[NSRCA-discussion] FAA Registration begins December 21

[Keith Hoard]

http://dronelawjournal.com/

There's some light reading for those of you who still think this is just about “putting a number” on our plane. The FAA considers models subject to the same Part 91 rules as full scale planes.

The certificated mechanics on this list can chime in with how many FAA Part 91 violations a typical pattern plane is now out of compliance. Does your 2M plane have a magnetic compass?  When is the last time it was swung and documented by an A&P?  Does your glow engine have two magnetos?  Do you document discrepancies in a logbook?  Documented an annual?  How about a horizon attitude reference with two power sources?  How about a calibrated altimeter and airsoeed indicator?  All of that is before you even get the plane out of your truck. How many of you know your VFR cloud clearances?  
--Keith Hoard
--klhoard at outlook.com


From: Ronald Van Putte via NSRCA-discussion
Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 8:52
To: General pattern discussion
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] FAA Registration begins December 21

That is ridiculous!  They wouldn’t knock at the door, they’d knock in in!


On Dec 17, 2015, at 11:03 PM, W Anthony Abdullah via NSRCA-discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:

# 4 sounds scary! Something about "immediate and targeted education activities" makes me a little uneasy. A knock at the door at 3:00AM and a nightstick to the head can be pretty educational. Not suggesting they would do that, it just doesn't feel right.

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On Dec 17, 2015, at 5:28 PM, Dana Beaton via NSRCA-discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
>From page 39-40:
"Registration will 1) make it easier to identify the owners of the aircraft which has been involved in an “incident;” 2) facilitate compliance and education, and when appropriate, enforcement action; 3) encourage accountability by holding owner’s responsible for use and 4) establish a future basis for FAA to engage in immediate and targeted education activities which might not otherwise occur. "
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On Dec 17, 2015, at 5:16 PM, Scott McHarg via NSRCA-discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
Sorry, that was page 36 for non-political individuals.


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

On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 4:13 PM, Scott McHarg <scmcharg at gmail.com> wrote:
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:
 
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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