Getting Started with Drones at UCLA
It’s important to get these logistical items set up before you go out and fly. So this is a checklist of mandatory technical and legal steps to review in order to be insured by UCOP.
- Register the drone purchased with both the FAA and UCOP. Once the drone is registered with UCOP the drone is under the UC’s Insurance program and considered property of the University of California.
- FAA Link: https://faadronezone.faa.gov/
- UCOP Link: https://ehs.ucop.edu/drones/aircraft
- Have a Pilot obtain an FAA Drone License or determine if your project is exempt from this federal requirement
- To obtain FAA Drone License: https://www.faa.gov/uas/commercial_operators/become_a_drone_pilot
- Exemptions Explained Link: https://ucdrones.github.io/New_User_Guide/difference.html#difference
- Have a TRUST certificate if exempt: https://trust.modelaircraft.org/
- Register yourself as a Pilot with UCOP
- Registration Link: https://ehs.ucop.edu/drones/pilot/b4b3a682b6df3d7e043358ceac451974/edit
- Identify a place to fly and determine if it is both safe and legal to do so.
- UC California Drone Map: https://ucdrones.github.io/map/
- Drone Airspace link: https://faa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=9c2e4406710048e19806ebf6a06754ad
- Safety Guidelines Link: https://ucdrones.github.io/New_User_Guide/drone-safety-standards.html
- If you are planning to fly not on UCLA property, then submit a UC Flight Request with UCOP. If you plan to fly on UCLA property, then submit a Flight Request with UCLA’s Drone Committee.
- UC Flight Project Request Link: https://ehs.ucop.edu/drones/project
- UC Flight Request Link for singular flights: https://ehs.ucop.edu/drones/flight
- UCLA Drone Committee’s Flight Request Form: https://sscucla.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6J4Dx6FbKU96y6a
- After flying submit a Post-Flight Report
- UC Post-Flight Report Form Link: https://ehs.ucop.edu/drones/flight?requestApproved=true
- UCLA Drone Committee’s Post-Flight Report Form Link: https://ucla.box.com/s/zvoflyklu32qxhss3iji1rpiys1na2mz
- Send this report to jgraham@sscert.ucla.edu
