{"id":2044,"date":"2014-04-30T19:11:29","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T19:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/?p=2044"},"modified":"2014-04-30T19:11:29","modified_gmt":"2014-04-30T19:11:29","slug":"dji-adds-no-fly-zones-to-its-phantom-2-quadrotor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/2014\/04\/30\/dji-adds-no-fly-zones-to-its-phantom-2-quadrotor\/","title":{"rendered":"DJI adds “No Fly Zones” to its Phantom 2 quadrotor"},"content":{"rendered":"

April 9th… DJI announced a new firmware update to its Phantom 2 series of quadrotors. The new feature called “No Fly Zones” adds a level of safety and compliance to \u00a0their multirotor devices when operating near airports and other restricted zones.<\/p>\n

\"Phantom<\/a><\/p>\n

As posted on the DJI website<\/a>…\u00a0\u00a0“In order to increase flight safety and prevent accidental flights in restricted areas, the new firmware for the Phantom 2 series includes a No Fly Zones feature to help users use this product safely and legally.<\/p>\n

These zones include airports worldwide and have been divided into two types, A and B. For a full explanation of the difference between the categories, see the… video<\/a>..”<\/p>\n

Though the new firmware feature is programmed to provide a level of safety around major airports, the database does not include all 19,000 plus public airports in the United States. sUAS and model aircraft enthusiasts alike need to be cognizant of their surroundings and follow the applicable FAA<\/a> and\/or AMA<\/a> safety guidelines when operating in proximity to airports.<\/p>\n

Rich Hanson
\nAMA Government and Regulatory Affairs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

April 9th… DJI announced a new firmware update to its Phantom 2 series of quadrotors. The new feature called “No Fly Zones” adds a level of safety and compliance to \u00a0their multirotor devices when operating near airports and other restricted zones. As posted on the DJI website…\u00a0\u00a0“In order to increase […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2044"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2049,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2044\/revisions\/2049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}