1What are the two distinctions when flying over huan beings?
Sustained flight
Transition Flight (non-sustained)
2What does sustained flight mean?
Hovering
Flying back and forth
Circlinlg
3Sustained flight doesnt include...
brief, one-time transiting over a portion of the assembled gathering where the transit is merely incidental to a point-to-point operation unrelated to the assembly
ex. Briefly flying over someone to reach a different destination
4What is an open air assembly?
Concert, venue, etc.
5To conduct category 1 operations, the drone must...
Weighs .55lbs(250g) or less
Does not contain any exposed props (can have guards)
Remote ID
6To conduct category 2 operation, the drone must...
Must not cause injury to a human being equivalent to 11lb feet of kinetic energy upon impact
Does not contain any exposed props or moving parts
Does not have any safety defects
Is LABELED as category two
Listed with an FAA-Accepted Declaration of Complience
Remote ID
7To conduct category 3 operation, the drone must...
is labeled as Category 3,
› is listed with an FAA-accepted Declaration of Compliance,
• must not operate over open-air assembly of humans,
To operate over human beings, the operation must meet one of
the following conditions:
• operation within over over a closedestricted-access site and all human
being within the area are on notice that a sUAS may fly over them, or • operation outside a closedestricted-access with people on notice, then the human beings must be either participating or under a covered
structure/inside a stationary vehicle.
To qualify as Category 3, the sUAS:
• must not cause injury to a human being equivalent to 25 foot-pounds of
kinetic energy upon impact,
- does not contain any exposed rotating parts that would lacerate human
skins upon impact.
- does not contain safety defects,
8To conduct category 4 operation, the drone must...
-has an airworthiness certificate issued under Part 21,
• be operated in accordance with the operating limitations,
• have maintenance, preventive maintenance, alterations, and inspections
MUST HAVE REMOTE ID
9What is Closed/Restricted access?
The remote pilot must ensure no inadvertent or unauthorized access can occur.
ex. Physical barriers, personnel, or both
10What is considered vehicle?
Cars, trucks, buses, motorcycles, etc.
Bicycles
Watercrafts
11You acquired a Category 2 sUAS and plan to use it to record video footage at weddings. The sUAS does not meet Remote ID requirements yet. Can you legally fly over the bride / groom during a private photo session?
Yes, as long as the aircraft is listed with an FAA-accepted Declaration of Compliance.
12Can a sUAS weighing .35 lbs be flown over an open-air assembly of human beings if it's equipped with prop guards.
Yes as long as it has remote id