How to fly in a NO DRONE ZONE Legally

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[@Michael-dq1qr]

Keith has incredible eye sight to see such a tiny drone from so far away LOLLL

[@TheFlagInspector]

Agree. Must have Eagle Eyes.

[@SeanOzz]

He’s wearing X-ray glasses to see through the trees. A must have item for dronies. 😊

[@bertram-raven]

And underground!

[@surfing4theloveofit]

😄 🤣 😂 😆

[@geoffj3191]

My thoughts perzactly.

[@RonaldBrown59]

It's good to see law abiding citizens fly their drones legally... But it seems like taking off inside the park would be much safer. Great video, and thanks for sharing.

[@KenHeron]

Well said

[@mattalford3932]

It is safer, but local municipalities can't regulate the airspace. Only the ground. Even official no drone zones can only regulate takeoffs and landings according to the FAA. TFRs are an example of the FAA restricting the airspace over the area.

[@mattalford3932]

I've been doing a crap ton of research because I live near toledo metro parks and they are all no drone zones except 1 that requires a permit

[@nevisstkitts8264]

According to the linked ordinance, The park does not restrict take off, only landing is prohibited. Nor is there any specific restriction on operating the drone from within park property ... The key concept is that the FAA opinion that states/localities can control specific aspects of drone use, including take off and landing. Since most drone pilots are ground-based, the state can control where the pilot operates. Tennessee has no state laws wrt drones as of Jan 2024, so only local ordinance or facility policy would be of concern. The limit in this specific park is on aviation in general, and it is a prohibition on intentional landings. Either the Sargeant is unfamiliar with the ordinance, or he is a drone genius who understands that some drones will automatically return to the take off point on loss of signal (which would constitute an unauthorized intentional landing per the ordinance). Not betting my money either way ...

[@willbart1236]

Legally? He’s flying beyond the line of sight. The FAA could fine him with this video alone. Not very bright posting this online.

[@bartonfink5051]

I had the same situation except with campus PD. I was parked on their property while flying over an adjacent golf course COMPLETELY out of everyones way by an old landscaping shed, I mean you had to look for me to find me. The Douche Canoe in security golf cart circled me mad dogging and eventually called the Sgt. on me. The SGT was cool, but I said to him “you know I can just park across the street and fly this whole area right?” He didn’t like that very much. Long story short, I now dedicate one battery EVERY-TIME I fly just to that Douche. I cruise out, find him circling in his little campus cart, and hit him with the spot light for about 20 seconds, wag my props, then fly away. This was several months ago and I have given him about 10 visits since then. Its spiteful, and petty, but it makes me feel GOOD!

[@rcrawford42]

My favorite example of this is a UK KZbinr who got some great footage of Stonehenge. He waited until after hours, so there were no people there, took off from outside their property, and flew over. But, then, I just saw some drone footage of Maiden Castle (despite the name, it's a hillfort; nothing but a hill with piles of dirt), and I'm pretty sure they were on the property there. Both Stonehenge and Maiden Castle are property of English Heritage, which like the US NPS, bans all drone operations on their lands, even when the site is just a pile of dirt.

[@KenJones1961]

Parks should designate "No Karens Zone" for drones to take off and land. The biggest thing, I think, about drone restrictions is fear of "aggressive" activities. They have created skate parks to get the kids off the sidewalks (mostly) and give them a place to play. Not much effort to designate a small portion of a parking lot or field as "drone zones."

[@Greg__K]

Exactly. I remember when my town started designing and building the first couple of skateparks. It was so nice and less stressful knowing you wouldn’t get harassed for just skating. People are going to fly regardless of any set of rules, so you might as well give them space to do it.

[@michaelpivola3rd195]

Noise

[@willbart1236]

The biggest fear is that there are a lot of idiots in the human race. Idiots who will take a drone and do unbelievable things with them for likes and views. Just look at what these idiots do with motorcycles and automobiles simply for content. People die. People need to be regulated.

[@1971jwing]

Impish rules require knights of exploration and sometimes an impish response as a counter. Which is, both entertaining and hopefully highly effective. For me, Keith is now dubbed the "Peace maker" as a sign of obstinate respect. Great health to you and especially Keith.

