[NSRCA-discussion] FAA Registration begins December 21

[Scott McHarg]

According to them.....

http://www.faa.gov/news/updates/media/2015-12-13_2120-AK82_RIA.pdf

"Benefits" start on page 29

*Scott A. McHarg*
VSCL / CANVASS U.A.S. Research Pilot
Texas A&M University
PPL - ASEL

On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 4:11 PM, Ted Sander via NSRCA-discussion <
nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:

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>
> Missing from the official publicity of all this is the “What is this going
> to do?”.  Is there any “official” information about what registration hopes
> to accomplish (as opposed to the “they’re coming to get us” theories)?
> Even if it was a page of “Know before you fly” info during the registration
> process, I would be more supportive.  But all I can speculate on is that it
> is to “Hope we find that one little part that has the registration number
> on it”.  We’ve all seen RC mid-airs and crashes, and know that often full
> recovery of parts is very difficult.  If something bad happens, the odds
> seem pretty low that even if there is a number, it will be found and traced
> to the owner, even if there is one!
>
> It would perhaps be better to have the FCC mandate registering
> receivers/control units that have and “squawk” a unique identifier, than
> this poorly thought out solution!
>
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