Anyone with a drone willing to help me get some footage?

[GorG]

I need to do a site analysis for school and want to grab some drone footage to add to my video presentation, I've attached the area and the kind of shots I'm looking for. Just want to get about 5-10 minutes of raw footage, preferably in 1080p @ 60fps. I would prefer to get this done before Monday if possible. I'm a student so pretty broke but I'm willing to give you a little bit of compensation for your time. Thanks in advance.

[lilmira]

balloons, lawn chair and cellphone

[GorG]

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[mazdavirgin]

Great plan posting a request for a flight path that is illegal. You're going to be flying right next to the downtown heliport. Not to mention the other numerous violations for flying around in that area.

[gwill]

What makes this illegal? Drones are constantly flown everywhere.. I would assume he doesn't need to get that high for his project....

[eglove]

Originally posted by gwill
What makes this illegal? Drones are constantly flown everywhere.. I would assume he doesn't need to get that high for his project....

Pretty sure that area is no fly zone due to the helipad for downtown being there

http://www.calgary.ca/Transportation...iport-use.aspx



Helipad location:

http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/W...algary_Alberta

[GorG]

Looked up the restrictions. Regulations seem pretty lax until 2017 when a canada wide bylaw for citizen UAV use is introduced. Current restrictions include no flying over large groups of people, sporting events, over buildings, limited to 90m above grade, 9km within airports. Helipad isn't considered an airport.

[GorG]

My concern was downtown but I couldn't find any limitations on it.

[revelations]

Originally posted by GorG
Helipad isn't considered an airport.

Incorrect. It is considered, and listed, as an Aerodrome by NAV Canada.

However, the chances of an arrival/departure at that particular aerodrome is limited. Its just has a wind sock, fencing and lights.

[mazdavirgin]

Originally posted by GorG
Looked up the restrictions. Regulations seem pretty lax until 2017 when a canada wide bylaw for citizen UAV use is introduced. Current restrictions include no flying over large groups of people, sporting events, over buildings, limited to 90m above grade, 9km within airports. Helipad isn't considered an airport.

Closer than 9 km from any airport, heliport, or aerodrome.

Reading comprehension fail? That's right from transport Canada.

Downtown is also considered a populated area and you will be closer than 150m to people animals, buildings, structures and vehicles.

The list of violations goes on and on.

[gwill]

Originally posted by mazdavirgin




Reading comprehension fail? That's right from transport Canada.

Downtown is also considered a populated area and you will be closer than 150m to people animals, buildings, structures and vehicles.

The list of violations goes on and on.

Drones are used everywhere in the cities so i think you are misinterpreting what your reading. For example Realtors use them on a daily basis. Construction companies use them for progress shots...

Anywhere with a person living there would be considered a populated area.

Overall the rules are very lax as others pointed out. This is why i asked for specifics from anyone as they are used everywhere. Heck i was sitting in my hot tub the other night when i saw one so high up i thought it was a helicopter or a plane at first.

[GorG]

[Qoute]Don’t fly:
Closer than 9 km from any airport, heliport, or aerodrome.

Higher than 90 metres from above the ground.

Closer than 150 metres from people, animals, buildings, structures, or vehicles.

In populated areas or near large groups of people, including sporting events, concerts, festivals, and firework shows.

Near moving vehicles, avoid highways, bridges, busy streets or anywhere you could endanger or distract drivers.

Within restricted airspace, including near or over military bases, prisons, and forest fires.

Anywhere you may interfere with first responders[/qoute]

Thanks for the claification, I think it was more to do with selective reading or I was refrencing an older article. Guess that kind of kills my idea.

[mazdavirgin]

Originally posted by gwill


Drones are used everywhere in the cities so i think you are misinterpreting what your reading. For example Realtors use them on a daily basis. Construction companies use them for progress shots...

Anywhere with a person living there would be considered a populated area.

Overall the rules are very lax as others pointed out. This is why i asked for specifics from anyone as they are used everywhere. Heck i was sitting in my hot tub the other night when i saw one so high up i thought it was a helicopter or a plane at first.

No... Operation of drones in all those instances is illegal. You can call up transport Canada and complain but the law is the law. We can argue it's unreasonable all day but you have to recall the model airplane guys comply with these rules and have for years. Why do you think the rules would be relaxed for drones?

What's happening right now is a whole bunch of people are operating their drones illegally and violating the rules. Posting about it and requesting help to do something illegal is probably not a great idea on a public forum.

[eglove]

Originally posted by gwill


Drones are used everywhere in the cities so i think you are misinterpreting what your reading. For example Realtors use them on a daily basis. Construction companies use them for progress shots...

Anywhere with a person living there would be considered a populated area.

