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Today AP reports, “The Trump administration late Friday said they would exclude electronics like smartphones and laptops from reciprocal tariffs, a move that could help keep the prices down for popular consumer electronics that aren’t usually made in the U.S.” I didn't see a link to a list of...

I've come across conflicting information on whether we can edit our FAA registrations of our MA2 drones to show they are RID-compliant. DJI has issued a firmware update that enables RID in those drones. And apparently drones with that firmware update will broadcast RID information. But we still...

Thanks for that, marnat3. I’ll need to study this more closely. I didn’t think it was possible yet to do what you have done. Last time I checked the FAA list of valid, RID-compliant serial numbers for MA2, I saw only two.

As I understand it, the FAA recognizes only *two* valid “RID serial numbers” for the MA2. (Those are the two that appear after you click the View button.) There are only two because DJI thought they were submitting a *range* of valid serial numbers to FAA. In fact, the FAA recognized only those...

I contacted FAA’s UAS Support Center, and they clarified this for me: There no longer is a stand-alone, FAA app called “B4UFLY.” Instead, each of the four companies named in the FAA annoucement has access to B4UFLY data and each has embedded B4UFLY in their own apps. If I want to use B4UFLY...

Thanks. I tried that and it didn’t work. I’ve sent an inquiry to FAA’s UAV department.

I updated the B4UFLY app on my iPad in the last few days. Now, when I touch the B4UFLY app’s icon to open the app, I get an FAA announcement saying “B4UFLY is expanding!” See screenshot. There’s a link to an FAA webpage with more information. But the app itself doesn’t open, no matter what I...

That was most helpful, Vic. Many thanks for posting. As the owner of two Mavic Air 2 drones, I’m going to follow “Option 1”: Wait for FAA and DJI to sort out the issue of RID-compliant serial numbers.

Thanks very much to the link to a prior discussion. Your search skills are far better than mine!! :) And thanks for the clarification about the MA2 Serial Numbers that are in compliance. I'll hang back for a few weeks and let DJI get this straightened out with FAA. This subject came up on a...

Never mind... My bad. I renewed my 3-year hobbyist certificate when I received the 180-day expiration notification this past July. Totally forgot that I'd done that. Sorry, folks. :-|

Yes, two Mavic Air 2 models are now listed on the RID DOC page: Mavic Air 2 (MA2UE1N) and Mavic Air 2 (MA2UE3W). Does anyone know how they differ, and how I can tell which ones I have? As for the listing of only two serial numbers for each one, I'd assumed that they defined the beginning and...

Thanks for citing that. Must be a blip in the DroneZone system.

My original recreational Small UAS Certificate of Registration says that my certificate, issued in January 2021, expires in January 2024. I just went to DroneZone to renew that certificate, and DroneZone's Recreational Flyer Dashboard says it expires January 2027. Has the length of recreational...

I wonder whether this is the “State Farm” company we’re familiar with. For one thing, “state farm drone insurance” is almost always lower-case. For another, the website displays a logo that State Farm Insurance hasn’t used for years. And the contact email address is a Gmail address. I don’t...

Like a previous poster, I don’t have a deep understanding of the technology involved here. So I offer this suggestion humbly… If the issue is that a GPS fix is necessary, would a GPS receiver, rather than a smart phone, provide the necessary coordinates? I use a Garmin GLO 2 GPS receiver with...