Thread: Technology- Where are we heading

Drones are quite noisey then again so are choppers and they do alright.
The restrictions would be battery times and charging as already mentioned. Quite a bit of gear to be carting in unless you were to drive to the location

On the 1st of August this year, two laws will change for the use of drone by the CAA and a change to the privacy act.

The CAA change means unrestricted use in uncontrolled airspace to a max celling of 400ft. Flight within restricted airspace will be allowed, but with some restrictions like comms with ATC and filing of flight plans and NOTAM's.

The privacy act change, from how I understand it, will mean that the user must have written consent from ALL land owners that the UAV/Drone flies over, regardless if camera footage is being collected at the time. This is being hotly contested my many parties. Effective it means that is a city councils wants to collect photo data over the city, they will require written consent of all land owners in the city. I guess they would just add a local plan change to get around this.

Overall, the use on Drones in NZ is pretty relaxed at the moment, but as things change, so will the laws around there use. There are a few pilots on here that would agree that alot of the UAV's cannot be seen from an aircraft.