You have until Dec 21 to register your Drone

[SilverBullet432]

I wouldn't either. Lol. I had that cheap yellow RC plane from harbor freight when I was a kid. Crashed that bitch onto a roof How i got my flight simulator student pilot certificate: beats me plane was sideways when I landed it ...

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

So this mean that stand RC planes and copters also need to be registered.

Wonder if this will kill the RC hobby.

I was just looking at some weights. For the 'micro' airplanes that are very common and around $100, they are often in the 50-100gram range. So not an issue. It seems once you get to about a 2 foot wingspan, then you are looking at the 250 gram level. So for most people flying the smaller park style fliers won't be affected. I think of it as the .22lr of the hobby are fine.

I don't have helicopter weights handy, but I think anything with multirotors will push that weight fast.

The smaller hobby planes are all foam, a pager vibrator as a motor and a 3.7v LiPo battery- not much. A multirotor has multiples of that engine and a frame- all getting heavier. Then if you add a camera, and a battery, electronics and antenna- you are starting to get heavy.

That's just my quick analysis.

I still don't know about kites that weigh over .55 lbs.....

[SilverBullet432]

I was just looking at some weights. For the 'micro' airplanes that are very common and around $100, they are often in the 50-100gram range. So not an issue. It seems once you get to about a 2 foot wingspan, then you are looking at the 250 gram level. So for most people flying the smaller park style fliers won't be affected. I think of it as the .22lr of the hobby are fine.

I don't have helicopter weights handy, but I think anything with multirotors will push that weight fast.

The smaller hobby planes are all foam, a pager vibrator as a motor and a 3.7v LiPo battery- not much. A multirotor has multiples of that engine and a frame- all getting heavier. Then if you add a camera, and a battery, electronics and antenna- you are starting to get heavy.

That's just my quick analysis.

I still don't know about kites that weigh over .55 lbs.....

Be careful with those lipos now. Don't you know all those "hoverboards" catching fire are dangerous?! Its been well documented for over 10 years that lithium batteries are dangerous why all the fuss all of a sudden? Back then I had a radioshack XMOD. The aftermarket LiPoly's were dangerous as fu** houses would burn down...

[Jellybean]

I don't understand.
If idiots flying their toys to close to passenger aircraft, or crashing in neighborhoods are to blame for this, how does registering a UAV solve anything?
Tomorrow I will go out and fly across the local airport again, $5 dollar fee or no....

I think Honu whacked it pretty hard on the head.
Once again, it's not about "safety" it's about restriction.

I also notice that, according to the pdf list, it seems the registration threshold begins right about at the point the aerial vehicle can carry a decent functional camera....

[Firefly]

More government oversight.....wonderful

[T2C]

I don't understand.
If idiots flying their toys to close to passenger aircraft, or crashing in neighborhoods are to blame for this, how does registering a UAV solve anything?
Tomorrow I will go out and fly across the local airport again, $5 dollar fee or no....

I view it as being the same as pointing a laser at an aircraft canopy while the aircraft is in flight. In my opinion, it would be more practical to locate the people flying drones close to civil aviation in flight and charge them criminally. It would be easy to obtain a Grand Jury criminal indictment for Reckless Conduct, so no one could argue there are no laws to address the issue.

[echo5whiskey]

Does this include the drones in one's household who blindly vote for Dems?

[T2C]

Does this include the drones in one's household who blindly vote for Dems?

If you make reference to Democ-Rats, someone may take offense.

[echo5whiskey]

If you make reference to Democ-Rats, someone may take offense.

Oh? ...meh

[SkiDevil]

I bet more drone owners refuse to participate in registration than gun owners. I wouldn't register my drone if I had one.

"If you like your Drone, then you can keep your Drone!"

So many Federal laws, I wonder how much time for removing the tags from mattress?