Quadcopter/Drone Thread

Do any of the DJI drones go on special during Black Friday or cyber Monday ? Which stores?

Also hoping it goes on special on ebucks store.
 
tRoN said:
Do any of the DJI drones go on special during Black Friday or cyber Monday ? Which stores?

Also hoping it goes on special on ebucks store.
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I got mine on a Black Friday special from Adorama cameras.
 
tRoN said:
Do any of the DJI drones go on special during Black Friday or cyber Monday ? Which stores?

Also hoping it goes on special on ebucks store.
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The eBucks store does have drone specials, so definitely keep an eye out there.

droneworld.co.za often has great deals too.
 
genetic said:
Here's a map of the no-fly zones;
www.google.com

No drone zones South Africa – Google My Maps

A list of areas where you may not fly your drone in South Africa. This includes: Power Stations National Key Points Airports, Airstrips and Aerodromes SANParks Please note that this is by no means a complete list and when in doubt, ask the relevant authorities.
www.google.com www.google.com
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A good map, although it does not include restricted military airspace. This covers a lot of Gauteng.
 
garyc said:
A good map, although it does not include restricted military airspace. This covers a lot of Gauteng.
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Beyond the standard recreational RAV restrictions which apply to both civilian and military airspace, that airspace is not relevant to the "hobbiest" airspace. It's pretty much irrelevant in the context of this thread.

The map I provided is the CAA restriction on RPAS. High-level military and commercial restrictions don't apply to the hobbiest.

We are, after all only flying consumer drones here - and not commercial and military aircraft, and the RPAS restrictions do cover military installations, as it does civilian ones.
 
Regarding the flying over built up areas, the rules on CAA’s website don’t seem to say this is not allowed as far as I can see.

From what the rules state, it seems as though you need permission from property owners only if you are flying at an altitude equal to or below 50m above the property. That would seem to mean that you can fly in most places, except for those which are restricted as per the regulations etc.

This can be confusing as you can find different answers depending on where you look, but this is from the CAA website.


http://www.caa.co.za/Pages/RPAS/Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems.aspx
 
Chevauxza said:
Regarding the flying over built up areas, the rules on CAA’s website don’t seem to say this is not allowed as far as I can see.

From what the rules state, it seems as though you need permission from property owners only if you are flying at an altitude equal to or below 50m above the property. That would seem to mean that you can fly in most places, except for those which are restricted as per the regulations etc.

This can be confusing as you can find different answers depending on where you look, but this is from the CAA website.


http://www.caa.co.za/Pages/RPAS/Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems.aspx
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You are allowed to fly in built-up areas as long as you don't fly within the no-fly zones as posted stipulated by the RPAS regulations. You do, however still have to follow the general safety perimeters as stipulated by the CAA;

General Information

www.caa.co.za www.caa.co.za
 
Chevauxza said:
Yeah I think it is a typo. Seems the operating altitudes from what I’ve found is between 50 and 120m.
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Legal operating altitude is 50m - but DJI drones are limited to 500m by software. No one enforces this, but it's just good common practice.
 
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