Where to fly drones uk
So where can YOU fly your Drone in the UK? //MAIL- #114
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guess what it's not Monday it's not
Friday's Wednesday which means only one
thing
hashtag mail that day in the week when
you are said burning trope question and
I try and come up with some sort of
answer and this week's question comes
from stack mail I recently did some
filming around conwy castle which on WWF
line Skoda UK is under blue local /
private no-fly zone but the no-fly zone
doesn't appear on any other app that I
checked an apparently DJI go doesn't
warn of a no-fly zone if you try and fly
DJ products in that area is this no-fly
zone a valid be enforceable under the
ano it's awfully confusing to us mere
mortals I didn't use my drone but would
like to at some point but not willing to
risk getting my colorful in the process
what's your take on it
Cheers William wait to fly we're not to
fly asking more more difficult these
days isn't it I mean I had an email from
someone not the other day who said I've
just soared up all my drone equipment
because there's nowhere to fly so what I
asked him about why he then sent me a
screen shot off the drone assist that
which is from maps powered by altitude
angel and he was right you look at it
and there was nowhere to fly near him
but you need to understand about filters
on some of these maps you've got to
understand that on some of these apps
and guidance things for us for remote
pilots they do err on the side of
caution there are a lot of warnings and
there is a filter you can hit which
makes it more apparent on where you can
fly and where you can't fly maybe he
didn't need to sell all his equipment
expensive lesson so that makes a mistake
number one eh is it valid oh I've just
looked at no drone fly website whatever
it's called I don't want to diss it I'm
sure it's a good idea it's bore out of
of trying to help or trying to form some
sort of business early days maybe I'm
always cautious about anyone that tries
to give you advice and my opinion before
I fly there are three maybe
or sources of information I check first
to give me some sort of bearing some
sort of idea or some sort of guidance on
where I can fly and if it's okay for me
to fly there both whether it's
commercial or recreation I do the same
whatever the drill is the same doesn't
matter what the purpose is first thing
I'd like to make clear number one golden
rule it is your responsibility to remote
pilots make sure it is safe to fly in an
area you're planning to that you're not
in endangering any other craft people
persons property by your action number
two is no one owns the airspace no one
there unless it's a specific security
no-fly zone Airport or anything like
that no one owns the airspace what they
may be able to do is stop you taking off
and landing and using their land to do
so but they can't stop you over the
flying their property if you have the
right permissions in place if now I'll
put in the link down below they link to
the ano from the CAA that is the only
place I would go and read it it will be
unedited and as is it is a
responsibility of everyone to make sure
you read the ano link as as always down
below now the places I go to check out
my information before flying above one
is TTI comm and I suggest any flier does
this not only if you flight DJI or don't
fly DJI the reason I go there is because
DJI want to make it as accessible for
you to fly there warnings are on the low
level down to the bare minimum of what
regulation requires especially in the UK
number two is they have spent a lot of
money on legal representation and making
sure what they are saying is as near as
damning legal as possible it's a fine
line they sell drones they want to sell
drones they want to make it as as an
incumbent as possible for us remote
pilots go to wowt.com now go right down
to the bottom into the bottom banner in
the black you'll see there's a little
tab there for fly safe hit that now you
can go on and choose your area whether
it's Europe United States North America
Asia Africa wherever it is it's a good
source of link
to the local regulatory body in that
area if you're traveling as well you
click on there so Europe UK and if we go
over to come where you can see there are
no restrictions on there there are no
fly zones if you go to the left hand
side Anglesey there are some some
airports and on the right hand side you
can see there's Liverpool so you have
those areas where there are restricted
zones but nothing in Conway now there
are a couple of filters you can switch
on and off the DJI fly safe map which
will make it look less scary more scary
one is the warning zones now they are
warning zones they're there to flag up
and say there may be an issue there may
not be an issue but it's down to you to
check if there is an issue and enhanced
warning zones for the super cautious so
if you don't want to get yourself in
real trouble now this is all powered by
altitude angel in the background I
learned last week through the Sutton
Technology Committee Brenda Suleiman
from from DJI said that the backend Maps
is powered in the UK by altitude angel
altitude angel also power my second
source of information which is the NASA
drone assist app which springs up with a
few more flight restriction zones and
prohibited flight areas and NOTAMs
really for drone pilots that are set up
to warn you of areas again there is a
filter system on the right hand side you
need to be very careful that you don't
have an overcautious setting on your
filter but likewise you also need to
make sure that the information you're
looking at is correct and up-to-date
what I do like about the drone assist
app is that you can hit the warning zone
it tells you in detail why that is a
warning zone and in some instances will
have a contact number for the person
that has requested that temporary no-fly
zone so you can see if you can fly or
not fly or see exactly what the
restriction is my next source of
information is via the drone code drone
safe link on the CAA which is looking at
the restricted flight zones around
airports you can go into each individual
