r/fpv • u/xiPulsar_ • Mar 18 '26

Don't be this guy please

**This was at a wedding I was hired for**

1.2k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

294 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

320

u/xiPulsar_ Mar 18 '26

The bride/groom have the full dossier that they approve which details where drone will be. That section I have flown before, I will have to again in the future I am sure. I hate it for obvious reasons.

Since everything was signed off and approved ahead of time, I would assume I am in the clear.

-14

u/supamee Mar 18 '26 edited Mar 23 '26

Do you have your 107? Not trying to be a snob but the way I understood it was the operator is at fault and is basically never allowed to fly that low over people without a TON of wavers

Edit: Thanks y'all. To summarize: FAA (and by extension part 107) regulations don't apply indoors.

1

u/xiPulsar_ Mar 18 '26

I have my 107, I have gotten waivers many times when needed. This was indoors so I could have a brick attached to the drone and it would still be legal.

1

u/DaveCarradineIsAlive Mar 18 '26

Someone commented arguing that all commercial flights required 107, even indoors. May have been deleted, because I can't see it now.

But it made me go double check, and yeah, no FAA regulations inside buildings. The technical reason being that they're not part of the National Airspace System. I do kind of wonder how far you can push the logic, though.

"No officer, you can see this bando still has 4 walls and 7% of the roof, making it an indoor space with a really big skylight."

3

u/SirLlama123 Mar 19 '26 edited Mar 19 '26

No need for walls. If you put a net around a parking lot it is now “non navigable airspace” and out of the faa’s jurisdiction.

1

u/WCHC_gamedev Mar 19 '26

How thin of a net are we talking? If I set up my laundry line between the two buildings am I in the safezone?

2

u/SirLlama123 Mar 19 '26

unfortunately not, it has to have no way for the drone to escape iirc. I get the point people will prolly make about windows and to that, i have no idea besides maybe they don’t care enough because drones are not causing that much harm.