[altarius]

Plus, if you want to fly it "really" legally you often can't. In CA, according to my own research:

- you can't fly over private property,

- pretty much _ALL_ parks&rec departments and counties in the Bay Area prohibit flying in their public parks,

- flying over e.g. public parking lots and the likes is probably a gray area as there's potentially people around,

- airspace at least around here is often regulated anyway, many airports, hospitals with heli pads (not 100% sure about legality of flying within their "zone") and national/state parks that are also no-fly.

I tend to fly in smaller parks and just risk the $500 (?) fine and getting the drone confiscated :( It will just get better once this can happen retroactively :/

But this is mostly why I got a DJI Mini, it's pretty quiet and doesn't draw a lot of attention.

[Ancapistani]

> you can't fly over private property

Yes, you can. The FAA regulates airspace; the state has no jurisdiction.

> pretty much _ALL_ parks&rec departments and counties in the Bay Area prohibit flying in their public parks,

They can restrict taking off, landing, and "operating from".

> airspace at least around here is often regulated anyway, many airports, hospitals with heli pads (not 100% sure about legality of flying within their "zone") and national/state parks that are also no-fly.

In most cases it's as easy as a LAANC request, made through a mobile app and approved instantly.

It's worse in some places than others but I had no problem flying in Santa Cruz a few months ago. San Diego is a nightmare, between military bases and the civilian airport there.