Can I Fly My Drone Over People in 2024?

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Published 2024-06-12
In this video, we answer the question of if you can fly your drone over people. We dive into FAA regulations, talk about which drones you are allowed to fly over people, and share some new FAA waiver requirements that make it easier to fly over people!

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0:00 Introduction
0:47 FAA Regulations
2:26 Which Drones Can You Fly Over People
2:57 New FAA Waiver Requirements
3:48 Can I Fly My Drone Over People?

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All Comments (21)
  • @chrislane1380
    No one mentioned anything about 107 and recreational pilots, Pilot Institute ran this a while back, if you have your 107 and waiver is granted, then your good to go, if you fly under recreational you cannot fly over people who are not safely covered and guaranteed you will not be granted a waiver if you are a recreational. If anyone KNOWS different, please, comment.
  • @avparsons1
    Can you make a video on the process of getting a waiver. Please
  • @MyMaineDrone
    Thanks so much for the clarification! The information is very helpful...now I just need to find my scale :)
  • @downtubecrank103
    Ok I'm a bit confused on the DJI Mini 4 pro. DJI sells the prop guards in their store, but what about the becon? Are the built in anti collision lights compliant? Also I noticed DJI reccomends to use the standard battery when using the prop guards. I'm thinking I should have bought a more robust drone for commericial purposes and bought the avata to do sport.
  • @eprohoda
    Thank you! you shared great video-work! Uav,:))
  • @jerseydronerschannel4328
    I’m surprised people have not asked. What about the part of the FAA regulation regarding it being legal to transition over people and vehicles?
  • @devernepersonal3636
    i mean most shots you ever take in a landscape or cityscape or park will have some people in it, so it cant be too strict because then they would be unusable.
  • @harrisongould9460
    I have an hard time with DJI...aka getting pissed off. A DJI Mini, with a shorter life battery(made for Japan's market), with prop guards and a collision light can weight under 250 grams. Make this available for the US market. Be the first in the US owning the best optics and a Category 1 Drone.
  • @Riverrage_03
    So if you ever flown a drone more then 1000ft you probably broken this rule\law 😮
  • @antivar
    I have my part 107 certification, and understand that fly over people means, constant back and forth over people, circles around people or stay stationary for a long period of time over a gathering. But flying passing through a beach, a park, a street is ok. Not flying over people does not mean flying over people ever, that sounds ridiculous, if that were the case then use a drones will be impossible. Imagine applying for a waiver every day for the TV and filming industry, where you have actors, extras, producers etc. Tv and film companies would collapse with their heavy and big drones, that will limit flying only in the desert and all videos of drones actually in YouTube, films and tv were illegal and drone pilots as my self in jail. Let go back to use big, Heavy cameras, rent a helicopter, pay thousands of dollars just for a clip of the beach at sunset. What is, I wonder, more dangerous, a helicopter o small plane over people, filming, and what about a plane landing on a airport flying over the whole city, OVER PEOPLE, or a drone? 3:56