[@HighlandHippie]

LOL!!! 😄😄 Oh, that was joyous! Thank you, Ken and Keith, for another fun and hilarious outing. All the best to both of you. - Robert

[@KenHeron]

Thanks so much Robert!

[@cloudpandarism2627]

whenever i fly FPV 😅 stay the heck in my car and launch from roof with locked doors and mirrored glas. if there is a ultra karen actually see the quad land and come running i jump out the car, look around confused and grab the drone saying i gonna steal it to teach that rude pilot a lesson. their faces are priceless 😅

[@Fly_High_FPV]

We call it the Rip n Dip..land at the car door. Never get out of the driver's seat

[@jon_espi10]

@@Fly_High_FPVsome people land through the sunroof😂

[@flying-oyvinator]

good idea! hm.. dont the cars metal body kinda lower your signal though?

[@KenHeron]

That's hilarious.

[@shadowofchaos8932]

Please get this on camera if you can. It would be hilarious.

[@stevieg6616]

I’m starting to feel like Ken can get away with a lot. Some people are just so friendly that they get away with stuff. Like the car. Jeremy Dewitte can’t but Ken can. That’s the power of Ken! 😂

[@KenHeron]

🤓🤘

[@MikeDQB]

Well Dewitte was pulling people over / stopping people / etc. Parking on the side of the road and having flashing yellow and white lights is ... uh ... less problematic ;).

[@pplusbthrust]

2 sheriff deputies came to our house to inform us that the neighbor farmer did not want us flying our mini over his property. I stated that it was federally controlled airspace not his airspace & they said they knew that & that they would not be back. That same farmer has legally hired large agricultural spray aircraft that fly over our property dripping spray chemicals on everything & there is nothing we can do, nor do we complain.

[@KenHeron]

Wow. You need to drop pamphlets on his property now. 🤣

[@TwoWheelsLangley]

Their is no way Keith has LOS on that drone.

[@ValerieBoyco]

By my count he overflew 7 people while saying he wasn't.

[@bigdatapimp]

Everyone should be calling their reps until they make changes to protect the hobby in CONGRESS!

[@JPspinFPV]

Since when does congress have our interests in mind if it's not self serving? It's not an issue that is politicized.

[@secretagb]

They don't care about protection of a hobby. They won't even vote to protect rights written in The Constitution! We just saw them do it.

[@Zero.0ne.]

In a true democracy, you might find that the majority of citizens would vote against your drones buzzing around their public parks. My hobby is surfing, but I respect the areas that are swimming only. Drone enthusiasts seem to think they own all rights to the sky and that any regulation is the government taking away the peoples rights.

[@ericaschner3283]

​@@Zero.0ne.Very true that there's likely a lot of people who would rather we just go away, same as surfers, skateboarders, or street musicians. However, those groups all have safe places to play, we do not. The areas that we have that have historically been safe are being taken away piecemeal. My metro area is 2.5M people. There is exactly one semi-public place to fly and it wasn't approved as a FRIA, so even that's gone soon.

[@Zero.0ne.]

@@ericaschner3283 Sad to hear. I'm all for designated areas for flying.

[@paulhendershott667]

This was one of your best videos! Great footage, and a great way to make a point! After a series of run-ins with my local PD (some respectful, some not) and when education failed, and I got the Village board to to personally explain the drone laws to the PD. The Board came around after furnishing them with the FAA and DHS memorandums and with the assistance of AOPA. After that I went thru 5 EVO II Pro batteries flying over the Police Headquarters and their radio tower getting great footage and desensitizing the officers and their office workers to drones. Almost 3 years and we're all back to being friends.

[@KenHeron]

That's great!

[@jennydavis5151]

This was a great video, funny video. You two guys work so well together. I'm all about saftey and it is ridiculous that you are put in jeopardy because they don't want you to take off or land in a safe place. You are still able to fly and see the whole park anyway, so what is the sense of making you have to fly from an unsafe area? What is the difference of cameras all over in the park, which I'm sure the park has then a drone flying around? They both are recording footage of everthing. Yes. You as the one to keep your eyes on the drone in the area as Keith was doing is probably. I have been the spotter my self and you would be amazed at how you keep it insight. Keith is a professional drone pilot for many years now and does know how to keep the drone insight.

