Remote ID becomes mandatory in September so I've been looking around as I have an origional MA and a MA2S. I haven't found many options out there yet but one name keeps coming up every time I look. DroneID.
Several things bother me about this solution and I'm wondering how many others are going to go the same way. It does seem to be more taylored to the larger drone Part 107 uses vs the one man Part 107 show or recreational flyer.
- Price $299 for the module (OUCH!!!)
- Sends data to private DroneID cloud which is then potentially sent to other third party air traffic providers.
- Uses cellular connection to provide above service (additioal cellular bill required??)
- Sends information via Bluetooth as well as broadcast information.
None of what the company is doing is actually required by the FAA and the drone only needs to broadcast it's information locally. Sending information to a cloud service and potentially making that accessable to anyone with the app no matter how far away they are from you seems a bit crazy to me.
Anyone found any other solutions as of yet that are currently in testing phases or have announced products coming? Seems like a simply $30 broadcast module would all that is needed to comply.
Several things bother me about this solution and I'm wondering how many others are going to go the same way. It does seem to be more taylored to the larger drone Part 107 uses vs the one man Part 107 show or recreational flyer.
- Price $299 for the module (OUCH!!!)
- Sends data to private DroneID cloud which is then potentially sent to other third party air traffic providers.
- Uses cellular connection to provide above service (additioal cellular bill required??)
- Sends information via Bluetooth as well as broadcast information.
None of what the company is doing is actually required by the FAA and the drone only needs to broadcast it's information locally. Sending information to a cloud service and potentially making that accessable to anyone with the app no matter how far away they are from you seems a bit crazy to me.
Anyone found any other solutions as of yet that are currently in testing phases or have announced products coming? Seems like a simply $30 broadcast module would all that is needed to comply.