Hints and Tips Discussion an LAPD chopper just chased my P3 down!

Discussion in 'Misc. Quadcopter & Multirotor discussions' started by simba007, Jan 13, 2016.

  1. simba007

    simba007 New Member

    Nice morning today in santa monica so I decide on a flight and I live right near the ocean. I take my phantom 3 and take off from palisades park where montana ave meets ocean. I ascend to something like 100m and fly out to the ocean and fly south slowly over where the waves are meeting the beach, I then notice a LAPD helicopter casually flying north hugging the exact some path over the waves I am. I do not want to me the guy who causes the drone regulation upheavel so I immediately descend down to 60 m where I am sure I am lower than him. He flys be and then does a big action movie 180 and hovers near my drone!! I'm quite sure hes about to do somethign dumb - either crash into the drone purposely, use his rotor wash to crash my drone or literally start pointing his 9mm out the window and trying to shoot it. I am well below restricted airspace so I think I'm in the legal clear here. I decide to hussle it back to me as fast as possible diurectly back to my position. The LAPD helicopter gives chase! Chases it all the way back to my position where I land the drone. He flys over head circling and I wave in a 'I understand the situation'. He gets on his police megaphone and says from the skies '------ -----arrest, or I'll shoot it down!' ( i cant catch the first few words). I pick up my drone and he decides to fly off into the ocean.

    What do you guys think? Am I legal here - i thought I am. I do not have the film footage as my SD card was full but I do have the flight log.
     
  2. Prairie Pyro

    Prairie Pyro Member

    Lot of parks restrict the use of drones. Not saying the pilot knows the rules either. Plenty of video out there of officers overstepping authority. Good one this AM that was on GMA of a cop going well over the speed limit to work and being confronted by a woman who followed him till he stopped.
     

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