Originally Posted by
jack.estes
Yessir, that’s exactly it. They want all unmanned aircraft to be able to identify themselves remotely. That sounds like a decent idea on the surface, but they aren’t leaving any leeway for planes built from kits or partially assembled ones. They appear to be making a small carve-out for fixed flying sites, but after one year they won’t accept any new applications for these sites and renewals are at their discretion.
So so if a few years from now you buy some land, build your retirement home with a nice grass runway, you won’t be able to fly an RC airplane you built yourself.
The NPRM is so poorly written that it’s difficult to understand why they’d even release it. Maybe they wanted to get something out there before the new year and rushed it through.