Drone Registration Drops By 50% since Remote ID rule published

[Don Testme]

Drone Registration Statistics

Many people are looking for drone registration statistics. While the Part 47 registration database is publicly available, the Part 48 registration database is not. The vast majority of drones register under Part 48. The FAA has released Part 48 drone registration data in pieces. They haven’t...

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[eEridani]

Some of it makes sense. How are all the agencies going to manage 10,000 Amazon drones over suburbia? How will they tell when a bad apple drone has a package that is a bit more than fried eggs and spam heading for a federal building? So I understand the DHS and DOD concerns. The threats are real.

The flip side, it seems the powers that be want only half pound drones flown by recreationalists. DJI needs to get busy making the Mini a lot better drone.

 

[OkDrone]

I wonder if that is worldwide or here in the US? Or is it many people are going with the smaller sub 250 Gram drones. I wonder how that statistic compares to the statistic of sales.

 

[Paul L]

Which country are you referring to?

 

[spsphotos]

Stats can be manipulated. Without the raw data to confirm I'm not prone to take much away from that chart.

 

[Crouching Leopard]

Not here in Australia

 

[rolling56]

Took this long for word to get around I suppose. All I care about is me anyway.

 

[PVilardi]

I doubt the drop is related to remote ID. Someone asked how they will be able to regulate this in the US. Ever try to fly your drone in a restricted area? It won't fly. Not without authorization. That's how they will regulate it. Everywhere will be a restricted area unless you have remote ID. I hope they rethink this rule and decide not to implement it.

 

[rolling56]

I doubt the drop is related to remote ID. Someone asked how they will be able to regulate this in the US. Ever try to fly your drone in a restricted area? It won't fly. Not without authorization. That's how they will regulate it. Everywhere will be a restricted area unless you have remote ID. I hope they rethink this rule and decide not to implement it.

If they would have had this from the start I/we wouldn't have lost most all of our flying freedom. I've watched my flying freedom dwindle since March 2017 from idiots like Casey making uboob videos breaking most every FAA drone rule(s).....people are still doing it. I'd say most people here couldn't pass trust the first time without making wrong answers. There's not many posts on the commercial drone forums on the net. We know the rules and keep up with them. Flying drones used to be fun. Not so much anymore.

 

[Wade L.]

The author of the article mentions that the perceived drop may be because, before the RID rule, the FAA reported all registrations to date and may have switched to reporting only active registrations thereafter.

 

[spudster]

The vast majority of new drone owners don't know anything about registration, the TRUST test, flying restrictions or RID. To attribute that drop to RID is disingenuities at best and, IMHO, just click bait.

 

[wardtom084]

Stats can be manipulated. Without the raw data to confirm I'm not prone to take much away from that chart.

Yes, we found that out over the last two years!

 

[Don Testme]

I doubt the drop is related to remote ID. Someone asked how they will be able to regulate this in the US. Ever try to fly your drone in a restricted area? It won't fly. Not without authorization. That's how they will regulate it. Everywhere will be a restricted area unless you have remote ID. I hope they rethink this rule and decide not to implement it.

I'm making sure that I am buying the latest tech without remote ID equipement installed. I will simply fly discretely when I do fly without remote ID. I may even have to stay above 500 ft , so the drone is not visible from the ground or heard from the ground. I'm becoming very good at flying in a very stealthy hidden manner. When remote ID or if it becomes required, I will likely start building my own drones.

 

[lookout]

RID still doesn‘t prevent incursions which is the claimed purpose! Neither does it stop incursions between other drones or the manned aircraft that is purported to be about. Most of those manned aircraft in most situations outside of an airport would be low flying helicopters. Do you still need RID where there isn’t any helicopter activity out in the boonies? There’s always a “remote” possibility.