FAA registration number placement

Pete5325 · Feb 23, 2019

Not going to registered, catch me if you can.

Seco · Feb 24, 2019

FunN4Lo said:
Read the NEW rules. The FAA number must be on the exterior. It can no longer be in a battery compartment, or any hidden area

Thanks FunN4LO. I thought I was reading the new rule but when checking again I realized it was the old. Appreciate your feedback.

Hosewater · Feb 24, 2019

Hosewater said:
I just put on my registration numbers, got from eBay. I'll post a pic in a few. On another note, Master Airscrew makes more colors than orange. I have the gloss black set...

Had to blur out my numbers a bit, but here are a few pics of my AC's...

Earthman · Feb 28, 2019

I put my FAA registration numbers, name and phone number labels on all my fixed-wing, rotary, and multi-rotor sUASs. However, the justification for the rule change seems lame to me in that a criminal who intends to do harm to others using an explosive, etc. isn’t going to follow the rules and surely there are some criminals who are smart enough to build an untraceable sUAS from scratch that will achieve their criminal intent given how accessible and cheap the technology is. Assuming the regulators are smart enough to know this, I have to wonder what do they really hope to accomplish?

I hate to “say this out loud,” but is anyone thinking the same thing?

Pontoon-pilot · Feb 28, 2019

I find it a bit up stong that you call a person "criminal" just because someone does not jump right on it start printing/buying labels.
I would rather use the word "delinquent".
I find it cruel that FAA made me register these fine crafts

PS: see... registered N480PZ

Earthman · Feb 28, 2019

Pontoon-pilot said:
I find it a bit up stong that you call a person "criminal" just because someone does not jump right on it start printing/buying labels.
I would rather use the word "delinquent".
I find it cruel that FAA made me register these fine crafts

PS: see... registered N480PZ

Sorry to mislead you if my wording wasn’t clear, but that’s not what I said or meant. I mean “actual criminals” who intend to do harm, not folks without labels on their sUASs.

Update - Ok, I reread my post and can see how you could interpret what I wrote the way you did. Sorry again. I clarified my post to avoid similar confusion. Thanks

NJInfrared · Mar 1, 2019

Rnl said:
Looks better with these and alot quieter. Perfect for what I'm doing.View attachment 63209

Nice props.. where did get them?

Inspirephil · Mar 1, 2019

Cpt.Barbossa1072 said:
View attachment 63330

Bought some of those too but I prefer the ones from ReclaimDrone.com because they are smaller and then I can put them onto my M2P in a better place.

Rnl · Mar 1, 2019

NJInfrared said:
Nice props.. where did get them?

Master airscrew search them, built well and way more durable too.

Inspirephil · Mar 1, 2019

FunN4Lo said:
My FAA number has always been on the exterior of all of my drones, baked into my wrap, along with "Reward if Found" and my phone number

I also put a reward if found sticker on mine.

Inspirephil · Mar 1, 2019

Seco said:
I read the rule and thought it states that if the # is placed in a compartment, it must be accessible to view without the use of tools. If that’s correct then you should be able to put the # in the battery bay of a MA (as example) since no tools are required to remove the battery and view the #.

Not anymore. They have to be visible and can’t be in the battery compartment anymore.

Thomas B · Mar 1, 2019

Inspirephil said:
I also put a reward if found sticker on mine.

Me2.... even before I was registered.

Rnl · Mar 1, 2019

Master don't make them for the m2 p yet, you must have cheap ones.

Inspirephil · Mar 1, 2019

Rnl said:
Master don't make them for the m2 p yet, you must have cheap ones.

I keep checking with MasterAirScrew asking them when they are going to make them for the Mavic 2 series but they don’t have them for sale yet. They told me that it would be sometime soon but so far they haven’t gotten back to me about if/when they will be ready to purchase them.

Rnl · Mar 1, 2019

If you get a chance they are nice. They will make them if not designing now, I'm glad they fine tune it before they just whip it together and throw it at us.

Goughy01 · Nov 6, 2019

Hi Guys.
I'm looking for ideas for placing the Operator's ID to a Mavic Air here in the UK which became law as of yesterday. I've had a play around with alternatives and wondering if anyone has tried transfers rather than self-adhesive stickers. I've attached a sample of the kind of thing I want to try. I'm not sure if something like "letraset" would work or whether there are other kinds of transfer systems similar to Airfix models. Any help would be appreciated. Something like the attached.

mfc · Nov 6, 2019

There's no requirement that you 'disfigure' your drone by putting your operator number on the outside. Put it in the battery compartment.

mfc · Nov 6, 2019

(For non-UK folk reading this .. drones themselves are not registered, it is the 'operator' (usually the owner/pilot) that is registered. Hence many drones might have the same registration number .. the number of the responsible operator. )

Goughy01 · Nov 6, 2019

Hi mfc,

Thanks for your response. Unfortunately, there appear to be some differences between the FAA (US) and the CAA (UK) requirements. As I understand, over here we need to have the Operators ID clearly displayed on the outside of the drone whilst view-able on the ground.
Similarly to you guys, it's the operator that is registered, not the drones themselves. Just looking for a neat way to get the decals on the bird.