Posted on 12/14/2015 8:49:15 AM PST by ctdonath2
The Federal Aviation Administration, responding to heightened concerns about rogue drone flights near airports, unveiled a pre-Christmas rule on Monday requiring drone hobbyists as young as 13 to register their unmanned aircraft.
The new online registry will require current drone owners to register by Feb. 19 while anyone who acquires aircraft after Dec. 21 would need to register before their first outdoor flight. After registering, drone owners will receive an FAA identification number that they must display on aircraft weighing between 0.55 pounds (250 grams) and 55 pounds (25 kgs).
The FAA's online registration site, which will be launched next Monday, will charge drone owners a $5 fee, which officials said is the same charge required for manned aircraft, including Boeing 747 jetliners. To encourage participation, the FAA will waive the fee for the first 30 days that the registry is open.
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Well, in that case, I might as well just get a 747, then. Malaysia has 3 that they should be putting up on Ebay soon.
they must display on aircraft weighing between 0.55 pounds (250 grams) and 55 pounds (25 kgs).
So I'm OK if my drone weighs 56 lbs? Back to the 747 plan.
Will birth ‘Airnonymous’ with drones circling control towers towing banners that say, “F’ THE FAA!” :-)
It is a “law” written by unelected bureaucrats and never voted on by Congress. The regulatory, bureaucratic Federal government we have today is not constitutional and is illegal.
There needs to be a Federal law that all regulations proposed by any federal agency must be submitted to Congress for a full vote just like any other law. Regulations that don’t go through this process should have no more weight than any dumbass bill submitted by any blockheaded congressmen that never gets a vote on the floor.
The politicians in Congress Love the regulatory state because they can do their dirty deeds and steal wealth and rights from Americans but not have their grubby, backstabbing fingerprints on it.
Just launch a tethered balloon TOW drone-carrier. Since no radio control, no longer is it a drone by FAA definitions.
Regulations are the only thing government bureaucrats understand.
Actually 14 CFR is voted on by Congress.
Funny. :)
https://www.faa.gov/uas/registration/faqs/
Q. What is the definition of a UAS? Is it different from a drone?
A. A UAS is an unmanned aircraft system. A drone and a UAS are the same for registration purposes.
Q: Does the FAA have the authority to require registration of UAS used by modelers and hobbyists?
A: Yes. By statute all aircraft are required to register. Congress has defined “aircraft” to include UAS, regardless of whether they are operated by modelers and hobbyists.
Q. Why do I need to register?
A. Federal law requires aircraft registration. Registration helps us ensure safety - for you, others on the ground, and manned aircraft. UAS pose new security and privacy challenges and must be traceable in the event of an incident. It will also help enable the return of your UAS should it be lost.
Lol. Yeah, I can imagine putting 6 inch high ID letters on my 350 gram helis that fit in your hand. Plus, we change “bodies” and other parts all the time. I often fly without the fuselage. No way this is practical even if hobbyists desired to comply.
Q. Will my drone require an N-number or sticker?
A. No. You will receive a unique registration number, not an N-number, and you must mark the registration number on your UAS by some means that is legible and allows the number to be readily seen. The registration number may be placed in a battery compartment as long as it can be accessed without the use of tools.
https://www.faa.gov/uas/registration/faqs/#mou
Nonsense. Non-compliance on the scale I’m recommendingwould be impossible to prosecute. It’s Cloward-Piven in reverse.
Is it one
number for all you models or different? Don’t have time to read the the details right now but might comply if it is one shared number and you can write it on the model in your choice of size and location. But even then, some of these models are so sensitive to CG location that a piece of tape with writing could actually upset the center of gravity!
thanks
They’re still OK with it.
All the more reason to them to expand regulation & enforcement.
Whoever they get, they get - and they either get as many as possible, or come down hard. Getting upwards of 5-6 digits in fines suits them just fine, as does simply entrenching their bureaucracy.
Enough publicity about people being fined around their annual salary, and most will shy away and the drone market either normalize compliance or evaporate.
“Notice that they say FAA rule, not federal law. Anyone with a brain should ignore this unconstitutional act.”
Well, I guess that makes you someone without a brain or any level of understanding of civics or law.
The FAA Federal Aviation Regulation ARE LAW, moron.
That’s an interesting twist. Unlike other craft, you can mark your UAS such that observers CANNOT see the identification - meaning they can only prosecute you if they can physically capture the drone and inspect it. That massively diminishes the value of registration.
Where’s that picture of the drone-capturing drone?
Does that apply to Mrs. john f’n kohn-heinz-kerry.
Until the background checks begin
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