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New FAA Drone Hobbyist Laws Explained - 2019
what's up donors be here and today we're
going to be talking about the brand new
well semi new laws at the FAA is
implementing for recreational fliers so
let's get into it all right so the first
thing we have to do is define what is a
recreational rule or why does this apply
to you or when would it apply to you
more specifically well a recreational
flyer is somebody who's pretty much just
not flying for money that seems like a
simple rule but it might not be so
simple
for example obviously I fly it's a
professional pilot for productions and
for you know other things to make money
but I also have put my footage up on
YouTube before on monetized videos now
if you monetize your videos that
technically means that you're flying to
make money even though it's secondhand
through YouTube which technically makes
you commercial pilot the FAA doesn't
necessarily have the means to enforce
and be able to regulate that the way
that they really want to but technically
you know just so you're aware if you are
monetizing videos in any way shape or
form or monetizing any kind of way that
you're flying or drone
you're no longer hobbies' and you're
gonna need your part 1:07 so be wary be
aware understand the difference and just
for further clarification you can
actually be a part 107 pilot and still
be flying recreationally which means
these rules will apply to you so it's
just pretty much by the flight of what
you're doing where it really defines
what kind of pilot you're being
recreational or commercial make sure you
are registering your drones on the FAA
website FAA gov to be able to make sure
you get that number or that serial
number or whatever the code that they
give you and put it on the outside of
your drone when FA first came out with
their rules about how to register a
drone and how to be a recreational flyer
the rule said that you have to have the
registration somewhere on the drone but
it didn't necessarily have to be
somewhere that was visible most people
put it in their battery compartments for
their drones well now that has changed
thanks to some terrorist activity
unfortunately now they want all the
drones to have their labeling on the
outside of the drones that makes it so
they can take they can photograph the
drones while they're in the air it'd be
to get that license number as well as if
the drone is crashed and there they
think there might be something explosive
on it they don't have to touch her to
take it apart to get that information
anyway to find out whose drone it is so
make sure you're labeling your drones on
the outside after you get that labeling
number from the FAA website which I
actually have a link below for and the
recreation rules say that if your drone
is from point
five five pounds which is about 250
grams up to fifty five pounds that's
where you have to register it to be able
to fly it and just for clarification the
Mavic mini was recently dropped by DJ
which technically weighs 248 grams or
less than 0.5 five pounds which means
that you don't actually have to register
it if you're going to be flying it as a
recreational pilot so understand you
don't have to register if it weighs less
than that but if you are flying it
commercially you still need to register
and regardless if you registered or not
you still actually have to abide by all
the hobbyists rules or the commercial
rules depending on which type of flight
you're doing always make sure you keep
it drawing the line of sight that's not
new but always make sure you do you have
to be at a/c your drone is flying as a
hobbyist or you are now flying illegally
keep your drone under 400 feet and also
fly in designated areas some of these
designated areas are actually being
designated as recreational areas by the
AMA American model Association that they
have areas that you can actually go to
to fly that's just a fun area all over
the country if you go to the website
which I have a link below they'll tell
you all the different spots that are
really good to fly obviously if you are
in Class G airspace you're good to go
that's unrestricted airspace I also have
a link below to air maps as a way to be
able to tell what kind of airspace
you're in and you can even filter that
map that's a live map and it'll tell you
where you are currently what airspace
you're in and if you want to fly
recreationally if it's okay or not also
FAA has the lanced system that is coming
out it hasn't come out yet that's
supposed to be able to give recreational
pilots the ability to authorize their
flights live so you can show up
somewhere and you might not be in G G
airspace or an AMA recreational spot but
you can open up a lance app or an app
that uses the LAN system to be able to
say hey I want to fly here is this okay
which previously has been actually
calling the different aircraft aircraft
control towers they're sick of us they
don't want us to do it anymore this new
rule says don't call the towers anymore
we have a system coming out in the
meantime find Class G and in these
recreational areas designated by the AMA
and we will have the system out soon for
you to be able to give you the
authorization to fly in other areas as
well
minimum age to actually fly by yourself
as a recreational pilot is 16 years old
I don't necessarily agree with this but
it's the law and the other side of it is
I guess when you're 16 is the first time
we can really start signing for yourself
and the first time you can get a legal
ID and drive a car so maybe there's
