must read for all

[flpholt]

Attention, Hobby Flyers: Come Monday You May Need An FAA Drone Pilot Certificate. Yes, Really.

 

[captainmilehigh]

Interesting read. So, as a 'hobbiest' I must not be flying FPV, or I need to comply with Part 107. Ok, VLOS it is. Guess I'm gonna need some really GOOD glasses. [emoji851].


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[flpholt]

Interesting read. So, as a 'hobbiest' I must not be flying FPV, or I need to comply with Part 107. Ok, VLOS it is. Guess I'm gonna need some really GOOD glasses. [emoji851].


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found it really interesting so if you fly racing drone with googles or phantom with googles you must have a 107 licenses

 

[flpholt]

funny thing most people wont read it and not know there doing something wrong will find out monday

 

[ROD PAINTER]

Part 107 does not apply if you are flying as a hobby. It does apply if you are flying for compensation.

 

[Monte55]

So flying BVLOS and using a phone or tablet is FPV also...so this is not limited to goggles...correct?

 

[flpholt]

Part 107 does not apply if you are flying as a hobby. It does apply if you are flying for compensation.

read again if using goggles for hobby says you have to have 107

 

[flpholt]

So flying BVLOS and using a phone or tablet is FPV also...so this is not limited to goggles...correct?

we really wont know until Monday how it is all going to shake out

 

[ROD PAINTER]

So flying BVLOS and using a phone or tablet is FPV also...so this is not limited to goggles...correct?

If you are not flying for compensation

read again if using goggles for hobby says you have to have 107

I don't use goggles so does not pertain to me. End of discussion

 

[captainmilehigh]

Crazy. The Forbes article states one thing, but I looked all over the FAA site for the same info, and didn't find that referenced.

So I will wear my Superman [emoji41] long-distance glasses and see the drone, just a dot, way way out there.....


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[Drone Master]

I wonder how they will bust peeps with out the certificate flying FPV?
DJI'S Cloud will give most if not all flight info to the FAA.
The distance of the flights is where I can see this might be how they will find out via GPS flight path and distance.
You could claim you had spotters maybe.
This could really thin out many that can't afford the test after spending so much already.

 

[LuvMyTJ]

Someone please show me something directly on the FAA site that says a hobby flyer will be required to get a 107 cert to fly with or without FPV. Until I see it on the FAA page it is just a rumor as far as I am concerned.

 

[captainmilehigh]

Someone please show me something directly on the FAA site that says a hobby flyer will be required to get a 107 cert to fly with or without FPV. Until I see it on the FAA page it is just a rumor as far as I am concerned.

I agree also. The Forbes article said hobbyists "may" be required to be certified, but didn't quote any FAA regs. I think it's bogus too.


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[Easy-V]

This:

(re-read it...is a hobbyist drone a model aircraft?)

Q: Also, will model aircraft pilots who do not belong to the AMA have to get a remote pilot certificate under Part 107 after August 29?

A: The FAA does not mandate membership in any particular community-based organization. To qualify for the Special Rule for Model Aircraft, an unmanned aircraft must, among other things, be operated in accordance with a community-based set of safety guidelines and within the programming of a nationwide community-based organization. If a hobbyist can’t show that he or she is operating in accordance with a community-based set of safety guidelines and within the programming of a nationwide community-based organization, then he or she will have to meet the requirements of Part 107

 

[RJ_Make]

This:

(re-read it...is a hobbyist drone a model aircraft?)

Yes

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[RJ_Make]

I wondered how VLOS was going to be handled.


So if your not flying under 102? You are automatically flying under 107? You had better have that license.

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[RJ_Make]

And... who gave the FAA the authority to regulate aircraft under 55 Lbs anyway? Isn't there a congressional law prohibiting it?

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[Easy-V]

I love how unregulated airspace is being regulated.

 

[flpholt]

to many rules its getting stupid

 

[Drone Master]

Forbes is a fairly reputable source of info. After all they are the ones that chase those with money. If it is a rumor, then the egg will be on their face.