If you are new to the hobby, or are simply unsure of the requirements you must meet before flying your model aircraft, this guide will help you understand everything you need to know. AMA members operate under the Exception for Limited Recreational Operations of Unmanned Aircraft (USC 44809). This guide will detail those requirements as well as cover Remote Identification requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first thing you need to do is to make sure that you understand what it means to fly recreationally. Recreational flight is simply flying for fun or personal enjoyment. Flying for any other reason is not considered to be recreational. Operations outside of recreational flying must take place under Part 107, the default regulation for operating any type of Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) weighing less than 55 pounds. The only caveat to this rule would be for those flying for educational purposes. Institutions of higher education, JROTC programs, and educational programming through AMA clubs can all fly under USC 44809.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Note:<\/strong> Keep in mind the FAA uses the term \u2018drone\u2019 to describe all types of UAS, including model aircraft. This is often confusing for those who fly traditional model aircraft.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n USC 44809 RULES FOR RECREATIONAL FLIERS<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n REMOTE ID<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The FAA published the Final Rule for Remote ID<\/a> in January 2021. Recreational fliers are now required to comply with Remote ID requirements. There are three ways to comply with Remote ID, which are outlined below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Note:<\/em><\/strong> AMA is submitting FRIA applications on behalf of AMA clubs. If your club has questions about the FRIA application process, contact fria@modelaircraft.org<\/a>. TAKEAWAY<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This might seem like a lot of information to remember. But if you remember these four main takeaways, you will be all set to fly safely in the airspace:<\/p>\n\n\n\n To remain current with the most recent government-related news, regularly visit the AMA Government Affairs blog<\/a>. If you have any further questions or concerns, contact the Government Affairs department at (765) 287-1256 or amagov@modelaircraft.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you are new to the hobby, or are simply unsure of the requirements you must meet before flying your model aircraft, this guide will help you understand everything you need to know. AMA members operate under the Exception for Limited Recreational Operations of Unmanned Aircraft (USC 44809). This guide […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1002443,"featured_media":3955,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":174,"footnotes":""},"categories":[174,7,187,150,136,143],"tags":[128,190,126],"class_list":["post-5534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clubs","category-faa","category-fria","category-laanc","category-registration","category-remote-id","tag-faa","tag-fria","tag-remote-identification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1002443"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5534"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7183,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5534\/revisions\/7183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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