Do Drones Have To Be Registered In The Usa

Just in time for the holidays, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) earlier this week donned their Grinch costume and announced that individuals with drones that counterbalance more than half a pound (.55 pounds or 250 grams, to exist exact) will have to register it with the FAA. On top of that, the registration procedure requires drone owners to fork over $five.

It may sound like your everyday electronic mail scam at first glance, simply rest bodacious that the FAA's new guidelines are legit and are set to go into effect on December 21. To encourage drone registration, the FAA is willing to waive the aforementioned $v fee if users annals by January 20, 2016.

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"Registering unmanned aircraft volition help build a culture of accountability and responsibility, especially with new users who have no experience operating in the U.South. aviation system," U.South. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said this week. "It will help protect public safety in the air and on the ground."

And lest you think this is some registration you can gleefully ignore, the penalties for not registering eligible drones are stiff, and include civil fines in the $27,000 range, criminal fines as high as $250,000, and up to three years in prison.

All that said, if you're at all curious if you need to register a drone you lot might take in your possession, Wired has come out with an exhaustive list detailing which drones from which manufacturers need to be accounted for. Suffice it to say, if you lot have a drone that can have video footage, yous're going to have to register. On the flipside, virtually drones that can fit inside your hand volition likely pass muster.

Drones that must be registered include the following :

3DRobotics

3DR
3DR Solo (with gimbal)
3DR Solo (without gimbal)

DJI
DJI Inspire 1
DJI Inspire Pro
DJI Phantom three Avant-garde
DJI Phantom 3 Professional
DJI Phantom 3 Standard

Helimax RC
Helimax FORM500
Helimax Voltage 500

Parrot
Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 (Elite Edition)
Parrot Bebop
Parrot Bebop

Yuneec

Yuneec Typhoon G Yes

Yuneec Typhoon Q500 4
Yuneec Typhoon Q500+

Amazon
Hubsan x4 FPV
Hubsan x4 Pro

BH Photo
UDI U818A-1 Discovery HD
UDI U842 Falcon

Drones that do not need to be registered include the following:

Parrot Rolling Spider minidrone from Parrot
Sky Viper s670 Stunt Drone
Syma X5
Syma X5C
Hubsan x4 camera
Hubsan x4 Nano
Hubsan x4 (H107L
Extreme Fliers Micro Drone ii.0
Air Hogs Millenium Falco
Helimax 1SQ No Helimax RC $100 0.07
Helimax 1SQ 5-cam No Helimax RC $130 0.07
Helimax 1Si (with camera
Helimax 230Si (with camera)
Parrot Airborne Cargo minidrone
Parrot Airborne Nighttime minidrone

For more than context, the FAA has a page up with a few illustrative examples indicating which type of drones are likely to need registration and which ones don't. Of course, if you simply google the weight of any drones you lot ain, you should be good to go.

Happy flight.