something to go
with that but I honestly believe that we
should be to let younger people under
some form of supervision be able to fly
recreationally to be able to learn to be
able to increase the interest in this
industry and in drones the age limit and
the recreational rules are actually for
every single drone that you fly there's
no wait there's no wait minimum there
there's a mate weight limit of 55 pounds
but it just says in the laws it says up
to 55 pounds it doesn't say that there's
a basement so it could be like point
zero zero zero zero one grams and still
be applicable to all of these laws that
I'm telling you about
you're not allowed to fly intentionally
over unprotected people or cars so like
expressways and stuff like that that's
nothing new but just a reminder you're
not supposed to be doing that make sure
that you're not under the influence of
alcohol or drugs when you fly but I mean
that feels like common sense because
obviously you mess up but don't do it
make sure you aren't flying over
sensitive infrastructure or buildings
that you're not supposed to be for
example power plants water plants
federal buildings specifically or jails
do not fly over that actually the air
map app will tell you when you are in
that area and what you have going on
around you so you can be aware of it and
being aware it's really important I
actually made a whole video about about
how I almost gotten a lot of trouble for
flying and accidentally filming a little
bit of a federal facility and I promise
you right now the video was worth it
because it is absolutely epic the lesson
being make sure you understand where
you're flying what you're looking at
before you fly if you're flying in a new
space always make sure you check out the
local laws and ordinances because part
of the recreational laws and the way the
FAA is regulating the airspace with
drones is that they're giving local
municipalities and cities and states
their ability to also regulate on top of
the FAA regulations so if you're flying
in a place if you're new to flying then
look at your local regulations and see
what it is or if you're going somewhere
else that you're not used to being in
just make sure you just do a quick
search online for the drone rules for
that city or state or whatever is going
on because they do vary wildly across
different locations and you want you
just don't want to have any trouble and
you want to avoid any kind of
interaction with law enforcement if you
can
speaking of municipalities and also some
kind of laws that require an extra test
I actually had to take an aeronautical
test in North Carolina to be able to do
commercial work there it's a great
example of finding local ordinances that
already do have drone laws that are
separate from the federal laws that you
still have to abide by when you go and
do that so make sure you're keeping up
on that and keeping up on where you're
flying and what the laws are because if
had gotten caught looking at that
federal facility without all done and
all my homework and doing the things I
was supposed to I could have been a lot
of trouble follow the advice fly the
right way and all should be well have
fun during natural disasters keep your
drones grounded unless an agency or a
federal person is telling you to fly the
drone for them or hiring you to do it
keep your drones on the ground like for
example I live in California and the
wildfires obviously are happening out
here and yeah it might look like good
footage or you're doing whatever is
trying to help you're not helping what
you're doing is grounding the airlines
or the airplanes and the helicopters
that are trying to fight the fires
because they can't take the legal risk
of being there when you are and it's
super legal to fly in that area and soup
really gonna fly around any of that
stuff so just don't do it you're making
us look bad you're making them want to
put more regulations on all the rest of
drone pilots so just stay away keep it
grounded and just don't just don't do it
and speak into the future I did already
say the land system is supposed to be
coming also it seems that the FAA is
already hinting towards our being some
kind of test an aeronautical knowledge
test that seems kind of sort of similar
to the part 107 but obviously lesser for
recreational pilots coming down the
pipeline but it really kind of depends
on we don't really know we don't know
what it is gonna be in that test we
don't know when that test is gonna be
coming out so just keep your eye out up
stay aware every once in a while just
check the FAA website or check back with
us because when it does come out I'm
gonna take it just so I can tell you
guys what's going on with it
and just make sure you're aware of
what's going on with that because
obviously changing laws do affect you
and all of us in Turners thank you so
much for checking out this video first
of all big shout out to Ken Herron I got
a lot of this information the idea for
this video from a video he made with the
updated law so thank you Ken you are a
blessing your channel is amazing and you
guys should definitely check him out
he's amazing and if you want to see more
amazing videos actually the video that I
made about my experience with the police
in the federal building we got it it's
right here or if you wanted to see more
videos that will teach you more about
how to be a professional drone pilot and
the things that I've gone through and
learned as a pro drone pilot we got them
right here
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