Regulations

The remote PIC must be able to maneuver the sUAS to avoid a collision and prevent other aircraft from having to take evasive action.

This sUAS operation is subject to 14 CFR Part 107 because compensation (money or otherwise) makes the operation commercial in nature.

Part 107 sUAS operations require minimum visibility of 3 SM and the minimum distance from clouds must be no less than 500 feet below the cloud; and 2,000 feet horizontally from the cloud. To maintain 500 feet below the clouds, you must have a 900-foot ceiling to be able to operate to the maximum 400 feet AGL, or a ceiling that would allow the sUAS to operate at a lower AGL altitude.

The sUAS cannot be flown higher than 400 feet AGL unless flown within a 400-foot radius of a structure and is not flown higher than 400 feet above the structure's immediate uppermost limit.

No person may act as PIC, or in any other capacity as a required pilot flight crewmember when operating a sUAS unless he or she has in possession or readily accessible a current pilot certificate.

No person may act, or attempt to act, as a crewmember of a civil aircraft while having .04 percent or more, by weight, alcohol in the blood.

14 CFR Part 107 does not apply to model aircraft that meet the criteria in 14 CFR 101.41, amateur rockets, moored balloons or unmanned free balloons, kites, operations conducted outside the United States, public aircraft operations, and air carrier operations.

Each remote PIC who deviates from a rule in Part 107 must, upon request of the FAA Administrator, send a written report of that deviation to the Administrator.

Report any sUAS accident to the FAA within 10 days if it results in serious injury, loss of consciousness, or repairs costing over $500.