[@larrybenedict4984]

Cheers to you for doing a public service by your desensitization efforts! Thank you for your service!

[@Fly_High_FPV]

Laws are dumb, based on fear, not safety

[@ke4uyp]

So let me get this right. You have no problem with a 13-year-old kid with a drone flying at an airport and then the drone getting sucked into a jet engine and crashing the plane and killing hundreds of people. You're responses, laws are dumb based on fear and not safety, correct?

[@shadowofchaos8932]

​ke4uyp your example hasn't happened ever. Drones aren't allow near airports. I'd they are, they ground all planes. Fear of the 'what if' with drones is the problem. Even though the USA has half of all firearms in the world, we worry about drones.

[@ke4uyp]

@@shadowofchaos8932 what's wrong with worrying about both and you are wrong. There has been many reported results of drone operators at airports flying drones dangerously closed to airlines. Some have actually struck the airlines and caused hundreds of thousands of dollars of damage. Just Google illegal drone flights at airports.

[@ke4uyp]

@@shadowofchaos8932 It only takes one idiot that doesn't abide by the rules for that to happen. And believe you, me in this country. There are plenty of idiots.

[@kmoecub]

Laws are not based on either concept. They are based on being able to hold people accountable when they screw up. This particular law is utter BS.

[@grantmccotter8779]

Maybe if a bunch of people regularly launched drones from that spot regularly enough to be an irritatation, legislation would be changed to allowed taking off in the park. Unfortunately it would likely end up in legislation stopping drones from taking off and landing anywhere

[@antonnym214]

That POV stuff looks super fun. It's better than virtual reality. It always surprises me how smoothly these things fly.

[@KellDogg1965]

Cop was doing his job putting you on the side of a busy Highway with traffic passing within 10 feet of you! Not one cop telling you that being on the side of the highway is unsafe is unreal!🤪

[@highrider9168]

The only person who should be approaching a pilot is a FAA rep or a Federal Air Marshal. Id argue anyone else isn't educated enough to be able to accurately and fairly enforce FAA law.

[@dougcooper4917]

Excellent Video and Excellent Flying. Thank You Ken and Keith.

[@TheFlagInspector]

I love the advocacy Ken and his group do for the Drone community. Pushing the boundaries and keeping our rights is always a good thing. However this seems like it may have gone too far. Without going to my the site myself and checking it, I can't be 100% certain, but it certainly does seem nearly impossible to maintain VLOS.

[@Greg__K]

It’s showing the hypocrisy of these type of rules. It has nothing to do with safety is the point.

[@ValerieBoyco]

@@Greg__K By my count he overflew 7 people while saying he wasn't. THERE'S hypocrisy for you.

[@ianhenk]

It's a good thing your spotter always kept VLOS. Can't imagine what horrors would have happened if you had to rely on the camera alone instead...

[@Nomad_gps]

Can you take off from where you did... walk over into the park and fly... and still land back over where you took off from?

[@TheDroneGeek]

Most likely not. A lot of the codes that parks put into place have a "launch, land, and operation" provision built-in that prevents you from launching/landing as well as operating drones. Which they're allowed to do unfortunately because it doesn't dictate the airspace. Just where you operate the drone -- which regulates you, not your drone.

[@lambo_drives]

Pushing the boundaries for public safety SCIENCE! great demonstration of power, loop-hole 😊

[@KenHeron]

Yes! Thank you!

[@antonnym214]

Dude. Your car is EPIC! And this is a great video and I love your rebellious nature!

[@fernysfireworks1987]

So cool I drive by there every day at work gonna fly my drone one day over there 😎😄

[@lolipopsandfancypants7257]

Why not have your visual observer in the park with a open voice feed to you. And then fly in and out fpv. You could go anywhere that your observer can see it. Or have a network of observers with voice. As long as a trained observer has eyes on it for you. You can fly a sub 250 almost anywhere as long as you do it in a safe manner.

