I think it's sad that so many folks are fearful about future things that might affect their privacy, not realizing privacy is long gone.
Personally, I want the RID activated in the
Mini 2 and it probably will be. As the
Mini 2 flies today with the
Mini 2 Smart Battery, the Drone is sub-250 grams. But if you have old batteries from the mini and you shove them into your
Mini 2, those 'black bricks" each weigh about 100-grams verses the 83-grams for the smart battery and those extra grams put you over the 250-gram threshold and you would have to both register your drone with the FAA and have RID when it ultimately is required in 2023.
The same is true if you install some of the accessories like pontoons, strobe lights, speakers, Mag Wheels, Fluffy Dice hanging from the rear view mirror, Fender Skirts, Mud Flaps, etc…
I want the RID active because I fly with the Smart Battery so I would not be required to transmit a RID, but I would enable it and I would enter something like "Shove It!" into the ID field…
As proposed, the FAA intends the RID to include the Drone's ID (FAA Registration Number), its Location and Altitude, its Velocity, its Takeoff Location and Elevation, and a Time Mark.
Only the ID would be user enterable and I would love for some busybody to come snooping around with the smart phone app that could read the RID and have them see "Shove It!"
Here is a recent posting about this very same subject…
So guys currently the
MM2 does not have RID but it may soon with how things are looking. Yesterday, there was a software update available so I did it and it said that it now has Japanese RID. Hopefully this is coming soon for the US and the rest of the world. I was worried I would have to get...
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