CFMS Tracking Device for UA Exceeding 250g

In plain language

Drones weighing more than 250 grams operated under an operator permit must have a CFMS tracking device attached, unless your permit specifically allows you to transmit telemetry data without one.

Requirement as structured

A UA operator permit holder must ensure that any unmanned aircraft with a total mass exceeding 250 g operated under their permit is affixed with a CFMS tracking device, unless the permit allows flight telemetry transmission without it.

Original regulatory text

19D.—(1) A UA operator permit holder must ensure that each unmanned aircraft operated under the authority of the UA operator permit is, at all times when so operated, in compliance with all of the following requirements: (a) where the unmanned aircraft has a total mass exceeding 250 g, the unmanned aircraft must be affixed with a CFMS tracking device, unless the UA operator permit states that flight telemetry data of that unmanned aircraft can be transmitted without a CFMS tracking device affixed to the unmanned aircraft;

Applies when

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