UC Drones Knowledge Portal
New User Guide
Introduction
1
Drone Rules and Regulations
1.1
Basic Drone Rules
1.1.1
Drone Operating Rules
1.1.2
Airspace Rules
1.1.3
Operator Rules
1.1.4
Drone Rules
1.2
Drone Registration
1.2.1
Drone Registration Requirements
1.2.2
How to Register
1.2.3
Create an account at DroneZone
1.2.4
Drone Registration
1.2.5
Registration Certificate
1.2.6
Marking the Drone
1.3
Operations over People
1.3.1
Operations Over People
1.3.2
Subpart D
1.3.3
Open-Air Assembly vs Brief, One-Time Transiting
2
FAA License Information
2.1
Which should I Get?
2.1.1
Approved Academic Activities
2.1.2
Simple Drone Regulations
2.1.3
Other Situations
2.2
Drone License
2.2.1
Drone License Exam
2.2.2
Free study resources
2.2.3
Drone License Eligibility
2.2.4
Taking the Drone Exam
2.2.5
License Renewal
2.3
TRUST Certificate
2.3.1
What is TRUST?
2.3.2
Taking the TRUST
2.4
Frequently Asked Questions
3
Airspace information
3.1
What is Airspace?
3.1.1
Airspace Classes
3.1.2
What do you need to know?
3.2
How to get Airspace Information
3.2.1
B4UFLY
3.2.2
The importance of up-to-date Airspace Information
3.2.3
Official FAA Sources
3.2.4
UAS Facility Maps
3.2.5
NOTAM or Notice To Airman
3.2.6
SkyVector
3.2.7
Airspace Regulations
3.3
LAANC Authorization
3.3.1
airspacelink
3.3.2
Aloft.ai
4
UC Drones
4.1
Logging into UC Drones
4.2
UC Drone Home Page
4.2.1
Projects and Flights
4.2.2
Manage Aircrafts
4.2.3
Report on Approved Flights
4.2.4
Pilot
4.3
Submitting a Flight Project
4.3.1
Manage Projects Page
4.3.2
Project Request Form
4.3.3
Filing a Project Flight
4.4
Submitting a Flight Request
4.4.1
Flight Request Form
4.4.2
Non-Project vs Project Flight
4.5
Filing a Post-Flight Report
4.6
Add your Drone to UC Drones
4.6.1
Manage Aircrafts
4.6.2
Add an Aircraft
5
Drone Safety
5.1
Drone Safety Standards
5.1.1
Standard Guidance
5.1.2
Operating on Campus or other busy locations
5.2
Planning a Mission
5.2.1
Site Analysis Process
5.2.2
Site Analysis Steps
5.2.3
Site Analysis Guide
5.2.4
Resources
5.3
Fire Safety
5.3.1
LiPo Battery Guidance
5.3.2
Planning for Fire Mitigation
5.3.3
Drone Fire Safety Bucket
5.4
Top 10 Safety Tips
6
Drones and Privacy
6.1
Best Practices
6.2
Privacy Statement
6.2.1
Topics for a Privacy Statement
6.2.2
Do I need to write a Privacy Statement
7
Drone Insurance
8
Drones and Other Equipment
8.1
What Drone should I get?
8.1.1
Drones for Multimedia
8.1.2
Drones for Mapping
8.1.3
Drones to Avoid
8.2
Multi-Spectral Data Collection
8.2.1
Multi-Spectral Cameras
8.3
Software for Drones
8.3.1
Photogrammetry Software
8.4
Essential Supplemental Drone Equipment
9
Other Information
9.1
Common UAS Regulation Violations
9.1.1
Visual Line of Sight
9.1.2
Operations over Human Beings
9.2
Local UAS Regulations
9.2.1
Searching for Local UAS Regulations
9.2.2
No Drone Zones
9.3
Update or Replace a License
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Drones and Other Equipment
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