Remote Pilot – Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems › I. Regulations › Task E. Operations Over People

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Small Unmanned Aircraft System (Small UAS)p. 8-6
CHAPTER 8. SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT OVER PEOPLE › 8.3.6 Category 3 Operations › 8.3.6.7 No Sustained Flight Over People
Modifications 8.3.6.6 Closed- or Restricted-Access Sites 8.3.6.7 No Sustained Flight Over People case. The remote pilot must assess whether the operational area would be considered an open-air assembly prior to conducting flight operations. Modifications. The remote pilot operating ... instructions may contain details concerning allowable modifications of the small unmanned aircraft. Modifications not allowed by the remote pilot operating instructions may render the small unmanned aircraft ineligible for operations over people. Such modifications would require submission…
Small Unmanned Aircraft System (Small UAS)p. 8-31
CHAPTER 8. SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT OVER PEOPLE › 8.12 Remote Pilot Operating Instructions
instructions must list components that are eligible or necessary for inclusion on the aircraft. 2. A statement describing allowable modifications to the small unmanned aircraft. a. If modifications are allowed, the remote pilot operating instructions must include a complete description ... modifications the applicant has determined do not change the eligibility for the category or categories of operations over people for which the small unmanned aircraft has been declared compliant. Such descriptions of modifications include descriptions of the small unmanned aircraft…
Small Unmanned Aircraft System (Small UAS)p. 8-11
CHAPTER 8. SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT OVER PEOPLE › 8.4 Applicant
make operating instructions for the new capabilities of the small unmanned aircraft available. 8.4.4 Any person who makes a modification not permissible by the remote pilot operating instructions to a small unmanned aircraft eligible for Category 2 or Category ... operations over people renders that small unmanned aircraft ineligible. If the person making the modification intends to conduct Category 2 or Category 3 operations over people with the modified small unmanned aircraft, that person is required to take…
Small Unmanned Aircraft System (Small UAS)p. 8-33
CHAPTER 8. SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT OVER PEOPLE › 8.12 Remote Pilot Operating Instructions › GENERAL INFORMATION
eligible to conduct operations over people in Category 2 and Category 3 provided the remote pilot complies with the modification instructions. Any modification to the small unmanned aircraft not provided for in the remote pilot operating instructions may affect eligibility…
Aeronautical Information Manual p. 11-2-1
Chapter 11. Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) › Section 2. Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) › 11-2-1. Part 107 sUAS and Recreational Flyers
Section 2. Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) 11-2-1. Part 107 sUAS and Recreational Flyers a. Part 107 sUAS. A regulatory first step for civil non-recreational UAS operations. To fly under 14 CFR part 107, the UAS must ... must pass a knowledge test. Also, the UAS must be registered. Part 107 enabled the vast majority of routine sUAS operations, allowing flight within VLOS while maintaining flexibility to accommodate future technological innovations. Part 107 allows sUAS operations for many…