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I've read a few pages on this, and everything still seems pretty unclear. Does this mean anything airborne, no matter how small and low-power? Exactly what coun
by ufmace 11y ago
I've read a few pages on this, and everything still seems pretty unclear. Does this mean anything airborne, no matter how small and low-power? Exactly what counts as a "drone"? A paper airplane? How about a balsa-wood glider? The little quad-copter toy drones - they're powered, but don't seem like they'd be able to go over 100ft or so.
It seems pretty reasonable to register the ones that can fly reliably over a few hundred feet, out of easy eyesight of the operator, maybe faster than 10-20mph or so, that sort of thing. But I'm a little disturbed by the apparent lack of a lower limit. It may sound absurd to be fined for not registering a paper airplane, but exactly what part of this says explicitly that it's not required? I'd hope we know better than to trust Government agents not to over-reach in ways that go against all common sense.
- ChuckMcM 11y agoOver 9 ounces. So no paper airplanes don't count, nor do the mini-drones that are like 3" on a side.
- simoncion 11y agoSo, first, read this sub-thread [0] for a bit of history. Second, here [1] is a summary of the guidelines from the AMA. Third, the full FAA rule can be viewed here [2] (PDF warning). [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10733635 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10733635 [1] http://amablog.modelaircraft.org/amagov/2015/12/14/ama-and-the-faa-registration-process/ http://amablog.modelaircraft.org/amagov/2015/12/14/ama-and-t... [2] http://www.faa.gov/news/updates/media/20151213_IFR.pdf http://www.faa.gov/news/updates/media/20151213_IFR.pdf