mtforge
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I think FliteTest may be the best hope I have of anything being salvaged from this mess so I'm going to give some examples of how this can affect me. I want to make sure I'm understanding it right.
Part 107
If I fly in a commercial plane and take a picture/video out the window I can sell it or post it on social media. No Problem.
If I put up a kite 150 feet into the air with a camera on it and take a picture/video I can sell it or post it on social media. No Problem.
If I go onto my property, in the woods, where when the leaves are on you can't see the sky and fly my quadcopter 1" off the ground and take a picture/video I must obtain a Remote Pilot Certificate from the FAA before I can sell it, give it to a non-profit or post it on social media. As that would be "furtherance of a business". Youtube is a business. Posting drone captured media to any website linked to a professional business is considered commercial use.
Do I understand this correctly?
Remote ID
Now the FAA is thinking about making me give up my homemade RC units and only use FAA approved Remote ID compliant store bought ones. Or I can try to go to a field where they fly the balsa wood gassers and fly in circles if they let me in. Is this correct?
If I make a plane powered by a rubber band, tethered so it only flies in a circle and is over
.55 lb it might need to be Remote ID certified. Correct?
This reminds me of when the EPA said that since they control the rivers and rain that falls on my property which will eventually go to a river, they have control of my property. The FAA says that since they control the sky/air and the air goes down to my grass they control the air at my grass. My grandchildren won't even be able to fly toy quadcopters in my backyard. This is a big over reach of the government.
This doesn't even take into account that in my state any property ran by the DNR is off limits to "drones". I think I might as well start using kites and poles for photography. I can get into a lot more interesting places.
Is my view of all this essentially correct?
Part 107
If I fly in a commercial plane and take a picture/video out the window I can sell it or post it on social media. No Problem.
If I put up a kite 150 feet into the air with a camera on it and take a picture/video I can sell it or post it on social media. No Problem.
If I go onto my property, in the woods, where when the leaves are on you can't see the sky and fly my quadcopter 1" off the ground and take a picture/video I must obtain a Remote Pilot Certificate from the FAA before I can sell it, give it to a non-profit or post it on social media. As that would be "furtherance of a business". Youtube is a business. Posting drone captured media to any website linked to a professional business is considered commercial use.
Do I understand this correctly?
Remote ID
Now the FAA is thinking about making me give up my homemade RC units and only use FAA approved Remote ID compliant store bought ones. Or I can try to go to a field where they fly the balsa wood gassers and fly in circles if they let me in. Is this correct?
If I make a plane powered by a rubber band, tethered so it only flies in a circle and is over
.55 lb it might need to be Remote ID certified. Correct?
This reminds me of when the EPA said that since they control the rivers and rain that falls on my property which will eventually go to a river, they have control of my property. The FAA says that since they control the sky/air and the air goes down to my grass they control the air at my grass. My grandchildren won't even be able to fly toy quadcopters in my backyard. This is a big over reach of the government.
This doesn't even take into account that in my state any property ran by the DNR is off limits to "drones". I think I might as well start using kites and poles for photography. I can get into a lot more interesting places.
Is my view of all this essentially correct?