Illigal to fly in residential areas?
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I was caught by police today when i flew my micro electric helicopter in the neighbourhood amphitheatre. i know this topic is not related to military nuts but i would like to get your opinions on this. i was flying in the area when i landed to wait for wind to die down and for a woman to walk past. when i took off again, someone suddenly ran up behind me and stood next to my chopper. in order not to crash into him, i needed time to manouvere it away from him. turns out he was a police officer. i got a tongue lashing by him. he said that i was flying dangerously when i din't stop even though he was standing there. %$$&*. he stand there how to immediatly stop. now i got a police record and a town council complaint against me. so unlucky.
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According to Air Navigation Order of Singapore, ELEVENTH SCHEDULE, Part 2
Low Flying.
5.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) —
(a) an aircraft, other than a helicopter, shall not fly over any congested area of a city, town or settlement below —
(i) such height as would enable the aircraft to alight clear of the area and without danger to persons or property on the surface, in the event of failure of a power unit; or
(ii) a height of 1,500 feet above the highest fixed object within 2,000 feet of the aircraft, whichever is the higher;
(b) a helicopter shall not fly below such height as would enable it to alight without danger to persons or property on the surface, in the event of failure of a power unit;
(c) except with the permission in writing of the Minister and in accordance with any conditions therein specified a helicopter shall not fly —
(i) over a congested area of a city, town or settlement, below a height of 1,500 feet above the highest fixed object within 2,000 feet of the helicopter; or
(ii) over any area notified for the purpose of this sub-paragraph, below such height as would enable it to alight clear of the area in the event of failure of a power unit;
(d) an aircraft shall not fly —
(i) over, or within 3,000 feet of any assembly in the open air of more than 1,000 persons assembled for the purpose of witnessing or participating in any organised event, except with the permission in writing of the Minister and in accordance with any conditions therein specified and with the consent in writing of the organisers of the event; or
(ii) below such height as would enable it to alight clear of the assembly in the event of failure of a power unit:
Provided that where a person is charged with an offence under the Order by reason of a contravention of this sub-paragraph, it shall be a good defence to prove that the flight of the aircraft over or within 3,000 feet of the assembly was made at a reasonable height and for a reason not connected with the assembly or with the event which was the occasion for the assembly;
(e) an aircraft shall not fly closer than 500 feet to any person, vessel, vehicle or structure;
(2)
(a) sub-paragraph (1) (d) and (e) shall not apply to an aircraft which is being used for police purposes.
(b) sub-paragraph (1) (d) and (e) shall not apply to the flight of an aircraft over or within 3,000 feet of an assembly of persons gathered for the purpose of witnessing an event which consists wholly or principally of an aircraft race or contest or an exhibition of flying, if the aircraft is taking part in such a race, contest or exhibition or is engaged in a flight arranged by, or made with the consent in writing of, the organisers of the event, and the races, contest, exhibition or flight are approved by the Minister.
(c) sub-paragraph (1) (e) shall not apply to —
(i) any aircraft while it is landing or taking off in accordance with normal aviation practice; and
(ii) any glider while it is hill-soaring.
(d) The alternatives in sub-paragraphs (1) (a) (ii) and (1) (c) (i) shall not apply to an aircraft flying —
(i) on a route notified for the purposes of this rule; or
(ii) on a special VFR flight as defined in rule 23 in accordance with instructions given for the purposes of that rule by the appropriate air traffic control unit.
(3) Nothing in this rule shall prohibit any aircraft from —
(a) taking off, landing or practising approaches to landing; or
(b) flying for the purpose of checking navigational aids or procedures in accordance with normal aviation practice at a Government or certified aerodrome in Singapore or at any aerodrome in any Contracting State; or
(c) flying in such a manner as may be necessary for the purpose of saving life:
Provided that in the case of practising approaches to landing as aforesaid such practising is confined to the airspace customarily used by aircraft when landing or taking off in accordance with normal aviation practice at the aerodrome concerned.
(4) Nothing in this rule shall apply to any captive balloon or kite. -
currently there are no aviation laws in singapore that covers model aircraft that you operate. so its still a grey area
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With UAV resembling close to model aircraft, who knows what is in the mind of the person at the RC joystick that control the model aircraft ?
Perhaps the place that the model aircraft is being flown, is near to some Minister's home, an embassy, or some sensitive installation, or along the flight path of an airport ?
All model aircraft flying activities were supposted to be located along the West Coast Park area from around the late-1980s, having once started with popular support at the East Coast Park. -
Originally posted by branzzz:I was caught by police today when i flew my micro electric helicopter in the neighbourhood amphitheatre. i know this topic is not related to military nuts but i would like to get your opinions on this. i was flying in the area when i landed to wait for wind to die down and for a woman to walk past. when i took off again, someone suddenly ran up behind me and stood next to my chopper. in order not to crash into him, i needed time to manouvere it away from him. turns out he was a police officer. i got a tongue lashing by him. he said that i was flying dangerously when i din't stop even though he was standing there. %$$&*. he stand there how to immediatly stop. now i got a police record and a town council complaint against me. so unlucky.
You would have to find some other open space to fly then.
Where do you live?
Here in Bukit Batok, there are sometimes people flying those model planes. Sometimes lah. -
model helicopter oso got prob? how big is ur model? confirm not as big as an UAV rite? mabbe u shud haf asked the police to show u the law wich says wat u were doing was illegal.
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Originally posted by wuming78:model helicopter oso got prob? how big is ur model? confirm not as big as an UAV rite? mabbe u shud haf asked the police to show u the law wich says wat u were doing was illegal. Well yah.
But it's also dangerous to fly when there are people around. If one lose control of the chopper, someone will get hurt. -
well... i was flying a micro indoor helicopter at one of those neighbourhood amphitheatres. its is probably no more than 15cm long.