FAA rule and Remote ID module
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The Federal Aviation Administration will be instituting a new regulation in the next couple of months that will require all unmanned aircraft to either have a remote ID transmitter or to be flying in an FAA designated flying zone for recreational aircraft. The remote ID transmitter will have to broadcast data like longitude, latitude, altitude, velocity, and aircraft ID number.
Assuming this becomes a regulation, then the next time I take my folded paper Invader PowerUp 4.0 to the local little league baseball field and fly it at 20 feet altitude within a 100 foot radius circle, I will likely be violating a federal regulation.
I would like to suggest that you guys (PowerUp) look into this and think about adding a remote ID module to the next version of the PowerUp module.
Here is a link to the FAA rule: https://www.faa.gov/news/media/attachments/RemoteID_Final_Rule.pdf
Hope you can help us with this!!
Steve Kristoff
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I just watched a webcast from the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) and their interpretation of the new rule is that any aircraft weighing under 0.55 lbs. will be exempt from the remote ID rule, just as they are currently exempt from FAA registration. I suspect that would cover most aircraft flying with the PowerUp module. I weighed my balsa glider PowerUp 4.0 combo and it came to a whopping 2 ounces.
Still, if you folks are in "invention mode" a remote ID module might be something to think about.
Steve
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