Big News for Drone Industry: FAA Unwraps New Drone Rules

[nadien]

                                                               
NEW YORK, Dec. 22, 2015 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- FAA unwraps drone rules for the holidays. Fearing as many as a million new drones might land under Christmas trees this year.FAA has announced a new regulation on drones. The Obama administration announced that all units weighing between 0.55 pounds and 50 pounds must be registered by February 19th, 2016. Anyone against this rule and caught flying will face still penalties and be even in jail for years.

DJI's latest drone- Phantom 3 has faced an crisis because it's overweight. FAA has bitterly confounded DJI's ambition. The cold winner for DJI is coming. Currently DJI has held 60% market share in the U.S. FAA adds up to a one - two punch that would stagger DJI.

FAA's new regulation will be effective on Dec. 21st and almost covers all the consumer drone on the market. All the drones weighing between 0.55 lbs and 50 lbs must be registered on FAA's official website. It's a nightmare for most of the drones like DJI. FAA offers unique registration number to approved submitters and those drone owners are required to paste or paint their own numbers on their drone.

FAA has the 0.55 pounds regulation because administration thought it's the bottleneck that drone companies would not breakthrough. To make a drone weighting under 226g is nearly possible.

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[rx8pilot]

Is this a paid commercial?

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[Towger]

Must be. There are a whole host of mini drones available now.

[rx8pilot]

But Onagofly surprised us with advanced drone technology from China.

Ok.

[Macbeth]

Is this a paid commercial?

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No idea?

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[crispy_tofu]

Failure to register an aircraft may result in regulatory and criminal sanctions. The FAA may assess civil penalties up to $27,500. Criminal penalties include fines of up to $250,000 and/or imprisonment for up to three years.

Probably big news (for people in the US), but why the advertisement? The OnagoFly drone doesn't even have stabilisation, so the videos probably won't even look good...

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[MT]

The Intelligent Onagofly drone is not only featured by its sophisticated performance

Really! I'm impressed.

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[Brumby]

I need a fresh lemo...

[ADC-1995]

I have been told the registration is simple and the fee in the first 30 days is $5. Then you are issued a registration card used when flying. If over 50 lbs it requires a different type of registration.

http://www.faa.gov/uas/registration/

[nanofrog]

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I need a fresh lemo...

Might I suggest an alternate use for lemons? 

[Falcon69]

They want someone to blame when a Drone takes out an engine and crashes a plane with 200 people on it.

First it's the drones, next, you'll need to buy a license through them to buy a Laser Pointer. There has been several news reports of pilots reporting getting hit in the eyes with laser pointers coming from the ground.