The lawyer told how easy it is to legalize a civilian drone

Unmanned aerial vehicles weighing between 150 grams and 30 kilograms can be easily registered online, allowing them to fly legally. Honored lawyer of Russia and pilot Pavel Gerasimov spoke about this at a press conference.

“Now there is an electronic portal that allows you to register a drone weighing over 150 grams for free,” the lawyer said. – Drone data, registration parameters, weight, model are loaded there. After that, side numbers are simply applied: for drones less than 1.5 kg, three numbers are needed, for heavier ones – 5.

For flights of drones weighing up to 30 kg, it is generally not necessary to obtain a special flight permit, Gerasimov said. However, there are quite a lot of restricted areas – in particular, over objects of state protection. Relevant maps are regularly published. Over the cities of federal significance – Moscow, St. Petersburg and Sevastopol – flights without special permits are prohibited.

In practice, added Vladimir Bely, head of the Alpha Robotics Venture venture fund, even in the case of a legal flight, you need to be ready to provide the police with the original documents for the UAV and the flight permit for verification. In addition, it may be necessary to coordinate the received photos and videos with the relevant authorities.