Volume: 2Date: 2023-01-01Original Date: 2023-01-01Title: Section 107.3 - Definitions.Context:
Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space. CHAPTER I - FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED). SUBCHAPTER F - AIR TRAFFIC AND GENERAL OPERATING RULES. PART 107 - SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS. Subpart A - General.
§ 107.3Definitions.The following definitions apply to this part. If there is a conflict between the definitions of this part and definitions specified in § 1.1 of this chapter, the definitions in this part control for purposes of this part:Control station
means an interface used by the remote pilot to control the flight path of the small unmanned aircraft.
Corrective lenses
means spectacles or contact lenses.
Declaration of compliance
means a record submitted to the FAA that certifies the small unmanned aircraft conforms to the Category 2 or Category 3
requirements under subpart D of this part.
Code of Federal Regulations /
Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space /
Vol. 2 / 2023-01-01902
Small unmanned aircraft
means an unmanned aircraft weighing less than 55 pounds on takeoff, including everything that is on board or otherwise attached to the aircraft.
Small unmanned aircraft system (small UAS)
means a small unmanned aircraft and its associated elements (including communication links and the components that control the small unmanned aircraft) that are required for the safe and efficient operation of the small unmanned aircraft in the national airspace system.
Unmanned aircraft
means an aircraft operated without the possibility of direct human intervention from within or on the aircraft.
Visual observer
means a person who is designated by the remote pilot in command to assist the remote pilot in command and the person manipulating the flight controls of the small UAS to see and avoid other air traffic or objects aloft or on the ground.
[Docket FAA–2015–0150, Amdt. 107–1, 81 FR 42209, June 28, 2016, as amended by Amdt. No. 107–8, 86 FR 4381, Jan. 15, 2021]