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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fortkentdad" data-source="post: 607608" data-attributes="member: 24285">Oh thanks for the tips about regulations, and while the FAA does not apply, Canada does have rules. Did a quick google of "Drone Regulations Canada" and no mention of registration (yet?) but these are the listed rules which pretty much rule out droning in Canada. <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Don't fly closer than nine km (five nm) from any aerodrome (i.e., any airport, heliport, helipad, or seaplane base).  ( Dang - 7.5 KM to nearest airport  - and planes do fly right over my house - at low altitude when landing, I see that at least once or twice every few months or so ) </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Don't fly higher than 90 m (300 feet) above the ground.  (got it no problem there .... except how do you know how high you are flying? ) </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Don't fly closer than 150 m (500 feet) from people, animals, buildings, structures, or vehicles.  (OK must remember to bring my lazer yardstick to measure how far away those cows are from me - but how about birds - do they count as animals?  and gophers - those rodents are everywhere .... ) </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Don't fly in populated areas or near large groups of people, including at sporting events, concerts, festivals, or firework shows. (" populated"  - our town has over 100 people, is that populated?    Hmmm wonder what they mean by "large groups"  do they mean a group that you could not feed from two large family sized buckets of KFC?, and it takes two such groups as it is not "a group of people" but groups plural. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Don't fly near moving vehicles, highways, bridges, busy streets, or anywhere you could endanger or distract drivers.  (OK - so a big backpack will be necessary as you have to hike away from wherever you park your vehicle - .... maybe I can take my quad,(ATV) out into the bush somewhere - unless quads are considered moving vehicles?) </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Don't fly within restricted and controlled airspace, including near or over military bases, prisons, or forest fires.  ( "near"  Oh, Oh, we live 'near' one of Canada's fighter jet air bases, it is just 40K up the road - does that qualify as "near"?    and flying over a forest fire - really do they have to say "don't do that?"  You might as well say, avoid flying in a blizzard.  </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Don't fly anywhere you may interfere with first responders.  ("May" that's a pretty interesting word to use in legislation - an emergency helicopter might have to land in the field if the tractor rolls over.on the farmer so .. anywhere anything bad might happen ... ) </li> </ul>So while Canadian's don't need to register a drone - with rules like that where can you fly these toys?  I think I'll stick with my indoor one,  flying under the radar so to speak.  ... these are the official rules ... really - see: <a href="https://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/civilaviation/opssvs/flying-drone-safely-legally.html" target="_blank">https://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/civilaviation/opssvs/flying-drone-safely-legally.html</a></blockquote>

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