Research using IRIS..not allowed!?

Posted by Dan McKenna on February 26, 2015 at 4:00pm

Hi there,

I have been doing some IRIS+ based measurements of atmospheric temperature profiles and

submitted a research proposal to the National Forest Service to fly above a site on NFS land.

Here is the response:

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Unless you're able to point us toward FAA regs that indicate your proposed use would fall into the model aircraft (hobby/recreation) category, or produce a FAA certificate for Civil UAS use we won't be able to move forward with this aspect of your request.

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I pointed out that this is not a commercial enterprise, we are not charging or making money, off of this and it is done during daylight,line of sight, and below 400" AGL

Anyone here that can help me ?

Thanks for reading this

Dan

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  • Steve Hayes February 26, 2015 at 6:18pm

    I just gotta ask.  I have heard of the National Park Service and the U.S. Forest Service but I have never heard of a National Forest Service.

    • Dan McKenna > Steve Hayes February 26, 2015 at 7:03pm

      try

      http://www.fs.fed.us

      different from the florist service 

    • Steve Hayes > Dan McKenna February 27, 2015 at 9:52am

      The above link is to the US Forest Service which is exactly my point.   There is no such agency as "National Forest Service" and anyone submitting a proposal to said non-existent agency is not going to get any responce and in point of fact such a proposal will be tossed in the trash.  For the record there are four federal agencies in charge of US public land, 1. US Forest Service, 2. National Park Service, 3. US Fish and Wildlife Service, 4. Bureau of Land Managment .  If you're not even smart enough get the name of the agency correct then you have zero chance of getting any approval of any kind.

    • Flying Buddha > Steve Hayes February 27, 2015 at 4:33pm
      ...and one more, the US Army Corp of Engineers has a small number of plubic lands. :)
    • Kris Kitchen > Flying Buddha March 4, 2015 at 5:04pm

      http://sardrones.org/ 

    • Steve Hayes > Flying Buddha February 28, 2015 at 1:50pm

      That is true but the US Army Corp of Engineers primarily has management control over major construction projects on public land such as but not limited to dams, reservoirs, etc.

    • Dan McKenna > Steve Hayes February 28, 2015 at 2:27pm

      They might be interested in my project because it is called

      "Palomar Rapid Deployment Site Survey" and by design is trying

      to minimize environmental impact

    • Dan McKenna > Flying Buddha February 27, 2015 at 8:45pm

      Indeed and if so, I may be in the air as we speak.

      We are not near such a site so I am here at the keyboard.

    • Dan McKenna > Steve Hayes February 27, 2015 at 10:35am

      Yes, Understood.

      USFS.....that's right, and who I applied to.  They did respond to my request.
      I might be able to do my measurements but without using the drone as it stands at the moment.

      Most of the time we deal with NSF,sometime with NPS, so I just made a mistake with NFS  here on the group, yet did it right when I applied to the USFS.

      my error

    • Erik Graham > Steve Hayes February 27, 2015 at 9:57am

      Whoa.  We are just chatting amongst friends here.  He probably means the US Forest Service.  Just assume he got his mords wixed.

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