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what's the legality of it in the UK?


Considering the registration requirement in the UK is to register all drones above 250g in weight this one seems to have been designed as a loophole.

As it weight 249g you don't have to register with the CAA and as long as you keep it under 400ft altitude and within 150ft from other people and private property you can fly it anywhere where there isn't a local limitation and it's not restricted airspace.

In places where there are limitations e.g. London and other big cities you can fly it on private property.

Please note that in the UK the entity that manages a park or other public spaces can impose its own restrictions e.g. you can't fly drones in Alexandra Palace despite Barnet Council not having a wide ban on drones.

For the most part don't be an idiot the police doesn't enforce these rules for the most part outside westminster where the cops do chase down drone flyers especially around the tourist spots since you aren't allowed to fly anything within 150m of a congested area which is pretty much any spot in central london.


Complying with a deliberately & precisely worded law is not exploiting a loophole, it's complying with the law.


"But your honor. The speed limit is 65 and I was going 64."

"You were exploiting a loophole. You may have been adhering to the letter of the law, but you were in gross violation of its spirit. We don't play games in this courtroom. Your fine is $250 and you owe $437 in court fees."


I believe, according to a drone flyer friend, that the 250g limit applies here too. Just don't fly it near any airports.


Pics or it didn't happen


Sorry, thought it was obvious from the script. It's not an actual shock collar... I play a loud high frequency beep. It's "shocking" to me :\


And I will be stuck with my £3000 macbook


Yeah I'm stuck with my 1977 Datsun 120Y too.


USD (and all other currencies) are already a tokenised currencies


almost as bad as peer reviews


first 20 miles for free


after that, the fall of man.


what company has 470k employees?



Amazon had 647,500 as of 2018...


Well the NHS has nearly 1.5 million employees, so I guess there's a few!


My guess is that he is talking about Accenture


I’m also curious about this, I’m guessing DHL because he’s in Germany but Accenture matches up too.


Did he call it "his" observation? I am yet to find a likeable person quoting this.


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