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Vitaliy_Kiselev

The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), in conjunction with NATS and pilots’ union, BALPA, has today launched a new drone awareness initiative targeting the increasing number of recreational drone users in the UK, to ensure they operate their devices as safely as possible at all times.

Tim Johnson, CAA Director of Policy said, “We want to embrace and enable the innovation that arises from the development of drone technology, but we must ensure that this is done safely, with all airspace users in mind. It is imperative that people observe the rules when operating a drone. Drone users must understand that when taking to the skies they are entering one of the busiest areas of airspace in the world - a complex system that brings together all manner of aircraft including passenger aeroplanes, military jets, helicopters, gliders, light aircraft and now drones. When doing so, they must be aware of the rules and regulations for flying drones that are designed to keep all air users safe.”

http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=14&pagetype=65&appid=7&newstype=n&mode=detail&nid=2468

Vitaliy_Kiselev

The California State Assembly yesterday passed legislation that would make drone operators guilty of trespassing if they fly their UAVs over private property.

The bill SB-142 will make flying a drone below 350 feet over private property without the consent of the property owner illegal

mee

This is a joke, because in the US you are not allowed to fly over 400 feet unless at a private field. So basically they are saying you must fly in a 50 foot window, damn well knowing it is virtually impossible for most rc craft to maintain such a small window accurately. They simply want a reason to bust people. LAPD are shit to the bone. Drones represent a huge threat to the corrupt law enforcement in LA and there is virtually no public space in LA so basically it is the death of the hobby community, at least legally. It is sad and laughable that this is the offense people want to sue over rather than suing a government that has illegally spied on them for years.

filthy

How is this supposed to be in enforced? Nobody and tell the difference between 350 and 400ft from the ground only by naked eye anyway. In fact, most folks couldn't even see a 650 sized unit in the air when it's anywhere near that height. Spotting a Phantom at 200ft up is challenge.

Vitaliy_Kiselev

According to an FAA spokesman, the agency is still reviewing around 4,500 public comments it received for the preliminary commercial drone rules it published back in February. The FAA hopes to have its final regulations for drone use in place by spring of 2016.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2492506,00.asp

Tron

I'm convinced they're slow-walking the process for the benefit of the big boy operators. Once the "exempted" get fully established they can forcefully lobby the Feds for strict regs on small operators to ensure maintenance of their market share. The days of competing on an equal footing have become near-impossible.

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Once the "exempted" get fully established they can forcefully lobby the Feds for strict regs on small operators to ensure maintenance of their market share. The days of competing on an equal footing have become near-impossible.

You mean that service belonging to monopolies and large guys (FAA) somehow stand for their interests?

Yes, big surprise :-)

IronFilm

Once the "exempted" get fully established they can forcefully lobby the Feds for strict regs on small operators to ensure maintenance of their market share. The days of competing on an equal footing have become near-impossible.

Indeed. I am totally expecting this, and seeing it happen already. Is called "regulatory capture".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture

Tron

@IronFilm Wow, political corruption has been reduced to discrete category definitions... thanks for that :)

@Vitaliy_Kiselev I shouldn't even be surprised. I guess for once I'd just like to see a free market in action where service providers get to compete without having to pay legal fees just to be blessed by the government. The "exemptions" and "waivers" certainly aren't making anyone safer.

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Adam_Mercier

Finnaly got my AP rig back working, here is some flight training following an electric motorcycle :

walkera 3 axis gimbal is quite good, works well with my gopro 3+ black in 2.7k

Even on those small rigs, a 2 operator setup would be much more efficient!

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Every day, the FAA receives reports of potentially unsafe UAS operations. Pilot sightings of UAS doubled between 2014 and 2015. The reports ranged from incidents at major sporting events and flights near manned aircraft, to interference with wildfire operations.

“These reports signal a troubling trend,” Huerta said. “Registration will help make sure that operators know the rules and remain accountable to the public for flying their unmanned aircraft responsibly. When they don’t fly safely, they’ll know there will be consequences.”

https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/us-transportation-secretary-anthony-foxx-announces-unmanned-aircraft-registration

Vitaliy_Kiselev

It plans to call for owners of drones weighing more than half a pound to register online.

Drones would be required to display a registration number that’s easily accessible to a person handling the drone.

The information collected would include the owner’s name and address. In the event of a rogue drone, that would give the FAA a better opportunity to track down its owner.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2015/11/06/the-faa-is-about-to-require-recreational-drone-registration-here-are-the-recommended-rules/

MikeLinn

Polish cities from above

valdi99

Can't recall if it has been already presented here or not

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Private companies including Google, GoPro, DJI, Amazon and others have submitted their recommendations to the FAA concerning drone registration. The group determined that all drones over 250 grams should be registered with the government with an owner's name and street address.

http://www.faa.gov/uas/publications/media/RTFARCFinalReport_11-21-15.pdf?cid=TW373

MikeLinn

Wild Scotland

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Vitaliy_Kiselev

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced a streamlined and user-friendly web-based aircraft registration process for owners of small unmanned aircraft (UAS) weighing more than 0.55 pounds (250 grams) and less than 55 pounds (approx. 25 kilograms) including payloads such as on-board cameras.

Registration is a statutory requirement that applies to all aircraft. Under this rule, any owner of a small UAS who has previously operated an unmanned aircraft exclusively as a model aircraft prior to December 21, 2015, must register no later than February 19, 2016.

http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?newsId=19856

http://www.faa.gov/uas/registration/

Vitaliy_Kiselev

When the drone registry system is modified to permit public searches of registration numbers, names and addresses will be revealed through those searches.

In other words, everyone will know address of your home if you own the $5000 drone :-) Handy.

MikeLinn

Things can be scary sometimes

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Vitaliy_Kiselev

At a press conference at the Consumer Electronics Show, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta announced that as of this morning, 181,061 people haven registered as drone owners. That's up significantly from the 45,000 registrations that the agency announced last month.

One thing that people do not understand that state has very powerful enforcement methods, but they only work with small amount of people. If most people do not agree with the restrictions state want to enforce they will use media to change this, to scare people. But if this won't work - they will just soften or cancel it entirely and say that it was original plan.

MikeLinn

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