[@felixruiz2838]

😂 love this video. If I flew that far where I live ..signal lost would happen !! Thanks again

[@maddercat]

You gotta take off outside the park, walk into the park, point and laugh at the officers, orbiting your drone around them, then land outside the park, and leave. lol

[@blackbrd99]

Walk inside the park with your controller and look up. Have Keith flying outside the park LOL! Karen troller for sure.

[@SeanOzz]

@@blackbrd99that would be an awesome video

[@dhansel4835]

Those wires between the light poles in the swimming pool are is where I was flying an an abandoned parking lot. I looked up and saw what I thought I had hit a buzzard. I looked down at my iPad Mini and saw nothing but asphalt. I smacked right into the wire. Luckily I had State Farm Drone Insurance and they paid for it. Actually DJI gave me a brand new drone. What customer service.

[@Xterraforce]

It looked like the drone was the highlight of the day for the guy at the top of the waterside.

[@KenHeron]

Right?!🤓

[@tyrus0872]

Glad to see you went out and did the right thing. Looking for the cops and finding them would of been a great accomplishment, maybe next time. You two like living on the edge.

[@dronerob]

Feel the Berm! Love the Ending!

[@KenHeron]

🤓🤘

[@MountaineerFPV]

Trolling the 5.0’s……love it. 👍👍

[@mlshull]

Always educational as well as funny. Thank you Ken.

[@KenHeron]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@BradleyBishop]

I want to get into this hobby but it looks like everything is a ridiculous argument about it. "You can't take off from here but you can take off and land just on the other side of the fence!" What sense does that make? I get you don't want drone hassling people or peering into their privacy / common sense stuff. Of all of the encounters I've seen Ken deal with, none of them have been "common sense" and, instead, it's just someone (somewhere) trying to exert authority over something for the sake of exerting it.

[@shadowofchaos8932]

Just stay below 250 grams and you will be legal.

[@maddercat]

AHAHA here we go!!! SWeet I can't believe you did this, I wanted it so bad!! roflol

[@corymjohnson]

Ken takes a 2 hour drive, this time appears to not have forgotten anything, all just to prove a point. Too bad Mr. Cop was not around to see it. ;)

[@freedomphilsgood2007]

Great video and thank you for sharing 🇺🇸🙏🏽🇺🇸

[@Bobster986]

Ken and his friend Keith is like watching a Ren & Stimpy toon. LOL 😆

[@TacticalCastle]

Keep up the fight guys!

[@ke4uyp]

This is a great idea if you are outside the property and you have a clear line of sight to your drone. Unfortunately in this case he does not have visual line of sight to his drone. So once again he is still in FAA violation. Part-107 Visual line-of-sight (VLOS) only; the unmanned aircraft must remain within VLOS of the remote pilot in command and the person manipulating the flight controls of the small UAS. Alternatively, the unmanned aircraft must remain within VLOS of the visual observer. • At all times the small unmanned aircraft must remain close enough to the remote pilot in command and the person manipulating the flight controls of the small UAS for those people to be capable of seeing the aircraft with vision

[@Fly_High_FPV]

Fuck off karen, Keith kept line of site 🖕

[@KenHeron]

Vision capabilities are subjective. Just because you wouldn't be able to see it doesn't mean we can't.

[@yngndrw.]

@@KenHeron I think it's amazing that you could see through the tunnel from where you were sat. :)

[@nfnworldpeace1992]

@@yngndrw. well technically if he can see both exits of the tunnel and can confirm there is noone there to injure and the pilot can confirm that the tunnel is empty that means that if theres a crash to happen that there is noone to get hurt so i dont see a problem with that, things would be different when there are people in the tunnel though

[@yngndrw.]

@@nfnworldpeace1992 But it's not about logic, common sense or what a reasonable individual would deem to be reasonable or safe. It's about the letter of the law, as written by a bunch of halfwits who haven't got the slightest clue about the subject. Remember that obstructions to visual line of sight includes trees. (Or looking through a camera for a second while filming, for example)

[@phoenixr6811]

Wow that looks very dangerous, if the cop car was not there someone could have hit you😧 not good at all. The kid waving at the drone was cute 😊

[@DDsAerialViews]

Fly Safe, Fly Always, Always Fly Safe!!!!!

