble for drone pilots here at the moment is if you are a local, make a commercial video or go viral in the news and then another proffesional turns you in since you are taking his business. And of course if you do something stupid like take a flag with you drone into a soccer match. And last point, I would never dare take my drone up at main square or a huge tourist attraction but so many people here doband I haven’t heard anyone get caught or fined yet. By the way, like your video! Is the framerate an artists touch or is my device doing the stuttering? [/QUOTE]
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