Hi,
I recently ordered a drone and have been looking into what regulations I have to meet. I assumed that flying in certain areas would be restricted and common sense safety while flying would be pretty much sufficient. After quite a bit of Googling, scanning various forums, and watching YouTube videos this doesn't seem to be the case. There does seem to be a bit of wiggle room in what's required as the FAA has been mandated to come up with final regulations but has yet to finalize them.
Here's what I've found so far. As far as where, the Know Before You Fly site seems to provide the best data as well as a lot of other helpful info. I found that after scrolling to an area under concern, clicking in that area provides contact data for notification. More on this in the following links.
Continuing with what else is required I found this. It appears that you can't just get out there and fly safely in a non-restricted area. As I'm something of a maverick I followed the Part 107 path and eventually came to this. I'm looking forward to input from others on how they've handled this and what else would be helpful to me.
Jim F.
I recently ordered a drone and have been looking into what regulations I have to meet. I assumed that flying in certain areas would be restricted and common sense safety while flying would be pretty much sufficient. After quite a bit of Googling, scanning various forums, and watching YouTube videos this doesn't seem to be the case. There does seem to be a bit of wiggle room in what's required as the FAA has been mandated to come up with final regulations but has yet to finalize them.
Here's what I've found so far. As far as where, the Know Before You Fly site seems to provide the best data as well as a lot of other helpful info. I found that after scrolling to an area under concern, clicking in that area provides contact data for notification. More on this in the following links.
Continuing with what else is required I found this. It appears that you can't just get out there and fly safely in a non-restricted area. As I'm something of a maverick I followed the Part 107 path and eventually came to this. I'm looking forward to input from others on how they've handled this and what else would be helpful to me.
Jim F.