What are the regs for owning a drone

[threedogs]

Thinking of getting a Drone to experiment with some photography shots.
Can anyone buy a drone? I saw the piece on Lily, {my wifes' name lol]
Thats looked a bit up market, has anyone got one yet and what standard are the pictures
I see there are even drone race's
http://www.rpastraining.com.au/casr-...gal-or-illegal


http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Scout-X4-...7441?pi=466130

[BigRAWesty]

So yes you can own a drone. Simply buy it.
Is it legal?? That's still grey.
Casa still have a strict hold on autonomous aircraft, and even stricter on fpv stuff.

But they will never be able to enforce it so go nuts I say.
Just be sensible.
And be prepared for a lot of crashes. It's not as easy as they make it look.
Don't fly in crowded places. Actually don't fly around public. If you hit them, their car or their dog your in the shoit..

[threedogs]

thanks so just common sense then, whats the go with taking a pic/movie just line it up and hope for the best.
Thinking of flying it out over the Murray and looking back at camp. way too many trees off roading

[Avo]

should have told him to buy a sim first kallen....lol..,,easier to stuff up and get back on the horse....the most simplest rules are not to fly withing 10 metres of yourself and 30 metres to others..also you are not meant to fly within 5 km of an airport either..if your really interested in this sort of thing join another forum 3D..Kallen and I are part of ARCHELI and they have heaps to read up on just like this one mate.....you can spend anything from 100 bucks(my daughter fly's ) up to thousands for the pro's...DJ Phantom quads have a good name but they are pretty expensive..if your a tight bugger look at hobbyking for plug and play shit but be mindful and try and buy from Australian wharehouse..for warrenty reason alone.

[Avo]

hey 3D found this,these are a good quality quad,later model are out now.....keep an eye out in rctrader.....they make good footage aswell.
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...y_To_Fly_.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABDurdfHySU quick vid with some footage from a DJI..

[lucus30]

Lily doesn't come out till next year. Though i'm still tempted to pre order one

[BigRAWesty]

I'd hold off on lily IMO.
I think it's the sorta thing that'll get boring quick.
2 hour charge for 20 mins operation.
Give me something I can control lol.

As wa said figure out the budget. It'll really define how far you can go.
And a similar is a good move.
Phoenix is a top sim. Once purchased it's free upgrades for life.

[lucus30]

I'm not too concerned about the 20 mins battery life. In my mind 40 minutes of footage a day ( i figure you'll charge it at least once a day) is heaps.
Editing hours of footage sucks IMHO

I also like the idea that I don't have to control it.

My concern is it actually as good at doing these things as they make out in the video

[BigRAWesty]

That's true.
They've probably filmed 100's of hours to make that clip lol good... Lol

[Maxhead]

I've got a $200 one from Kogan with a small little camera. It took me 34 seconds to learn to fly it...lol Really really easy

The more expensive ones have safety build into them so you can't crash them and some with the GPS build in will fly back to you at a press of a button "fly home" mode.

Get onto one TD