Can I Fly My Drone In a National Park?
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- Опубликовано: 2 июн 2024
- In this video, we answer the question of if you can fly your drone in national parks. We go over FAA rules, National Park rules, and potential penalties for getting caught. So let’s find out if you can fly over a national park!
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0:00 Introduction
0:41 Does the FAA Allow It?
1:49 Asking Super Intendants
2:07 Who enforces it and what happens if you get caught?
2:27 Taking off outside a National Park
3:11 Recap
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Awesome Muddy Answer!
I've done it before, but only after getting permission from a park ranger. They would tell me to be careful with the rest of the people in the area. Other than that I could fly.
Always ask before you fly. Even if it's illegal and you know it. By asking permission, you are most likely to get an okay and not be bothered. I think when you ask first it's the respect that you are having and they'll be more than happy to work with you.
Thanks for sharing.
Good advice!
Well done, covered all the bases in a few minutes! Also drone pilots should be aware this prohibition covers National Wildlife Areas, and National Monuments as well. Pilots should check carefully before taking off or landing on any Federal property.
Great point! Thanks for adding that!
The person that makes drones quiet and look like birds (and I mean indistinguishable -- not those crappy foam eagles) will get my business.
i live around lookout mountain in Tennessee.. its gorgeous and huge! its also almost completely covered with national park yellow areas. smh... its getting hard to make a city reel where i live becuase we have too many civil war areas etc.
Most parks have a 2000 foot minimum altitude to fly over them. Whether it’s a drone or an aircraft, flying less than 2000 ft. AGL is a violation of the regulations.
It's not actually a violation but it's "requested" aircraft fly above 2000' over national parks and wildlife areas and other noise sensitive areas.
Areas habitated by what DNA???@@DonBrowne
I not sure what the question is@@Partimepeasant
Also, who wants to hear those buzzing motors in the serene atmosphere of a National Park? When I hike parks, I enjoy the quietness of being in that environment. I have a drone but I respect nature and people more.
You say that but I just went to Yosemite last week and I’ll tell you those mendinco bikers make way more noise than a little “buzzing” noise but that’s been fine since even before drones existed
Thank you Goalier! Agree 100%. There are places for everything. There are plenty of places in this country to fly drones, just as there are plenty of places to ride dirt bikes, for example! National Parks, despite the crowds and traffic on roads, are designed to preserve and protect the beauty and serinity of nature for future generations. The bikes mentioned here are confined to the pavement. They aren't buzzing bears trying to get a picture. They aren't spying on folks skinny dipping in a backcountry pond. They aren't spooking birds that folks are quietly watching with binoculars! They aren't flying into the iconic, once in a lifetime photo of the rainbow over the falls! Believe it or not, there are still people who go to parks to escape technology! We need to leave some small part of the planet to nature!
I rode up the mountain on my harley and had a nice chat with the Chief Ranger. We took a short walk and talked about my specific drone etc. The conclusion was that its just not worth the trouble. The end.
I want to video a site about a quarter mile inside a National Battlefield boundary line (where few ever visit). If I launch from outside the park boundary, walk to the site (while the drone is in the air, having line of sight), take some video, then walk back and catch the drone outside the boundary, sounds like that's ok. Agreed? Thoughts?
I would ask the workers at the place just in case. Just helps avoid any unnecessary fees!
You can not operate uavs inside the park. I.e. control the drone. So, the answer is No. @uavcoach should know that. Since he doesn't I would take all he says with a grain of salt. It's plain as day in the rules. This guy is a hack.
@@eye_gotu which rules are you referring to?
It would be cool to fly over Mt. Rushmore or parts of Yellowstone. But I'm glad you can't. Because then everyone would and just imagine how bad that could be.
We are not carrying kinetics !
My friends offered me a drone but its like i cannot fly it anywhere😅 except in some island
If you have money, then YES! For most people, then NO! You can request permission, fill out forms, pay for insurance coverage (the Park will tell you how much coverage you need and it's usually several Millions of $$$ coverage and find an insurance company willing to cover it). Then you need to select a specific future date/time (and hope the weather is favorable) and see if it conflicts with other activities on that date. If that is all in order, you'll need to sign an agreement which will also outline all the area's you can NOT fly regardless. Like I said before, it's cheaper to hire a helicopter/pilot and video/shoot from the Helicopter as they are permitted to fly just about anywhere under FAA regulations so long as they're 2000 ft or higher. Landing a helicopter or GA aircraft in a park requires permission but NOT insurance. I'm still baffle that we can use guns anywhere, but not drones.
