Canadian Flying Recreationally in the US

Ron from BC · 2025-10-07T18:28:20-0400

I'm wrestling with the two battery options for the M5P. I travel monthly from May to September to the States for motorcycle trips and want to incorporate some drone footage in my Insta360 videos. I've read the FAA regs for recreation and then Foreign operator regs for tourists. It seems that in addition to registering it with the FAA and getting the TRUST certificate the drone has to broadcast the RID which means the Battery Plus. Sadly using that one 'really' puts me over the limit in Canada as opposed to just a 'little bit' over with the Standard Battery.

Looking for some insight from other Canadian flyers who travel to the US.

mavic3usa · 2025-10-07T19:13:35-0400

Ron from BC said:
I'm wrestling with the two battery options for the M5P. I travel monthly from May to September to the States for motorcycle trips and want to incorporate some drone footage in my Insta360 videos. I've read the FAA regs for recreation and then Foreign operator regs for tourists. It seems that in addition to registering it with the FAA and getting the TRUST certificate the drone has to broadcast the RID which means the Battery Plus. Sadly using that one 'really' puts me over the limit in Canada as opposed to just a 'little bit' over with the Standard Battery.

Looking for some insight from other Canadian flyers who travel to the US.

Not Canadian but we have several M5P pilots reporting the standard battery transmits RID here in the US so you may not have an issue.

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Heads up:

Before you decide to replace your Mini 4 Pro with the Mini 5 Pro, you should be aware that the Mini 5 Pro, despite DJI's User Manual and Support claims to the contrary, is still broadcasting RID with the Mini 5 Pro Regular battery in the U.S..

The Mini 4 Pro is properly configured so that it will not broadcast RID when flown with the Mini 4 Pro Regular battery, but it will broadcast RID when flown with the Mini 4 Pro Plus battery, so you still have full user control over RID broadcasting.

Whether this issue with the Mini 5 Pro Regular batteries can be fixed with a...