Ken Heron claims RID is cancelled - For Now...

umanbean · Sep 7, 2023

flyeratdca said:
See linked story. Dave Boulder is the head of Safety for FAA. If he said it, you can believe it’s going to happen.

That was a very informative read, thank you. What a lot of posters here don't realize is that there is a lot more going on that they don't know about.

Torque · Sep 8, 2023

Greg Reverdiau just released a video stating RID is delayed until next March.

mavic3usa · Sep 8, 2023

Still not official but we're getting closer for sure. Here's Greg's video:

umanbean · Sep 8, 2023

Torque said:
Greg Reverdiau just released a video stating RID is delayed until next March.

Is he FAA? I've never heard of him and When I clicked the link in post 83 I got an error.

Torque · Sep 8, 2023

umanbean said:
Is he FAA? I've never heard of him and When I clicked the link in post 83 I got an error.

He is the director of The Pilot Institute and far more reliable than Ken Heron. Greg wouldn't post a speculation, if he says it is delayed, I trust him 100%.
The link in #83 works for me.

umanbean · Sep 8, 2023

Torque said:
He is the director of The Pilot Institute and far more reliable than Ken Heron.

Like some of my redneck buddies would say 'I herd dat!'

Heron is too much of a sensationalist to suit my taste.

I've heard of the Pilot Institute of course but the only time I ever went there was to use their portal for the TRUST.

mavic3usa · Sep 8, 2023

umanbean said:
Is he FAA? I've never heard of him and When I clicked the link in post 83 I got an error.

He's not FAA but he's pretty reliable so you can count on it at this point. What's important is we don't know how long it is delayed, what parts are delayed, and under what conditions do you get the delay. Is it enforcement, it is a waiver.....Greg in his video even says "...hopefully we get more information soon."

For many of us who fly drones with standard RID, there is no delay or it doesn't matter as much...we are already transmitting.

Also you should visit Pilot Institute more often, great bunch of people, lots of good info there; excellent YT videos.

pilotinstitute · Sep 8, 2023

Torque said:
Greg Reverdiau just released a video stating RID is delayed until next March.

Not quite to March yet. The FAA doesn't know how long the delay might be but we asked the FAA in our letter to push it to March. So March is not a sure thing just yet.

Torque · Sep 8, 2023

pilotinstitute said:
Not quite to March yet. The FAA doesn't know how long the delay might be but we asked the FAA in our letter to push it to March. So March is not a sure thing just yet.

Thanks for responding here. We all look forward to more details when you have them.

mavic3usa · Sep 8, 2023

Scrambling to be RID compliant - any MP2 pilots with drone zone registered modules?

Greetings all, I see that there is still a lot of uncertainty and confusion, naturally, from DJI about the timing of any firmware that will render the MP2 RID compliant. I'm a 107 MP2 pilot with two years of flying. My MP2 has plenty of miles left in it, and I refuse to upgrade to an MP3 at...

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Walter Dean · Sep 8, 2023

Thanks. I will check with FAA. It appears DJI will not have RID app for Mavic 2 Pro until 12/31/23 does anyone have more info

Walter

mobilehomer · Sep 8, 2023

So, Ken was right?

MS Coast · Sep 8, 2023

mobilehomer said:
So, Ken was right?

Close. Postponed, not cancelled.

mobilehomer · Sep 8, 2023

MS Coast said:
Close. Postponed, not cancelled.

If you notice, Ken's video title has a ? at the end.

Torque · Sep 8, 2023

MS Coast said:
Close. Postponed, not cancelled.

With all due respect, Ken said the Sept 16th deadline was cancelled, not RID. And in that aspect he was right.

MS Coast · Sep 8, 2023

mobilehomer said:
If you notice, Ken's video title has a ? at the end.

Not on the title frame.

Whether he spells it with one L or two Ls, cancelled isn't the right word. The implementation date is being delayed or postponed, not cancelled.

(He may have explained more accurately in the video. I didn't watch it, but decided to ignore all the rumors and wait for an official word from the FAA.)

Torque · Sep 8, 2023

MS Coast said:
Not on the title frame.

Whether he spells it with one L or two Ls, cancelled isn't the right word. The implementation date is being delayed or postponed, not cancelled.

(He may have explained more accurately in the video. I didn't watch it, but decided to ignore all the rumors and wait for an official word from the FAA.)

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Do we have any word yet from an actual FAA reperesentative?

mobilehomer · Sep 8, 2023

Torque said:
Do we have any word yet from an actual FAA reperesentative?

No. Just what Ken and Greg(Pilot Institute) have reported. Both have insider info.

MS Coast · Sep 8, 2023

Torque said:
Do we have any word yet from an actual FAA reperesentative?

Not that I'm aware of. I just did a Google search and didn't see anything directly from FAA.

mikegrad · Sep 8, 2023

seems like some info was given to attendees in las vegas, with an official announcement to come., per a pilot institute post.

now the question is can we disable remote ID in the DJI software for a few months? I haven't seen yet how DJI is doing this in the recent firmware for supported drones - if in fact its there at all. just havent had time to dig into it.

Edit: oops, sorry seems like this pilot institute info was posted already