Originally Posted by
init4fun
If I had to wager a guess , my guess would be that since they aren't directly making money from the use of the drone , that it would not fall under commercial use of the drone . Since the victim in the search & rescue isn't going to be paying for the rescue , other than the officers being paid to do their jobs which they would still be paid all the same whether a drone or a foot search found the victim , my vote would be for Search & Rescue to not be a commercial use .
Now , if your using it to track an escaped convict , with the intent of collecting the reward money for bringing the convict in "bounty hunter" style (think , "the Dog" here if you've ever seen that TV show) well then Hell yea that would constitute commercial use cause the #1 motivation is not rescue but instead financial reward .
Sound about right here ?
There is only part 107 and part 101. As yet there is no government drone reg. Also a decision soon may make it clear if this is allowed without the owners permission.