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A college student says he built the world’s fastest RC airplane in his dorm: a 5 kg carbon-fiber jet he claims hits 500 mph. The engineering is real. The legality isn’t.
There has been an overwhelming number of drone related legislative proposals, making it nearly impossible to keep track of them all. It's like a game
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update! This week, we cover a concerning bill in Congress affecting all UAS operators, AMA clubs gaining higher altitude authorization in Class G airspace, DJI launching new enterprise accessories, and Parzero releasing a new parachute system for the Matrice 4 series. Let’s dive in! Senate Bill 1249: Proposed Airspace…
FAA granted Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) members the freedom to fly at sanctioned drone events without the need to broadcast remote ID
If we can get this through to Congress, we'll be able to fly planes up to one kilogram without any registration, or more importantly, Remote ID.
Skydio, a leading US drone and software manufacturer, has joined the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) education program, UAS4STEM, to help empower young drone pilots and promote the use of drones in STEM education. The UAS4STEM program is a national competition that challenges student teams to design, build, and program a UAS to complete a…
If you're flying a drone for recreational purposes in the United States, you must select community-based organization guidelines or CBO guidelines.
The AMA and UASidekick have teamed up to provide free recreational LAANC flight planning to nearly 175,000 UAS hobbyists who are members...
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