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3 years in jail for not registering RC aircraft. After 60 YEARS with no registrations
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RichA wrote: Anyone owning an RC plane over 0.55 lb who did not register with the FAA by yesterday, Feb. 19, 2016, is in violation. According to the FAA website, they may assess civil penalties up to $27,500, and criminal penalties are up to $250,000 and/or imprisonment for up to 3 years. Judging from the number of drone sales last Christmas and the low number of registrations, a few million of us committed felonies today. most of the drones that were sold don't count, which means very few have committed a crime, but even if they did, there's no way to find them. nobody is going to chase them down. http://www.faa.gov/uas/registration/faqs/ Note that the requirement is for RC pilots to register themselves, not their individual aircraft. It also does not matter if you are actively flying the plane. A dusty model on the shelf gets you the same violation. nonsense. Does anyone believe that Federal registration of model aircraft pilots is any deterrent to a dedicated person with bad intent? none whatsoever. |
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3 years in jail for not registering RC aircraft. After 60 YEARS with no registrations
On Mon, 22 Feb 2016 12:08:28 -0500, nospam
wrote: In article , RichA wrote: Anyone owning an RC plane over 0.55 lb who did not register with the FAA by yesterday, Feb. 19, 2016, is in violation. According to the FAA website, they may assess civil penalties up to $27,500, and criminal penalties are up to $250,000 and/or imprisonment for up to 3 years. Judging from the number of drone sales last Christmas and the low number of registrations, a few million of us committed felonies today. most of the drones that were sold don't count, which means very few have committed a crime, but even if they did, there's no way to find them. nobody is going to chase them down. You should note that the slighly odd weight limit of 0.55lb is almost exactly 0.25kg. The metric system is creeping up on you whether you like it or not. http://www.faa.gov/uas/registration/faqs/ Note that the requirement is for RC pilots to register themselves, not their individual aircraft. It also does not matter if you are actively flying the plane. A dusty model on the shelf gets you the same violation. nonsense. Does anyone believe that Federal registration of model aircraft pilots is any deterrent to a dedicated person with bad intent? none whatsoever. -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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3 years in jail for not registering RC aircraft. After 60 YEARS with no registrations
In article , Eric Stevens
wrote: Anyone owning an RC plane over 0.55 lb who did not register with the FAA by yesterday, Feb. 19, 2016, is in violation. According to the FAA website, they may assess civil penalties up to $27,500, and criminal penalties are up to $250,000 and/or imprisonment for up to 3 years. Judging from the number of drone sales last Christmas and the low number of registrations, a few million of us committed felonies today. most of the drones that were sold don't count, which means very few have committed a crime, but even if they did, there's no way to find them. nobody is going to chase them down. You should note that the slighly odd weight limit of 0.55lb is almost exactly 0.25kg. The metric system is creeping up on you whether you like it or not. actually the limits for drone registration are between 250g-2500g, yet it's stated in pounds not grams. had the metric system been creeping up, it would not have been stated in pounds. it's also irrelevant. |
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3 years in jail for not registering RC aircraft. After 60 YEARS with no registrations
On Mon, 22 Feb 2016 20:36:48 -0500, nospam
wrote: In article , Eric Stevens wrote: Anyone owning an RC plane over 0.55 lb who did not register with the FAA by yesterday, Feb. 19, 2016, is in violation. According to the FAA website, they may assess civil penalties up to $27,500, and criminal penalties are up to $250,000 and/or imprisonment for up to 3 years. Judging from the number of drone sales last Christmas and the low number of registrations, a few million of us committed felonies today. most of the drones that were sold don't count, which means very few have committed a crime, but even if they did, there's no way to find them. nobody is going to chase them down. You should note that the slighly odd weight limit of 0.55lb is almost exactly 0.25kg. The metric system is creeping up on you whether you like it or not. actually the limits for drone registration are between 250g-2500g, yet it's stated in pounds not grams. had the metric system been creeping up, it would not have been stated in pounds. If the metric system hadn't been creeping the limits would not have been set in grams/kilograms. it's also irrelevant. I just thought I would let you know. :-) -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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3 years in jail for not registering RC aircraft. After 60 YEARS with no registrations
On 2016-02-23 10:54:17 +0000, Whisky-dave said:
