Rules For Flying Over People and Vehicles
01-17-2023, 11:48 AM
#1
Rules For Flying Over People and Vehicles
It appears it's legal to fly an unpowered glider over people and vehicles (not loitering).
https://www.suasnews.com/2023/01/u-s...eid=0c805b84d1
https://www.suasnews.com/2023/01/u-s...eid=0c805b84d1
01-17-2023, 02:58 PM
#3
If a flyer loses a plane he will go get it, calling out "on the runway" naturally while he is crossing it. Then he looks for the plane in the weeds. This can go on for quite a while at every field I have flown at.
OF COURSE people continue to fly during this. They do not go low over the person searching and watch carefully when he is close in - but they do NOT stop flying.
At the electric field in San Diego where I am a member, there is a bike path a couple of hundred feet out where people go while flyers are in the air. This is no problem and completely customary. Beyond the boat path is Mission Bay (east side) where boaters may be.
This field is on city property and near San Diego International Airport. Civilian and military helicopters are also traversing the area. We must drop down to low altitude while they are going by. This field is under the most rigorous requirements imaginable.
Flying over people with an RC model is no big deal as long as common sense is used. It is completely legal also.
OF COURSE people continue to fly during this. They do not go low over the person searching and watch carefully when he is close in - but they do NOT stop flying.
At the electric field in San Diego where I am a member, there is a bike path a couple of hundred feet out where people go while flyers are in the air. This is no problem and completely customary. Beyond the boat path is Mission Bay (east side) where boaters may be.
This field is on city property and near San Diego International Airport. Civilian and military helicopters are also traversing the area. We must drop down to low altitude while they are going by. This field is under the most rigorous requirements imaginable.
Flying over people with an RC model is no big deal as long as common sense is used. It is completely legal also.
01-17-2023, 04:14 PM
#5
If a flyer loses a plane he will go get it, calling out "on the runway" naturally while he is crossing it. Then he looks for the plane in the weeds. This can go on for quite a while at every field I have flown at.
OF COURSE people continue to fly during this. They do not go low over the person searching and watch carefully when he is close in - but they do NOT stop flying.
At the electric field in San Diego where I am a member, there is a bike path a couple of hundred feet out where people go while flyers are in the air. This is no problem and completely customary. Beyond the boat path is Mission Bay (east side) where boaters may be.
This field is on city property and near San Diego International Airport. Civilian and military helicopters are also traversing the area. We must drop down to low altitude while they are going by. This field is under the most rigorous requirements imaginable.
Flying over people with an RC model is no big deal as long as common sense is used. It is completely legal also.
OF COURSE people continue to fly during this. They do not go low over the person searching and watch carefully when he is close in - but they do NOT stop flying.
At the electric field in San Diego where I am a member, there is a bike path a couple of hundred feet out where people go while flyers are in the air. This is no problem and completely customary. Beyond the boat path is Mission Bay (east side) where boaters may be.
This field is on city property and near San Diego International Airport. Civilian and military helicopters are also traversing the area. We must drop down to low altitude while they are going by. This field is under the most rigorous requirements imaginable.
Flying over people with an RC model is no big deal as long as common sense is used. It is completely legal also.
The 100s of cars and people you willfully fly over with your model.... DID NOT SIGN UP FOR THAT.
01-17-2023, 04:27 PM
#6
Is there an actual definition of what lateral separation is required to not be considered flying "over" someone? Common sense would say that if you are 1" laterally away from a person, you are close enough to by considered flying over them, but if you are a mile away laterally, then of course you are not. So where in between these two extremes are you considered to by flying "over" a person?
I'm curious to know if there is an actual FAA definition to this.
I'm curious to know if there is an actual FAA definition to this.
01-17-2023, 09:55 PM
#9
AMA is not the only CBO. Further, anything the FAA puts out supersedes everything else. Another angle was a discussion on RCGroups about "in transit", that it wasn't actually a violation. As anymodeler says, what does it mean to be "over" someone". It's impossible to prove. Even Remote ID (GPS) is only accurate to within 6'. It is a qualified regulation, no exposed moving parts, meaning props. FAA's interpretation of Remote ID is 124 pages long if anyone wants to dig into it.
