The
most obvious legal problem is flight licensing. You'd be forbidden to
operate above 400 feet or anywhere within an airport tower control area
(TCA) or other restricted airspace, which creates a problem because
normal manned aircraft aren't permitted to operate below 500 feet, so
you might not be allowed to fly at all. You'd also be forbidden to fly
over residences. If your suit has autopilot capabilities it would
probably be classified as a drone, which further limits how it can be
flown.
You'd be prohibited from supersonic
flight over the continental United States period; this is permitted only
for military aircraft.
You might be required
to have an experimental aircraft pilot's license. If you want to
overcome the legal restrictions on flight and operate above 10,000 feet,
you would also be required to install an IFF mode C transponder in the
suit.
Classification would be a problem. You're
obviously not propellor-driven but it's not clear you could be
considered a jet. The best fit is rocket, and that brings a whole new
slew of legal restrictions.
You would not be allowed to be armed, period.
Of
course, the legal rules wouldn't be your biggest problems--the biggest
problems would be the laws of physics. The Iron Man suit seems cunningly
designed to turn its occupant into goo.
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