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Rules & Regulations

Drones & UAS

!!!Work in Progress
"Drone: an unmanned aircraft or ship that can navigate autonomously, without human control or beyond line of sight"

Question: What flight regulations exist for drones?
The Federal…. (FAA) has several regulations of ....(UAS). Currently, the regulations say drones should not be flown above 400 feet due to then interfering in national airspace (FAA Reference!!). Also they are not allowed to fly within a few miles of an airport. There is no minimum height they should fly to avoid disturbing human. Commercial use of drones is now being approved in a case-by-case basis and only 2 situations have been approved, both of which are located in the arctic region (reference).

The process for getting approval is:
Requirements include a pilot and the drone remaining in the line of sight.

The FAA Regulations are being revised due to the increase in interest of commercial deliveries using UAS’s. These regulations will address the commercial flight situation and also the …..situation (reference). How they plan to control these situations is still unclear, but I believe approval will still be required.

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Consideration/Thought: A platform or location on the building where packages can be dropped without bring humans into harms way of the propellers?

Mailboxes

Question: Are there special package delivery “mailboxes”?

Question: What are rules for changing/renovating mailboxes?

Deliveries

Question: How are packages delivered to apartments?
Mail delivery is logical, just place it in the mail slot. Currently, there are issues with delivering packages to an apartment. Some people, when not home to accept the package, tell the deliverers to bring it to the main office where they will hold it. If one’s apartment does not have a residential office in or near the complex, it is a little more difficult. Couriers (UPS, FedX, USPS etc.) have different tactics when it comes to delivering a package. FedX makes the delivery and if no one is home, says they will return at a later time (reference). Others end up holding at a center. There is not a “Package mailbox” and for many apartment situations where people cannot be home at times of delivery, this makes package delivery difficult.

Question: Is a signature required for most package deliveries? No, mainly required for confidential documents etc.(Reference)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Package_delivery

Consideration/Thought: Create a package holding system for the drone delivery. Possibly also solution for current package delivery? – Means reachable for postman as well? Or No?

Materials

• Conveyor Belt
• Bar Code Scanner
• Wood
• Locks
• etc.