Register Your New Drone Before You Get It Stuck In A Tree

According to online FAA maps of drone-prohibited zones, the only part of St. Thomas where drones can be flown without a call to the airport tower is in the Red Hook area, east of Sugar Bay to the north or east of Benner Bay to the south.

The Academy of Model Aeronautics has a series of guidelines for drone newbees to follow, including ‘never conduct surveillance or photograph persons in areas where there is an expectation of privacy.’ That includes the fenced off pool area behind your neighbor’s house.

Governments around the country have been busily passing laws restricting where and when drones can be operated.

Don’t fly a drone while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

Why do drones need to be registered?

But with these unmanned aircraft systems come new federal regulations.

“Make no mistake: unmanned aircraft enthusiast are aviators, and with that title comes a great deal of responsibility”, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said in a news release.

And then there’s insurance, which is required for commercial drones.

Either obtain insurance, or confirm that your current insurance covers drone accidents.

“The drones will send sensor information to a server on the ground that will use a probabilisitic model of where the drones will be in the future to arrive at a maneuver that will minimize unnecessary deviation while preserving safety”, Kochenderfer told CBS News in an email. The companies want a light touch by regulators to help give their drone efforts the widest possible latitude. The agency might not have strong opinions on fish, but it definitely doesn’t enjoy watching drones crash near people’s craniums. Losses and damages could involve bodily injury to humans and animals, as well as buildings and other structures.

D’s Hobbies still has a few selections of drones, but are selling out of the aircraft fast.

The University of Alaska, Fairbanks is doing more to educate students on drone use, and even added an Aerospace Engineering minor last fall. Generally, policies cover liability for an accident caused by your drone. Drones are often equipped with on-board cameras and other data-collection capabilities. That number applies per-user, so no need to re-register every single one of your aircraft if you’re something of a drone collector.

A drone captures aerial footage. Drones also must remain visible to the user at all times.

And easy to use, too, with just a touch on his iPhone.

Denney has been flying model airplanes and quad-copters for years. However, advances in technology allow drones to hover quietly and fly far from their pilot. The massive influx is coming from a law requiring all owners to register their flying devices, from drones that weigh about as much as two sticks of butter (.55 lbs.) to a punching bag (55 lbs.). “Unmanned aircraft are aircraft”, Peters said.

Stay away from manned aircraft operations. “Now I can’t fly anywhere in Eureka because we’re within five miles of Murray Field and Samoa Field”.

Avoid flying near people or stadiums. Not wanting to delay the vote, Carollo complied, deleting requirements about permitting that would have duplicated those by the FAA, before getting the new law approved unanimously by the City Council.

With more young people taking to flying unmanned aircrafts, Most is hoping that might translate into excitement for aviation.

What if you’re involved in a drone accident. Complete and clear drone regulation, by the states and the FAA, is necessary before insurers can meet policyholder needs. If a drone does enter restricted space, authorities can takeover the drone controls and steer it away.

Officials with Palm Springs International Airport say they support the new rules now in place.