Post by GJUK on May 22, 2017 15:00:39 GMT -8
That's right...non-commercial personal drones and quadcopters don't have to be registered with the FAA anymore after a ruling in the Taylor vs FAA case. It's currently unknown how this will impact the more than 770,000 who have registered to date, most paying $5 at a time.
Model aircraft enthusiast John Taylor brought his case against the FAA back in January 2016, shortly after the regulations came in place. The DC court of appeals ruled in his favor, effectively classifying non-commercial drones as model aircraft and subject to the FAA's 2012 Modernization and Reform Act, which prohibited the agency from making new laws restricting flying hobbyist craft.
A copy of the ruling can be downloaded in .pdf format here.
A full breakdown by one of the lawyers himself can be found here.
Now the debate moves to whether this is a good or bad thing....!
Model aircraft enthusiast John Taylor brought his case against the FAA back in January 2016, shortly after the regulations came in place. The DC court of appeals ruled in his favor, effectively classifying non-commercial drones as model aircraft and subject to the FAA's 2012 Modernization and Reform Act, which prohibited the agency from making new laws restricting flying hobbyist craft.
A copy of the ruling can be downloaded in .pdf format here.
A full breakdown by one of the lawyers himself can be found here.
Now the debate moves to whether this is a good or bad thing....!