http://www.faa.gov/
| Restrictions
and Regulations of Unmanned Aerial Systems Quadcopters fall under a category of
aircraft that are given many names such as, UAV's,
drones, UASs, unmanned vehicles and many more. Recently
it has come to the attention of the Federal Aviation
Administration that there were no restrictions governing
the use of such small aircraft. As a result the FAA has
imposed many regulations and restrictions on the use of
quadcopters, UAV's and any other small controlled
aircraft. The FAA plans developing a unmanned aerial
vehicle pilot certification test and has begun
testing unmanned aerial systems at many locations, one
being the University of Alaska Fairbanks in order for
them to better understand how these new aerial vehicles
will interact with the environment, people, and other
aircraft in addition to discovering the safety concerns
that come with them.
Some of the Restrictions Include:
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