How are drones height limited?

[Agile]

A friend in Manch had a roofing contractor try to inspect his roof. But it would not go above 8m.

He said he was more than 3 miles from the airport.

But today he had a flyer from the airport showing their safeguarding map which included his location.

So how can the airport interfere with a drone's flight?

 

[accelerator]

It will be software based I think. It will be a geofence, so from the GPS co-ordinates the drone knows its near the airport and the software will prevent it going above 8m.

 

[ericmark]

When we wanted to inspect the roof where I worked, I had to phone air traffic control and give my phone number, while my colleague used his phone to control the drone.

Should the air ambulance had been scrambled, then I would get a phone call to say down the drone.

There are exceptions, the Mac loop for example, that is simply a no-fly zone for drones. The miliary is not going to tell you when they are flying.

It does sometimes seem daft, I know with the camera club, pictures taken with drones needed the permission to fly with them to enter them into competitions, but pictures taken from a light aircraft did not come under the same rules.

However, I have never applied for a drone licence, it was my colleague who had the licence, and it seems this is all explained when one takes the course to get the licence.

 

[Mottie]

There’s an app called drone assist tgat shows you where you can’t fly etc.

 

[mattylad]

AIUI The Drone Assist owners have gone into administration, so all info from it should currently be taken with a pinch of salt and double checked.