Downside

[bmwbob]

I'm thinking about getting Mavic 2 and wanted to know the downside of registering drone as recreational pilot. So they have my name? All our names are already all over the internet already!

 

[bumper]

The downside of registering (so they have your name, info, and $5) as a pilot (a recreational use drone itself is not registered) pales in comparison to getting caught unregistered. As a rec pilot, you put the same info on each drone you have.

 

[old man mavic]

the government already knows everything about you ,from the moment you are born ,so registering a drone is just another piece in the puzzle ,if you do anything these days that data is being stored somewhere

 

[dronerdave]

Being registered might be a bit of insurance if your aircraft caused an incident and you're flying in compliance. But I've yet to have LE ask to see a registration number and I think a lot of them don't even know about having the numbers on your quad.