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I have to register myself because I fly several UAS aircraft. I just sell them all and fly ultralight.
 

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Absolutely! Yes, you should sell them all and actually go flying IMO. :D Seriously, if ultralights were to somehow become a huge fad like drones are now, the Feds would surely require registration.

Funny thing is, an ultralight violated all kinds of existing laws and landed on the White House lawn and there were no new regulations.

I would rather have seen the Feds invest in lots of the Boeing drone killer laser system and deployed them at major airports and sensitive sites like the White House than come up with this registration scheme, but it is what it is. Unlike firearms, I am 100% convinced that they will not be coming to confiscate your R/C planes.
 
Makes perfect sense to me. You can even land your ultralight on the Capital lawn. :goofy: :mad2:

I can't believe they shutdown the RC clubs within the DC SFRA. That only shutdown the people that typically know and follow the rules. :dunno:
 
It's funny. I have BOTH of those exact planes in the photo. First is the Quicksilver wire braced MX. Other is the EFlight Apprentice. Neither is registered. <_<
 
Registering a few thousand ultralights across the country at $5 wouldn't pay for the database or the people to run it.

Take a $5 "registration",tax, profit sharing (whatever you want to call it) on many many millions of drones in perpetuity (every 3 years) and well....
 
Dav8or said:
I would rather have seen the Feds invest in lots of the Boeing drone killer laser system and deployed them at major airports and sensitive sites like the White House.
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If they did THAT people would freak and coat the bottom of their planes with glass. :eek:
 
MickYoumans said:
I can't believe they shutdown the RC clubs within the DC SFRA. That only shutdown the people that typically know and follow the rules. :dunno:
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Update:

AMA and your District IV Government Relations Committee are pleased to report we have reached an agreement with the FAA that allows our members to fly once more inside the DC Special Flight Rules Area (SFRA). On Wednesday, February 10th, you may begin flying operations again.
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And the right to petition for a redress of grievances pays off again! :thumbsup:
 
Drones arnt nearly as much of a fad as being paranoid over drones is.


I don't often see UASs flying around, but I can't turn on the news or get on the net with out reading about how they are evil and are basically going to end the world :lol:
 
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evapilotaz said:
I have to register myself because I fly several UAS aircraft. I just sell them all and fly ultralight.
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I have one of the "evil", "dangerous" and "deadly" drones. It is called an RC airplane. And I haven't flown it in years. Ever since our pot-smoking city of Nuevo Kalyfornya banned their use.
So my fun-to-fly toy has been sitting on the shelf, collecting dust. I wonder if I will ever get to fly it again.
 
James331 said:
Drones arnt nearly as much of a fad as being paranoid over drones is.


I don't often see UASs flying around, but I can't turn on the news or get on the net with out reading about how they are evil and are basically going to end the world :lol:
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That's right. You never know when some religious fanatic is going to hijack a child's toy to further his agenda of destruction. :mad2:
 
Funny thing about Ultralights. The law says that all aircraft must be registered. When part 103 was conceived, the Ultralight lobby was successful in getting the regulation (not law) to consider ultralights as "vehicles", not "aircraft", effectively excepting them from the requirement to be registered, pilots certificated, etc. No one has ever sued the FAA to fix this inconsistency, as an ultralight is as much of an aircraft as anything else. You'll notice the FAA doesn't reference part 103 in much of their rulemaking, nor have they bothered to "fix" the regulation either.

That said, I'm sure if the OP attempted to sue the FAA to get them to treat ultralights the same as "drones" and other aircraft, you'd probably be successful in your pursuit.
 
Brad Z said:
Funny thing about Ultralights. The law says that all aircraft must be registered. When part 103 was conceived, the Ultralight lobby was successful in getting the regulation (not law) to consider ultralights as "vehicles", not "aircraft", effectively excepting them from the requirement to be registered, pilots certificated, etc. No one has ever sued the FAA to fix this inconsistency, as an ultralight is as much of an aircraft as anything else. You'll notice the FAA doesn't reference part 103 in much of their rulemaking, nor have they bothered to "fix" the regulation either.

That said, I'm sure if the OP attempted to sue the FAA to get them to treat ultralights the same as "drones" and other aircraft, you'd probably be successful in your pursuit.
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And get a lot of hate mail, I bet!
 
Woke up this morning and turned on the boob tube to see if the world had collapsed, and on the bottom ticker was an article " FAA says there are 325,000 drones registered, and only 320,000 registered licensed pilots in the U.S.."..



I still don't get the relationship to those facts..:confused::confused::confused::confused:.....:redface:
 
James331 said:
I don't often see UASs flying around, but I can't turn on the news or get on the net with out reading about how they are evil and are basically going to end the world :lol:
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The paranoia parallels that displayed towards jet skis 30...35 years ago.
 
Who says all the paranoia isn't just great marketing to sell more of them? That's what people always claim about the gun industry. Haha.
 
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