On Monday, 22 February 2016 23:10:31 UTC, Eric Stevens wrote: You should note that the slighly odd weight limit of 0.55lb is almost exactly 0.25kg. The metric system is creeping up on you whether you like it or not. I noticed that and the range is 0.55 to 55 lb which would be quite a sizable drone at 25kg. The reason they are still using pounds is because the majority in the USA might not know what a gram is. Anyway I thought it only applied to drones flown in national airspace. Dopers know exactly, what a gram is. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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3 years in jail for not registering RC aircraft. After 60 YEARS with no registrations
On 2016-02-23 10:59:02 +0000, Whisky-dave said:
On Tuesday, 23 February 2016 01:36:52 UTC, nospam wrote: In article , Eric Stevens wrote: Anyone owning an RC plane over 0.55 lb who did not register with the FAA by yesterday, Feb. 19, 2016, is in violation. According to the FAA website, they may assess civil penalties up to $27,500, and criminal penalties are up to $250,000 and/or imprisonment for up to 3 years. Judging from the number of drone sales last Christmas and the low number of registrations, a few million of us committed felonies today. most of the drones that were sold don't count, which means very few have committed a crime, but even if they did, there's no way to find them. nobody is going to chase them down. You should note that the slighly odd weight limit of 0.55lb is almost exactly 0.25kg. The metric system is creeping up on you whether you like it or not. actually the limits for drone registration are between 250g-2500g, yet it's stated in pounds not grams. had the metric system been creeping up, it would not have been stated in pounds. It would be as a safety measure if they thought the reader was too thick to understand what grams are. unless you can give a reason for the well rounded figure of 0.55 to 55 ? Is it to keep in line with telephone numbers which we in the UK know all US numbers start with 555. Phew! At least you won’t be calling me. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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3 years in jail for not registering RC aircraft. After 60 YEARS with no registrations
On 2016-02-23 12:39:42 +0000, Whisky-dave said:
On Tuesday, 23 February 2016 12:07:05 UTC, Savageduck wrote: On 2016-02-23 10:54:17 +0000, Whisky-dave said: On Monday, 22 February 2016 23:10:31 UTC, Eric Stevens wrote: You should note that the slighly odd weight limit of 0.55lb is almost exactly 0.25kg. The metric system is creeping up on you whether you like it or not. I noticed that and the range is 0.55 to 55 lb which would be quite a sizable drone at 25kg. The reason they are still using pounds is because the majority in the USA might not know what a gram is. Anyway I thought it only applied to drones flown in national airspace. Dopers know exactly, what a gram is. Dopers ?, always used imperial although they maybe changing slowly here on the streets on ludun it's still an 'enry is the standard measuring "Henry the eighth" is an 1/8th of an ounce is the commonest, but increasing sold not by wieght but by cost ie £25 bag. Cocaine, Herion and speed, come in wraps of about £10 worth rather than a weight as it's mostly used in clu bs and is brought on the night buy the user. My american flatmate used to get 200ml bottles of methadone from the chemi st/pharmacy. She used to buy her hash via one of those attending the drug re-hab clinics . I remmebr her askign me what a henry is. Acid and esctasy come mostly on tabs/tablets there's no weight associated. All is explained. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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3 years in jail for not registering RC aircraft. After 60 YEARS with no registrations
On 2016-02-23 12:40:59 +0000, Whisky-dave said:
On Tuesday, 23 February 2016 12:08:48 UTC, Savageduck wrote: On 2016-02-23 10:59:02 +0000, Whisky-dave said: On Tuesday, 23 February 2016 01:36:52 UTC, nospam wrote: In article , Eric Stevens wrote: Anyone owning an RC plane over 0.55 lb who did not register with the FAA by yesterday, Feb. 19, 2016, is in violation. According to the FAA website, they may assess civil penalties up to $27,500, and criminal penalties are up to $250,000 and/or imprisonment for up to 3 years. Judging from the number of drone sales last Christmas and the low number of registrations, a few million of us committed felonies today. most of the drones that were sold don't count, which means very few have committed a crime, but even if they did, there's no way to find them. nobody is going to chase them down. You should note that the slighly odd weight limit of 0.55lb is almost exactly 0.25kg. The metric system is creeping up on you whether you like it or not. actually the limits for drone registration are between 250g-2500g, yet it's stated in pounds not grams. had the metric system been creeping up, it would not have been stated in pounds. It would be as a safety measure if they thought the reader was too thick to understand what grams are. unless you can give a reason for the well rounded figure of 0.55 to 55 ? Is it to keep in line with telephone numbers which we in the UK know all US numbers start with 555. Phew! At least you won't be calling me. your names not Debbie Harry is it. Not the last time I checked. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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