Posted on 07/16/2014 5:46:17 AM PDT by Paul46360
With all the talk about PODs (personally owned drones) that could fly over your fence and peek into your pool or hover above your property, I was wondering if it could be SHOT down??
Is there an expectation of airspace owner ship / privacy immediately over your property? How far AGL (above ground level)is NOT FAA jurisdiction?
I believe that this will be the next step into property rights intrusion.
The quad 50 in my backyard ensures my privacy.
Model 870 Pump patrols my airspace.
If I can hit it, it is too low and deserves what it gets. ;-)
Best thing to do is look at a VFR sectional (map of the flight space in the US). There are websites that show them free. Without knowing if you live within the airspace of a nearby airport I would say that most likely up to 700 feet above your house is uncontrolled airspace.
Best thing to do is look at a VFR sectional (map of the flight space in the US). There are websites that show them free. Without knowing if you live within the airspace of a nearby airport I would say that most likely up to 700 feet above your house is uncontrolled airspace.
PULL!
I’ve often wondered how broadcasters, narrow casters and satellite providers can legally prevent me from freely accessing the signal the spread over and through my airspace.
FAA Regs:
Except when necessary for takeoff or landing, no person may operate an aircraft below the following altitudes:
(a) Anywhere. An altitude allowing, if a power unit fails, an emergency landing without undue hazard to persons or property on the surface.
(b) Over congested areas. Over any congested area of a city, town, or settlement, or over any open air assembly of persons, an altitude of 1,000 feet above the highest obstacle within a horizontal radius of 2,000 feet of the aircraft.
(c) Over other than congested areas. An altitude of 500 feet above the surface, except over open water or sparsely populated areas. In those cases, the aircraft may not be operated closer than 500 feet to any person, vessel, vehicle, or structure.
(d) Helicopters. Helicopters may be operated at less than the minimums prescribed in paragraph (b) or (c) of this section if the operation is conducted without hazard to persons or property on the surface. In addition, each person operating a helicopter shall comply with any routes or altitudes specifically prescribed for helicopters by the Administrator.
IIRC it’s your private airspace up to 1,000 ft AGL or so. Have to check with FAA regs on this one.
Watch for Dingy Harry Reid to introduce the “Federal Drone Protection Act”.
You only have to hit one of those four little rotors.
;^)
If a drone flies in my yard, it goes down. Then it becomes mine.
I realize Wikipedia is unreliable, but it’s got some interesting points on air rights.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_rights
Quality ADA right there.
If you don't live within ten miles of a big city airport, you're ok.
Short answer is it is unsure right now. You have some claim to low level airspace, but that is not defined (same with going the other direction on mineral rights).
So if the drone is under 20 feet or so, you may have a case.
They can't. But they don't have to provide these items unencrypted, either.
Wonder the same thing. I think it might be a lot of fun! Maybe we could buy drone “skeets” and make a thrilling sport of it!
Flying a drone over my home, to my way of thinking, unless it’s a kid’s toy and I’ve been warned about it by a considerate neighbor…is a prima facie hostile act. But I’d love for it to be close enough for a shotgun...
I took my Phantom up last week to have a look around and discovered a flooded rice field across the river from me. Now I know where all of the mosquitos are coming from!
We haven’t even got property ownership in the strict sense, let alone the air space above it. Best be quiet or they’ll start taxing that, too.
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