Yes, does not make sense at all, you’d think the helicopter would be the one to need the insurance. Did want to correct you on the gun use anywhere comment. That is totally false as there are areas you can not carry a gun in National Parks (ie the buildings (any federal building for that matter). And State laws apply also, so for instance any National Park in California (with it’s no reciprocity for out of staters and generally not issuing permits to residents). The media narrative is that gun laws are so loose in this country, it’s easy to think that is the case when it in reality is not.
@@larrybenedict4984 494 Million guns in the US so I'll partially disagree with you. Guns laws do vary by state, but SCOTUS applied an "interpretation" to clearly isn't anywhere close to what is in the actual constitution. But yes, some areas no guns are allow, but they represent less than 1% of the area in the US.
@@robainscoughWe can agree to disagree. Just didn’t want people to believe they can “use” their guns any old place they want. The 2nd Amendment seems pretty clear to me with the whole “shall not be infringed” statement, the Supreme Court correctly interpreting it. Anyway, don’t want to get too off on a tangent! Have a nice day!
@@larrybenedict4984 Agree to disagree, the words used in the constitution qualify "armed" with "Form a Militia" ... the word "gun" was never used at all. "armed" is generic, could be a gun, could be a knife, could be a sword ... there is zero mention of "self defense" from criminals which seems to be what most gun owners cling to. Either way, the suggestion that "humans" that carry "emotion" are viable candidates to control and operate guns seems like a bad idea, and history has demonstrated that time and time again ... how many mass shootings will it take ... until everyone is dead because of "shall not be infringed"? Yes it's not the guns fault, never has been, it's always the human's fault ... and we know that, yet we continue as if we don't recognize the human issue? Circle back to Drones, there is a huge difference between something that "takes pictures/video of things" vs. "it kills things" ... and yet the rules around "taking pictures/video" are more strict than "it kills things" ... this makes NO logical sense.
@@robainscough Ok, all I am going to say about the gun issue is, there is a very very clear documented history of what the founding fathers intended with the 2nd Amendment and you are WAY off. And as a law abiding, tax paying, human being with rights to defend myself, from criminals with guns mind you, I take offense at you wanting to strip me of that ability. And when you say some wild thing like “until everyone is killed”, you do realize that, when you remove suicides, there are 3x as many people in this country killed in auto accidents than by guns? Why not ban all things dangerous like knives, gasoline, cars, fire, fists for “safety”. And back to drones, there IS a logical explanation of why there are drone laws like what we have. When we venture into the Wilderness or National Park areas there is an expectation that we be able to enjoy the natural world, peace and tranquility. Not have a bunch of aircraft flying all over us. Simple as that, so I am in total agreement with these laws because it is human nature to ruin these areas by doing whatever we please in and on them. You want to fly a drone, do it somewhere else.
Here's a slightly different issue. I want to drone my friends paddling a Class IV-V creek, which is located in a wilderness area. In my state, you can't take off and land within a Wilderness Area. BUT, the creek itself is under COE jurisdiction. I propose to take off and land from a raft, in a recognized navigable waterway, below the high-water line. . Thoughts?
Apply this logic to everything when you're trying to circumvent stuff: Don't be THAT guy.
I'll first point out that Part 107.23 (Hazardous operation) states: "No person may operate a small unmanned aircraft system in a careless or reckless manner..." and 107.25 (Operation from a moving vehicle or aircraft) states: "No person may operate a small unmanned aircraft system...From a moving land or water-borne vehicle"
This sounds like it could potentially fall into one of these categories.
I'll also share what the FAA UAS Support Center said to me recently when I was inquiring about wording in one of these regulations. They said:
"If you dig into most FAA regulations, you'll find some kind of catch-all, "don't do dumb stuff" provision. The same should be true with a CBO's safety guidelines which, by law, must be "developed in coordination with the FAA."
"Since 14 CFR Part 107 prohibits operation from a moving vehicle, ops over people, BVLOS, etc, then it is clear the FAA interprets such activities as carrying an unacceptable degree of risk (i.e. careless or reckless)."
If you're operating in a way that is on the fringe of a Regulation, the only real way to find out if you broke the intent of the Regulation will be when something goes wrong and you're trying to explain why you did it to the FAA or a Judge.
Im 69 year old and new to this ,does it matter if my drone is under 250 grams
No, I have a mini 3 pro and the same rules apply.
If your drone is 250 grams, you still have to follow these same rules.
@@uavcoachhe said under, your still right even if you got the wording right... maybe, I should become the drone coach for uvacoach
It's just a camera!!!!
What is in the parks ?
All these rules are only gong to make tiny cinewhoop drones a lot more popular.