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    250 grams FAA limit

    Hate to tell you GadgetGuy, but any drone at or over the 250 gram limit must be registered whether you're a (w)rec flyer or 107 licensed. I'm sensing that this drone community is a bunch of cowboys who really don't care to follow what's right or wrong, just what they want to do. Here's the FAA...
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    250 grams FAA limit

    Humm...kind like the old Hotrod days when they'd take the fenders a hoods off the Model A's to make them light and faster and yet street legal.
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    250 grams FAA limit

    It's not a matter of them knocking on your door - it a matter of people being in compliance. That's what this drone community is supposed to be about - responsible people.
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    250 grams FAA limit

    It's not a matter of what you like and don't like - it's a matter of what's required by law. Like it or not - you fly it, the FAA is the law. They are now devising systems monitoring ALL sUAS drone flights. The FAA just put one in place here in San Diego. Drones are now big business and big...
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    Mavic Mini Skins!

    Yep, got to register it at 250 grams!
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    250 grams FAA limit

    FAA requires any drone 250 grams INCLUDING load and over be register. The new Mavic Mini is rated stock at 249 grams, just under. HOWEVER - add a micro memory stick and the designer skin and guess what - you need to pony up the $5 and be legal. It's not a matter of cheating - it's all about...
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    Take pictures and footage, Commercial Permission required?

    On page 1 is some novice willing to fly a drone without a 107 for a realtor for a drone. Everyone thinking such needs to know how illegal that Is. Fine to the realtor is $11,100 and fine to the unlicensed UAV Pilot is $1,100 - AND importantly the FAA is now monitoring the real estate websites.