As long as it is non commercial use he can fly till the cows come home. Battery will die 1st though. What kind of drone?
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Drone Question
Originally posted by texan4ut View Post
Don't even know difference between a quadcopter and a drone, if there even is any, lol. It's just a Syma
x8c. He bought with some of his birthday money. His thinking was getting a cheaper one and learning the basics before getting an expensive one. He is getting good at flying. He has already replaced the stock cam for an HD Cam. I'll give him credit for doing all his own research and deciding for himself what to buy. Right after he made sure the camera would mount to the drone, the next thing he did was make sure he could mount to his bow.
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All quadcopters are drones; not all drones are quad copters. The term drone is just a slang term used to represent flying objects that don't fit into categories like helicopters and remote controlled airplanes.Comment
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If you want a nice beach that would away from people and condos head to Camp Helen state park. It is about 30-40 minutes east of Destin going to PCB. Beautiful area, nice beach and also a freshwater lake and a cool "ghost pier"
It is the same place where Luke Bryan filmed his video "Roller Coaster"
Some other nice areas to fly over would be Grayton beach, Carillon beach or seaside.
I don't know any laws, but public beach is public beach.Comment
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Florida had a brand new drone law that went into effect yesterday.
From the way I am reading it, you cannot have "surveillance" on private property or any owner, guest, invitee, etc., on such property. I cannot find anything in it that mentions anything or any person on public property.
This is the text of the bill. If a person doesn't know how to read legislation, underlined text is new wording that is added to an existing law.
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Originally posted by tvc184 View Post
"[W]ith the intent to conduct surveillance" is a pretty hefty burden for the state to prove. The kid is gonna be fine.Comment
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That is likely true on the gonna be fine part. All he has to do is not video or photo private property. I was merely stating the new law which seems to be the OP's question, not the typical comments like, he should be okay as long as it is not commercial, he can fly away, as long as it is for personal use, FAA rulings say it is no problem, etc., all of which are incorrect.Originally posted by 35remington View Post
I think the intent to conduct surveillance might not be that hard to prove except showing the person is taking photos or video (by statute, "imaging") but in the statute, only the victim on private property can complain. It is not a government issue at all. There is no burden of any type for the government.
The penalty is the state will allow a lawsuit by any victim. Being a lawsuit, the "burden of proof" is the "preponderance of evidence" (more likely yes than no), not beyond a reasonable doubt as it is in a criminal charge by the state.
What I read from the law surveillance in that statute is only enough clarity to show even as little as "movement" or "whereabouts" of people on the property.
Again, the OP asked a question and got some opinions, most of which were wrong. Stay away from private property and there will be no issue of proof of surveillance.
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