[@d.g.666]

Ken Huron rules the world.

[@KenHeron]

🤓

[@harrisongould9460]

Going through that tunnel was sketchy...but fun as hell. Keep the blue side up.

[@KenHeron]

😎🤘

[@droningporsantander9994]

This video is legit!!....we love this hobby..thanks Ken!!

[@KenHeron]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@ginoandann]

I hate to be a stick in the mud here because I respect you and all you are trying to accomplish, but there is no way in hell that you were still in VLOS that far away, and I have really good eyes…just saying that that portion is a little thin to believe

[@shadowofchaos8932]

FAA designates VLOS as what the observer can see. It doesn't give a min or max distance for VLOS.

[@ginoandann]

@@shadowofchaos8932 I am aware of that, what I was saying is I do not think in the video even the observes was still respecting VLOS….considering the distance or area they were flying…but this is my opinion based on what I watched.

[@shadowofchaos8932]

@@ginoandann another grey area from the FAA that doesn't make sense. How are those FRIA's coming along FAA? Zero. Yup, government.

[@Xterraforce]

​@@shadowofchaos8932true but it does in fact say the drone has to be in visual line of sight, not that you just have to say it is. Of course they would have to prove the drone was not in VLOS. In this particular case while it looks like the drone was too far away to see without superhuman vision the fact is you can't really judge distance from a drone camera. I know I've been able to see my drone at a distance where I couldn't see myself on the drone video. So all that's left for this particular video is to prove Kieth doesn't have x-ray vision and didn't run over to the tunnel to watch the drone go through. I saw a range test video where a guy kept saying he could still see his Mavic Mini at just over three miles away. I will never be convinced he saw it that far away but if I was a prosecutor the burden of proof would be on me, not him. The guy was flying over open desert and never over 200 feet which kind of shows the VLOS law is pretty ridiculous in most cases anyway.

[@ginoandann]

@@Xterraforce ok, did not want to get into a legal debate especially…just stating my opinion…have a great day :-)

[@camilo8cheryl]

looks like the Techno Viking stance!👍😂

[@KTHKUHNKK]

Is that a homemade drone, It sure does have some good distance to it.

[@baggszilla]

You guys are great! I knew there was going to be a redemption video!! Cheers!

[@shadowofchaos8932]

I would have him write the ticket then fight it. But i have that personality type to challenge rules i know are illegal. I also have Michigan law on my side.

[@e30vert]

^ also known as Double Dog Drone "I wanna thank you for being cooperative" Ken's reply " shuuuure" with a hint of disdain. LOL

[@KenHeron]

🤣

[@Kino_on_TV]

Hallo from Germany 🇩🇪

[@fly249g]

Hell-o from USA 🇺🇲

[@horstknatter9823]

Guten Tag

[@DroneDaysgr]

Hello from Greece 🇬🇷

[@KenHeron]

Hallo. 🇩🇪👍

[@pres002]

I wanna know what we're going to do about the stars banning DJI.... I don't want my drones to go to waste now.

[@dsplabusc]

"and I still have you in sight" got me cracked up 😆

[@OldGoatStillGoing]

Wow! That is some great eyesite! That's like seeing a sparrow at 300 yards. And to see it go through the tunnel! Wish my eyesite was still that good. Anyway it was very interesting to watch and learn some rules. I just started flying a drone, and the info was helpful.

[@KenHeron]

😜👍

[@chadgarber]

Can you launch the drone from your car (drone on top of car). Fly it while someone else drives to park, fly it while in the car in the park, and then when you leave, drive out of the park and fly drone back to car?

[@KenHeron]

Probably

[@Xterraforce]

It would depend on the laws of that state or city. Some say aircraft can not take of or land while others say you can't take off, land or operate an aircraft from the park property.

[@acrranscaleandlifejourney4330]

Just started watching your videos, I like what you’re doing. I subscribed. Thanks for sharing.

[@SeanOzz]

I was looking for the pee pee in the graffiti. Lol

[@lynsmith1096]

Very good video Ken

[@KenHeron]

Thanks 👍

[@diegoforest]

You guys are very close to breaking the #1 no no law.....POP and it's glorious.

