Definition of Home-built Unmanned Aircraft
Verified from official sources14 CFR § 89.1Version 1Effective -Verified 22 August 2026
In plain language
A home-built drone is defined as an aircraft that you built yourself, strictly for educational or recreational purposes.
Requirement as structured
Defines 'Home-built unmanned aircraft' as an unmanned aircraft built by an individual solely for education or recreation.
Original regulatory text
Home-built unmanned aircraft means an unmanned aircraft that an individual built solely for education or recreation.
Applies when
- country
- United States
- operation
- Remote identification of unmanned aircraft
- regulatory area
- remote_id
- aircraft category
- unmanned aircraft required to be registered
- regulatory category
- General