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Electric Monk

(13,869 posts) Sat Oct 4, 2014, 05:31 PM Oct 2014

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Cool picture of an eagle taken from a drone flying really close by (Dronestagram winner)

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Cool picture of an eagle taken from a drone flying really close by (Dronestagram winner) (Original Post) Electric Monk Oct 2014 OP

Sweet shot! Solly Mack Oct 2014 #1

Cool shot! However... ManiacJoe Oct 2014 #2

Drones are legal to fly in the US within certain restrictions Major Nikon Oct 2014 #4

I was thinking more along the lines ManiacJoe Oct 2014 #5

I know of no such laws Major Nikon Oct 2014 #6

k&r. Thanks for posting. nm rhett o rick Oct 2014 #3

Solly Mack

(90,767 posts)

1. Sweet shot!

Reply to Electric Monk (Original post)

Sat Oct 4, 2014, 05:37 PM

Oct 2014

ManiacJoe

(10,136 posts)

2. Cool shot! However...

Reply to Electric Monk (Original post)

Sat Oct 4, 2014, 06:24 PM

Oct 2014

it would probably be illegally obtained here in the USA.

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)

4. Drones are legal to fly in the US within certain restrictions

Reply to ManiacJoe (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 07:44 AM

Oct 2014

So long as you are at low altitude and not flying them commercially, you are generally OK.

ManiacJoe

(10,136 posts)

5. I was thinking more along the lines

Reply to Major Nikon (Reply #4)

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 04:49 PM

Oct 2014

of the "harassing wildlife" laws and the way they often get interpreted.

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)

6. I know of no such laws

Reply to ManiacJoe (Reply #5)

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 05:09 PM

Oct 2014

But I live in Texas where I'm sure there probably aren't any.

I've shared thermals with buzzards in a glider. They will let you get very close and amazingly just don't seem that interested.

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)

3. k&r. Thanks for posting. nm

Reply to Electric Monk (Original post)

Sat Oct 4, 2014, 06:49 PM

Oct 2014

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