[@braintea681]

Me, watching: Hey, is that Wave Country? Gee, it sure looks like it...nah, that could be anywhere. But it sure looks like...HEY, it IS Wave Country! And the greenway tunnel, hell yeah! Hello from Nashville, and thanks for the fun, informative video.

[@chadgarber]

Not to be a Debbi Downer but there is no way it was still in line of sight. Maybe if you had binoculars? lol

[@richardhykes6939]

Rocking outside the park. Very interesting my dear Ken an Keith. Keep on flying

[@solvend]

Just did this to get around National Park/Forrest rules in NM all last week.

[@fearlessleader1436]

I got some complaints from my HOA neighbors that I was peeping into backyards and concentrating on the pool area with my drone. Total hogwash, but they made me produce my FAA license and insurance before they were happy. I like to explore when I get into the air and am always fascinated by what’s around me that is invisible from the ground. Kens and Karens are everywhere.(Not meaning you, big Ken.) Always remember to cover your bases when you fly.😊

[@kmoecub]

If at all possible, move. HOAs are horrible. They will find a way to make your life miserable.

[@pcs9518]

Here in Phoenix,AZ the city was kind enough to allow radio controlled vehicles only in certain parks/reserves and prohibited in all other parks/reserves.

[@MFD005]

You guys are awesome 👌 👏 👍

[@Macgyver46]

I really want a drone but living less then a mile from an airport and no car to drive to a fly zone I cannot legally fly any place i can walk to.

[@larrybenedict4984]

Not sure where you all are flying, but Portland, Oregon in the US has a no fly rule over their Metro parks too! I sent them a message informing them that they can’t regulate the air space above their parks, that is the sole domain of the FAA. Nice to see others know what they are talking about!! 😊

[@lauriesmiley7967]

Seems more like "pick and choose". Absolutely, FAA controls the airspace, but there is no way he complied with LOS (line of sight) requirement during this flight.

[@jamesj9998]

How is that line of sight?

[@ValerieBoyco]

By my count he overflew 7 people while saying he wasn't.

[@fishingandflyingwithtolley459]

Ahhh Ken great video and point made, the signal is great on that avata, I think I would have lost signal in that tunnel with my rotor riot FPV drones and they are digital

[@jimblack5153]

Great video Ken ..keep it up. Always entertaining.

[@LifeIn360angle]

My God, I can’t stop laughing 😅 Great video 👍

[@KenHeron]

Thanks 😆

[@BryanTorok]

Of course the rules are about discouraging people from flying drones in the park or over the park. I always try to look at things from the viewpoint of the other side. I may or may not agree, but seeing their side may help me to understand and perhaps craft an argument that may persuade them, or find a way to do what I want that doesn't annoy them. The thing is, many of the general public is either annoyed by the sound of the drone, is worried about being hit by the drone, or fears some impingement on their perceived sense of privacy. Flying farther away helps with those.

[@blackbrd99]

More KAREN hunt videos please 😅 would be great new series!

[@blackbrd99]

NO KAREN ZONE sign too OMG would be so funny.

[@KenHeron]

I could call them: KHUNT Videos!

[@blackbrd99]

@@KenHeron yes...why yes you sure could sir.

[@flechaluis73]

The thumbnail....!!!!😂😂😂😂

[@BitterVet3D]

Can you give any insight on the particular position you picked on the road side launch and recovery area you selected? ie... How did you figure out that was a "good" spot and how to articulate that to police if they did stop for you. Like For me, can i just pull my truck on the side of the road like that, and L&R like that for example. Like what denotes Public vs. Private or an easement etc, if that applies.

[@shadowofchaos8932]

In most places it's based on local or state laws. In Michigan, a road easement is 15ft from the center of the road to the outside of the road.

[@SunriseWaterMedia]

Keith is the best VO 👀

[@Algorythmfpv]

Holy hell the avata needs some stabilization haha

[@billtisdale6122]

I’m surprised you kept a single in the tunnel.

[@mjordan812]

Impressive park!

[@pdtech4524]

Thank you for showing us how absurd the rules are! ⚠️😲😳

[@KenHeron]

You betcha!

