Safety notice from the CAA for UK operators.
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Benjamin Kenobi
Easy? You call that easy?
I use one. I was told to by ResourceUAS. It's quite easy, you just look for saturation of the control frequency.
There doesn't seem to be any changes for sub 7Kg. The things it covers are what we do anyway.
There doesn't seem to be any changes for sub 7Kg. The things it covers are what we do anyway.
Civil Aviation Authority INFORMATION NOTICE Number: IN–2014/081
Small Unmanned Aircraft Operations Within London and Other Towns and Cities
Information Notice issued today available here;
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/InformationNotice2014081.pdf
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Small Unmanned Aircraft Operations Within London and Other Towns and Cities
Information Notice issued today available here;
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/InformationNotice2014081.pdf
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ZAxis
Member
A pragmatic document outlining the status quo. Should be included in everyone's ops manual. Seems to hold out some hope for those operating regularly in built up areas to get permanent exemptions if found fit to do so, fly inspected aircraft and pay the fee.
Still the model for all other countries to follow.
andy
Still the model for all other countries to follow.
andy
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Bowley
Member
No Steve, Lipos are not classed as fuel for purposes of definition, since they weigh the same charged as they do discharged.
Steve
ZAxis
Member
Is a spectrum analyser really that much use? It can only give you a picture of the environment in the immediate vicinity of the receiver. You're potentially flying 500 m away and 120m up in an environment you cannot directly sample. You need to be able to identify and recover from bad situations as part of your basic piloting skills. This is based on personal experiences.
Thanks, just wondered. It will be interesting to see what the FAA comes up with to address commercial UAV use in the US.
Steve
Steve
Was just thinking the same thing, what use would an Analyser really be, and how exactly can it help you, or is it just more extra expense being brought into the equation to make it look like your doing a "professional" job.
jimmygixxer
Member
I use the RF Explorer.
You can scan your take off and landing area for 2.4Ghz activity before flight, I agree with ZAxis about the distance issue but not all jobs need you to fly 500m away.
You can scan your take off and landing area for 2.4Ghz activity before flight, I agree with ZAxis about the distance issue but not all jobs need you to fly 500m away.
ZAxis
Member
Our experience with RF interference was not caused by 2.4GHz/5+GHz transmissions, it was probably one of the mobile frequencies. Monitoring a single frequency band is really not that much use.
Also remember interference works both ways, we've accidentally wiped out an events wifi net with a 5.8GHz video transmission. It was fixed very quickly with a simple channel change, something you cannot do with frequency hopping RC links.
andy