Hello Folks,
I am new here so I apologize if I don't know the rules or am terribly misinformed.
I wanted to know if there were legal implications associated with autonomous drones.
In the sense that I would like to have the public capability of telling anyone on the street that my aircraft can be programmed to fly anywhere in a certain radius. You look at map, pick a starting point and an ending point.
Clearly this sounds like it could lead to "terrorism" just thinking about this vexes me and I just want to go back in time and stop whoever got this whole terrorism crap started which prevents many things which are intended for scientific purposes to be suspected as a "bad thing".
Anyway, I would appreciate it if someone informed me of what a public operator would need to operate an autonomous drone, because what I described above is basically my venture and I want to know that it is legal.
Would I need to "Train" potential operators and certify them? Or would they need to sign papers saying "I will not mis-use this item"...
Thank you for your time.
Regards,
Jacob Cunningham.
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Would there be no need to license the private operators?
Isn't that alone a bad idea?
Would one need a license to distribute self piloting drones to establishments?
How about AMA licensing?
As long as you are following model airplane rules/recommendation you should be fine, since there is to my knowledge no US laws covering hobby/private UAV's yet.
The most important ones would be:
- Do not fly over populated areas
- Stay below 400 feet
- Always fly in line of sight