Overall the rules are very lax as others pointed out. This is why i asked for specifics from anyone as they are used everywhere. Heck i was sitting in my hot tub the other night when i saw one so high up i thought it was a helicopter or a plane at first.

Go fly your drone there in person and find out for us whether or not the rules are lax. Good experiement for all of us

[Cos]

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[gwill]

Originally posted by mazdavirgin


No... Operation of drones in all those instances is illegal. You can call up transport Canada and complain but the law is the law. We can argue it's unreasonable all day but you have to recall the model airplane guys comply with these rules and have for years. Why do you think the rules would be relaxed for drones?

What's happening right now is a whole bunch of people are operating their drones illegally and violating the rules. Posting about it and requesting help to do something illegal is probably not a great idea on a public forum.

Sorry but your a fuc**** moron. There are numerous realtors with licenses to fly drones around for their listings. They need to carry liability in case of a crash and have a license to operate it for commercial purposes. It wouldn't be any different for the construction companies using them as well.

It's not as illegal as you think it is... But thanks.

[GorG]

I think it’s more hazy than mazdavirgin makes it out to be, if anyone does have a drone and is willing to help me out just PM me.

My understanding is that most of the requirements from transportation Canada are loosely enforced, I have seen people use drones in public places or near residential locations countless times. I'm sure bylaw/cps have better things to do than patrol the skies for UAVs, especially since they are only guidelines at the moment. The only time I could see it being an issue is if someone formally made a complaint about the activity.

Also I looked into specific no fly zones for drones and for the city it’s just the Calgary Airport. Higher end units that use GPS tracking actually have this data built into their OS. This prevents the drone from entering restricted airspace. There's also work being done in terms of a registry where you could enter your address which manufactures can incorporate into their software to maintain individual privacy.

http://www.dji.com/fly-safe/category-mc
https://www.noflyzone.org/

Posting about it and requesting help to do something illegal is probably not a great idea on a public forum.

I don't own one nor do I plan to because I would never put enough hours on it to justify the cost of a drone. Therefore I don't really need to concern myself with what is and isn't legal in terms of its operation; seems simple enough to me. I can't actually believe I wasted as much time as I did today looking into it as a response to your earlier comments. Anyways, I'm sure that someone who actually owns a drone and is willing to help knows what they can and can't get away with in terms of the legality of drone operation. Unless you’re a lawyer who specializes in this field or have personal experience flying drones your comments are irrelevant to me.

[mazdavirgin]

Originally posted by gwill



Sorry but your a fuc**** moron. There are numerous realtors with licenses to fly drones around for their listings. They need to carry liability in case of a crash and have a license to operate it for commercial purposes. It wouldn't be any different for the construction companies using them as well.

It's not as illegal as you think it is... But thanks.

They are real estate agents... You really think they are smart enough to carry liability insurance for flying a drone? No wait please show me a policy that covers flying a drone where it's illegal in the first place.

FYI there is no such thing as a license to fly your drone in the city. Unless you file a specific flight plan with transport Canada and get an exemption. It's AMPLY clear that pretty much anywhere in the city is within 9kms of a heliport/airport. Take it up with transport Canada but don't lie to yourself and think it's not fully illegal to fly within city limits.

It's like you guys all can't read. Do you think those rules are just for shit and giggles on transport Canada's website? You're welcome to flaunt them if you so choose but you should be under no illusion it's straight up illegal and if they chose to they could very well throw the book at you.

Just for the thick skulled people:
http://www.torontosun.com/2014/12/27...r-flying-drone

Gramigna, a photographer, received the fine from Transport Canada while using the drone to take photos of a house for a real estate agent last summer.

Guess those real estate agents aren't so clever?

[gwill]

Dear mr virgin:

A quick google search discusses the topics of commercial use for drones. Here's a quick snapshot for you.

"What is clear is that flying a drone for commercial reasons is regulated by Transport Canada and requires what’s called a Special Flight Operations Certificate." What's this a certificate otherwise known as a license??

http://calgaryherald.com/technology/...rone-in-canada

But yeah realtor's can't use them nor can construction companies. You're an idiot.. at least i came here saying I am not familiar with the rules. You just look like a jack ass know it all that doesn't know shit.

I am sure you'll edit your post soon enough so you don't look as stupid.

[speedog]

Operating a drone is pretty much akin to all those people who take their RC vehicles, boats, helicopters and what not to any CoC public park or space - they're all doing it illegally as well. Take your RC 4x4 to play on the rocks at Harvey Passage - yup, illegal. Take your RC helicopter down to the local community park - yup, illegal as well.

Only the RC plane people are pretty much doing it legally but there's most likely a segment of that population that are using their RC planes illegally as well, regularly see a guy using public streets in Thorncloff as landing strips for his RC planes.

The drone thing will naturally die down as it evolves into a niche, novel item like most other RC stuff, all it's going to take is a bit of time.