[@TerrapinCreations666]

I read that the FAA requests pilots of all aircraft to maintain a minimum altitude of 2,000 feet over all National Parks. I know this video isn’t a National Park, but what do think about the FAA setting that altitude minimum over National Parks?

[@tiwidub8809]

😂😂😂 You both are goooood.

[@KenHeron]

☺️

[@scottwise6123]

Totally 💯 percent awesome Sir!!

[@KenHeron]

Glad you think so!

[@jonestown1978]

I’m kind of blown away how good your signal was flying through the tunnel as well as flying below tree, lines and hills when you went into the park obviously, you did the ham hack to unlock other channels, but is there a hacks to unlock different power levels like the old air units. I’m new to the 03 I’m used to the older air unit with the 1200 Milla watt hack. Can you give any tips as far as power?

[@frankflstf]

You guys are knowledgeable and entertaining 😂

[@peter360adventures9]

Awesome. Flying.

[@crashedking1931]

Love your car and your channel. Do those goggles really help a lot. What is the model. I have a few drones but here where I am people really hate the drones to the point to where its not even worth it to fly because of the hassle. Love you channel.

[@KenHeron]

Thanks! Those are DJI V2 goggles.

[@alanl3511]

I take off and land outside of any parks I fly over, been doing it for years… nothing new…

[@peterbeilnhuber5040]

I wonder what if you start your drone from the palm of your hand while being inside the park?😂

[@cafeandfighters]

Good job guys

[@johnhubbard6262]

Me trying to keep my eye or camera on the hawk 100' up a block over in the pine tree is almost impossible, this observer somehow has eyes on to the next county, damn fine eyes there sir.

[@tompeppint.v.3803]

If there is a no drone zone mandate like say in Gatlinburg tn. , does that include private property? Can I take off and land on private property?!

[@AZtown]

So as long as you take off and land outside the park its OK to fly IN the park. Does this apply to national parks etc as well? This is a warning I got on Air Aware "This is a wilderness area. Drone use (commercial and personal takeoff and landing) is prohibited within all wilderness areas".

[@volvo945]

You failed to demonstrate to me that flying from outside the park is arguably less safe than take off and landing from inside the park. Just because you say it’s so doesn’t really convince me. I saw no unsafe situations on this video.

[@forbyf5938]

Watch you all the time. I realize that you step up to the line a lot. I was under theimperession that the PIC must have VLOS on the drone and that a visual observer cannot replace that for the PIC. The VO is just to assist as the PIC looks at screen for telemetry, etc. Please advise me....

[@KenHeron]

It would be dangerous for a goggled pilot to have VLOS at all. This is an oversight (pun intended) by the FAA that needs to be corrected. In the meantime, I prefer to conduct flights in a safe manner. Hopefully, the bureaucratic machine will catch up to how things work in real world situations.

[@maryjane136]

Using European Regulations I counted at least 4 violations. 🤭

[@Markyroson]

First off: I enjoy Ken's content. Biggest two in Canada would be flying over people and being within 16ft of them (excluding folks in vehicles -- they don't count -- and assuming Ken would have our advanced cert. If not, would be a 100ft buffer.) I don't know for sure if he broke any regs in the US but the flying over the pool area made me uncomfortable as a fellow drone pilot (in Canada). A good general rule is you want to be a good sport and not needlessly piss anyone off. Here at least not everywhere has bylaws prohibiting park use (outside of provincial and federal parks) and if they don't, so long as you don't give folks a reason to complain you're free to take-off/land/fly on park land so long as you respect that prescribed buffer (I just reached out to the municipalities I wanted to fly in and got written confirmation for use of park land to be ultra thorough.). Here, sadly, provincial and federal parks are a total no-go (even airspace wise) without a hefty permit. EDIT: about 3 seconds after I unpaused he said he wasn't over people, but it looks like he ended up awfully close to tell from that far away and limited POV of the drone (based on the YT feed).

[@flyXplanes]

Hi I love watching you ,question ,do you ever get pulled over driving a modified cop car?

[@KenHeron]

Indeed I do. Mostly by police who are just curious why someone's driving a 12-year-old squad car.