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Spaceman_66 Posted at 2018-2-16 18:28
That’s exactly my current approach. Milk the hobbyist / 336 registration & associated rights & restrictions for all it’s worth, initially at least, then cross over to 107 when & if it becomes necessary down the road sometime. Baby steps.
P.S. for those not clear (don’t blink; the law is subject to change in an instant) my (present) understanding is that the National Defense Act/Bill that Pres. Trump signed into law on or about 12/18/2017 reinstated the requirement to register with the FAA any drones weighing >0.55 lbs. (that presently encompasses ALL current DJI drone modet(s). Deal with it; it’s a lousy $5 and the need to print out/affix a freakin’ label on the drone. Really not a huge deal in the grand scheme of what we could otherwise be saddled with in less enlightened times! Let’s hope not to go there, ever! Path of least resistance...
Also, just so we're clear, the FAA Section 336 does not have the facility for registering individual drone serial numbers - so the web-site (as of this moment) only allows you to register aircraft under Part 107.
Cite: https://faadronezone.faa.gov/
"Inventory" is only listed under the Part 107 section. NO inventory section (or "Manage sUAS Inventory" button) is available over on Section 336 side.
It's interesting, though, that the REGULATION states:
"Where do I register my Unmanned Aircraft?
Register your aircraft using this website if it weighs more than 0.55 lbs. (250 grams) and less than 55 lbs. (25 kg).
Register an unmanned aircraft that weighs 55 lbs. (25 kg) or more. Register your aircraft using this website if it weighs more than 0.55 lbs. (250 grams) and less than 55 lbs. (25 kg).
You will be subject to civil and criminal penalties if you meet the criteria to register an unmanned aircraft and do not register."
Yet there's no place where you can actually register a serial number or sUAS (yet). Maybe paying the Section 336 $5 fee per pilot "registers" all of your non-commercial aircraft, without having to supply serial numbers or any other data? There's literally no place to enter this data. It simply says "here's your registration #" and "You must mark each aircraft with the assigned unique registration number before it is operated." So maybe that's enough? Or maybe the law will change and it will be individual aircraft registration? The actual verbiage on the Section 336 site states you have to register each aircraft, but a lot of folks here say "you're registering the pilot, not the aircraft." The official FAA text seems to contradict that. The word "register" implies telling the FAA about each aircraft. The term "label" implies putting a visible registration number on each aircraft. The whole "label" thing is only mentioned once. But the "register" term with the word "aircraft" is used all over the place. Odd.
This is the reason why it took me a few years to buy a drone. The laws and rules have been wild-west for so long, and they're starting to coalesce into a slightly less confusing (yet ambiguous) mess.
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