map of an area and see how much of the
surrounding city because most big
airports are near a city how much of
their city is affected by the outer
restriction zones on the no-fly zone
interesting as well for anyone that is
trying to get permission and
permission is there to be asked for it's
not a blanket no you can't fly is just
what we're saying with a lot of this
stuff is in certain sensitive areas
they're asking for permission because
they want to know hey who's flying when
you're flying how you're flying how long
you going to be there and when you can
be done it is the job of air traffic
control be sure that everyone can fly
but in a safe manner and you know we are
remote pilots we are air users as well
it's not a case of all no definitely not
because you were flying a drone it's a
well we need to fit you into the flight
plan and make sure all manned aviation
avoids you as well this is what they're
basically asking for there is a link
through the CAA website for anyone that
is having difficulty getting permission
flying in those new flight restriction
zones around Airport so child controlled
by local air traffic control there is a
link also down below for that just in
case you have had a definite no and no
real reason why there's a simple log
where you can log on when how how you
applied and they also want a copy of the
denied fly as well so they can keep a
log off and I think what they're doing
is going through and then saying to
these air traffic control groups is
saying look come on there is another
thing which comes back to your original
question is it valid where they may be
able to stop you is if there is a local
by law or something stopping you of
taking off and landing on the land that
they control in that specific area so
that's where it may be valid may not be
valid but that is a local local thing
now there are there other like areas of
sites of scientific interest which are
seasonal especially for things like
nesting birds wildlife that is is
bearing young as and things like that I
mean if there is a sign that say don't
fly because there are nesting birds and
don't fly in my militant old age I look
at sign now and think why and then I'll
ask why and if there's a number I will
phone it and say why is there a sign
here because my understanding of the
navigation order is this sorry what's
yours don't know what do you think
sometimes you have to ask the question
always ask the question is it safe to
fly or not but what do you think let me
know in the comments below what are you
using to check out an area if it's safe
to fly or not and with us
I'll never get if you've got a question
fast okay open the comes below hashtag
mail and a link to YouTube site which
will now do and let's have a look now I
was here William you got some
interesting stuff on your YouTube
channel not a lot of dry stuff in and
you are flying a typhoon pirate weekend
check it out
2019 is a long video is one of those
funny videos you look at it and you
think I'm not hot I can't watch this but
then you watch it you get into it and
it's quite interesting so if you want to
kill kill half an hour check out that
video but I've just got this drone e1
here let's have a look at this one it is
a long video you know me anything past a
minute I struggle with my my
concentration but this is 19th of May
2019 see your only shot sums up why I
struggle with the typhoon is you always
see the undercarriage it's always there
there's some benefit to that under hunc
camera as long as you're in the white
orientation but then sometimes it did
just ah don't want it just and I don't
mean that in a bad way it just oh just
something just something doesn't I mean
when it when it shoots you get some nice
shots right now
but then you get a lot of prop shadow
like that and then that drives me up the
wall
there's something about DJI Croft I do
like is they get the camera out on the
front there are some restrictions agreed
but nine times out of ten for most of
their craft the camera is out at the
front and you don't get that prop shadow
too much
some nice images there well you might
think what you need to do because it is
eight minutes I think there's a lot of
footage in there in eight minutes I
think what you need to do is you need to
go through and pick out those those
cracking shots and you've got some
cracking shots in there not when the
prop comes in to form like that though
I like the framing of it I think you've
got a good use of of what's there it's
exposed nicely I don't know what your
settings either and if you're on an auto
or manual if you're some nd filters on
on there or what your shutter speed is
you do get some distortion on I don't
what's going on there you get some some
odd remnant thing going on in in some of
the shots I think what I do is go
through and the other criticism I have
is the different music that has going on
or not and I'm the worst to talk about
music and and volume because I just pump
it loud on my stuff but just think about
one piece of music and think about what
it's saying and keep it short minute
minute and a half go on YouTube there's
plenty on YouTube now that are free to
use just you can print this on year one
whatever it is just pick that one piece
of music and just take those best images
you've got that you're proud of where
you've got a complete shot miss all the
turns and that and when you rotate
because you get the legs into short
where you're the props into shot cut all
that out and just focus on that piece of
music and and think about when you
listen to it think about what it evokes
in you those feelings and then try and
match the images to that and bring those
together I think that is the way to go I
do that I upload it again so we can have
another look but put more details about
how he's shooting what you're shooting
well your frame rates are what your
shutter speeds are as well because
that's how people learn they look at
something anything oh that's good I want
to try and do that how did they do that
how did they
get those shots and just look at the
details in the comments and that's the
place to put them anyway I hope that
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