Lets talk about drones

**Retiree19** · 03-23-2024, 08:25 PM

Originally Posted by huntindog

As my signature states we are committed boondockers. With as large as our momentum is, we have to be careful about going down just any dirt road. We have several sites that we like to camp in, that if they were occupied when we arrived would leave us in a bad stituation as far as getting turned around. What we have been doing is dropping a quad off, to go check it out before towing the Momentum in. then radioing thhe status back to the rig. This works well.
Recently we were dicussing getting a camera drone for this.
We know less than nothing about them. I figure there has to be people here that have knowledge in this area.
TIA

I know this is late in coming (I'm behind on my reading) but before you buy a drone for something like this look carefully at the new rules and regulations. In Colorado in particular we do most of our camping in the mountains. Drones are now restricted to a 10,000' maximum altitude. This is hard coded into the controller. It's pretty comical to launch your drone and have it get just above head height and announce that it's reached max altitude.

**huntindog** · 03-24-2024, 05:23 AM

Originally Posted by Retiree19

I know this is late in coming (I'm behind on my reading) but before you buy a drone for something like this look carefully at the new rules and regulations. In Colorado in particular we do most of our camping in the mountains. Drones are now restricted to a 10,000' maximum altitude. This is hard coded into the controller. It's pretty comical to launch your drone and have it get just above head height and announce that it's reached max altitude.

Good info. I have never camped in Colorado,,yet. not too many places where this would limit us, so a drone purchase is still in the future. Had some unexpected major expenses come up, so it has been pushed back...They will probably be better and cheaper by next year anyway.

**jjbbrewer** · 03-24-2024, 09:29 AM

Originally Posted by Retiree19

Drones are now restricted to a 10,000' maximum altitude. This is hard coded into the controller. It's pretty comical to launch your drone and have it get just above head height and announce that it's reached max altitude.

Where did you hear that?
I understand DJI Fly has a warning if you're launching >10k feet MSL, but it's not a FAA restriction nor a hard coded geofence. It's (just) a performance based warning.
If you know different, please post it up.