CASA (Civil Aviation Safety Authority) Drone use rules and guidelines

[Kerro]

Agreed Mark, the sixth rule which is actually basic common sense. Trouble its not very common.

[flashc]

Agreed Mark, the sixth rule which is actually basic common sense. Trouble its not very common.

Unless you just happened to live in Queensland recently where fires were burning everywhere...
I was more interested in the fires 60 k's away heading towards us than going up for a flight...

[Ross M]

I have seen the extremes of operators at two car shows I have attended. The first was a commercial operation I would think. They had a temporary fence around their fly zone and just took the drone straight up in a cleared area. I saw the resulting images and obviously the brief was to photograph all of the cars on show from great height.

The second was clearly a hobbyist. He was flying his drone as low as 2 metres above people. Also he was flying above some very expensive and unique custom vehicles.

[flashc]

When we have to pay a fee to be licensed in the near future to fly our drones, life will be different...

[John King]

Shame that CASA doesn't appear to be concerned about light aircraft flying over our houses at 200-500 feet (supposed to be 1,000 feet ... ). Don't even return my calls.

[flashc]

I've seen a few images elsewhere taken from drones over now extinguished forested fire areas
Has anyone flown their drones over areas that are now clear and where it's now permitted to fly in those areas again...
Abstract images of fire affected trees and rough terrain can been seen

[markdphotography]

I've seen a few images elsewhere taken from drones over now extinguished forested fire areas
Has anyone flown their drones over areas that are now clear and where it's now permitted to fly in those areas again...
Abstract images of fire affected trees and rough terrain can been seen

Hi

I guess the key words here are "extinguished forested fire areas" and assume that no emergency services are still active because if they were you would be breaking CASA regs - https://www.casa.gov.au/drones/rules/emergencies .

Having got my drone licence for commercial work in late September, I would want to be very confident about any fire services activities so probably refer to the Fire Services website or their app.

Cheers

Mark

[flashc]

This is a Queensland site that shows active fires that I check first
I guess the other states have something similar

https://www.ruralfire.qld.gov.au/map/Pages/default.aspx

[enseth]

The line of sight is the most important my REPL Assessor told me

You would think if this was the case all countries would make this a mandatory regulation, which is far from the case. Just saying.