{"id":508,"date":"2020-02-10T14:36:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T19:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.statenislandrcmodelers.org\/?p=508"},"modified":"2020-03-12T23:25:22","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T03:25:22","slug":"guidelines-to-fly-an-rc-radio-controlled-model-aircraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.statenislandrcmodelers.org\/index.php\/2020\/02\/10\/guidelines-to-fly-an-rc-radio-controlled-model-aircraft\/","title":{"rendered":"Guidelines To Fly A &#8220;Non-Commercial&#8221; RC (Radio Controlled) Model Aircraft."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faadronezone.faa.gov\/#\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-567 size-full alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.statenislandrcmodelers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/53D69B86-559B-4019-925B-992873167CCF-e1533785544479.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>It is <strong><u>strongly recommended<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0if you want to fly &#8220;Non-Commercially&#8221; and your RC aircraft weighs more than <strong>.55 lbs.<\/strong> (250 grams) and less than <strong>55 lbs.<\/strong> (25 kg) that you register your RC aircraft with the FAA under &#8220;The Exception for Recreational Flyers&#8221; ( Formerly Part 336).<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Registration Procedure.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The FAA requires you to register and mark your model aircraft with your registration number for identification.\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">The registration number must be applied to the exterior of the model.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">This can be done with a label maker or permanent marker.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Registration cost is $5 and is valid for 3 years. You will only have to register once for all of your RC aircraft as one registration number can be applied to all the aircraft that you have.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/faadronezone.faa.gov\/#\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>Register Here:<\/u><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.modelaircraft.org\/membership\/enroll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-136 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.statenislandrcmodelers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ama-300x181.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"116\" \/><\/a>Join the AMA<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is also recommended that you join the AMA (Academy of Model Aeronautics) which is an insurance policy that protects you should an accident occur while you are flying your RC aircraft.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.modelaircraft.org\/membership\/enroll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><u>More Information Here:<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is strongly recommended\u00a0if you want to fly &#8220;Non-Commercially&#8221; and your RC aircraft weighs more than .55 lbs. (250 grams) and less than 55 lbs. (25 kg) that you register your RC aircraft with the FAA under &#8220;The Exception for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[19,12,13,14,18],"class_list":["post-508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-academy-of-model-aeronautics","tag-ama","tag-faa","tag-register","tag-staten-island-rc-modelers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.statenislandrcmodelers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.statenislandrcmodelers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.statenislandrcmodelers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.statenislandrcmodelers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.statenislandrcmodelers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"http:\/\/www.statenislandrcmodelers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1018,"href":"http:\/\/www.statenislandrcmodelers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508\/revisions\/1018"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.statenislandrcmodelers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.statenislandrcmodelers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.statenislandrcmodelers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.statenislandrcmodelers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}