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This article intends to provide a quick refresher and reference guide for aspiring drone pilots in German territory, particularly those from outside the EU.

Disclaimer: The author is not a law professional and assumes no liability, but strives to keep this guide up-to-date and factually correct. Please check the laws yourself before conducting a flight. No commission, referrals or similar awards have been provided to the author. The guide only applies to actual EU member states and Germany specifically, unless noted otherwise. The author has no knowledge about the edge cases Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and the UK - they may or may not have adopted the EU regulations. Please file a comment if you have corrections, questions, new edge cases or links to state-specific information.

Basic EU-wide rules

German drone law follows the basic EU harmonized rules:

Drone classes

Drones are classified by weight and capabilities by the manufacturer:
C0 drones weigh below 250g (e.g. the DJ

Open Pal/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/Engine.ini (for Windows use Windows path) and change accordingly

[Core.System]
Paths=../../../Engine/Content
Paths=%GAMEDIR%Content
Paths=../../../Engine/Plugins/2D/Paper2D/Content
Paths=../../../Engine/Plugins/Animation/ControlRigSpline/Content
Paths=../../../Engine/Plugins/Animation/ControlRig/Content
Paths=../../../Engine/Plugins/Animation/IKRig/Content

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