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[/B][/COLOR][/FONT] Where does it say Article 167 applies to commercial acquisition of data? What it actually says is that it applies to "small unmanned surveillance aircraft". It subsequently defines "small unmanned surveillance aircraft" as "small unmanned aircraft which is equipped to...

RotorJockey, do those regulations apply to taking them on the aircraft - a cursory glance through would suggest they apply only to sending them unaccompanied.

The UK CAA rules are as follows: Lipos up to 100 Wh (e.g. 3S 2200maH LIPO = 27.72 Wh) must be carried in hand luggage and in original packaging or with insulated terminals (e.g. tape). No limit on quantity, up to allowable hand luggage weight. A battery inside the device (i.e. your copter) can...

Yes. Yes. Yes.

"IOC switch allocation is correct, end points calibrated and verified in assistant software. But no influence to flight at all." Do you get the green LED responding correctly?

I've not read every post on this thread in depth, but skimming over some of them I think you're getting some confusing views which might not be helping. You need to take a step back and keep things nice and simple. A few things leap out at me: 1) Use the setup assistant to verify that the the...

RotorTalk, what kind of training or help are you looking for?

The Air Navigation Order (ANO) is the bottom line. It's actually pretty readable and clear. The document is here: http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/CAP393.pdf The relevant sections are 166 and 167. The basics are that without explicit CAA permission: Line of sight only. You need to be able...

Plus CAA fees, mandatory insurance, a fire extinguisher, first aid kit and that's before you get to a spare aircraft, transmitter, props, batteries, camera etc. a car with commercial-use insurance to lug it all about and so on. This is why I am not convinced that the current situation is too...

[/COLOR] Not sure why you're getting arsey with me Ross, particularly given that you're asking for something. I've already said I am happy to help people draw up their ops manuals. The page layout can be anything you like. The required contents of the ops manual are listed in detail in Cap...

I don't have the documentation to hand, but this doesn't occur in practise if you're using batteries. The weight of the battery is part of the craft; the "fuel" is the difference between the battery being charged and not, i.e. none.

That's why I think sharing an ops manual around isn't the right approach, because it's meant to be about operating safely and it can and does differ depending on your craft (less so) and the mission (more so). Most ops manuals that I've seen are largely checklist based. The one essential thing...

I think some people would feel that it wasn't entirely reasonable to put a lot of hard work in to building an ops manual to then have other people just be able to download it, change the craft details and use it as is because they can't be bothered to put any effort in themselves. Also, given...

That's a reasonable thing to do. There are actual, previously-approved ones on the web which one can find. If you want to send yours to me I'd happily give you some feedback. Why 10 people? 1 person could do this. [/COLOR] The flight test is meant to mimic an actual commercial job, of...

No, but then you don't command them remotely. The likelihood of comms breakdown in non-certified RC controllers is probably quite a lot higher than in a medical-checked pilot. They offer it, but that's different from it being *required*. If you set up a testing outfit and went to the CAA...

I have to say I didn't find the course/exam/setup of the EuroUSC groundschool and test not nearly as negative as you seemed to have, and nor did the other 10 people on the course, including commercial airline pilots and qualified military drone pilots. "Discounting dodgy questions after the...

Jodde, you don't need a licence or paperwork to have fun flying a quad. You need a licence (in the UK) if you want to charge someone else for you flying your quad.

mmurfitt - gain changes of the type you're talking about won't make much difference. In fact, for basic flight people put way too much emphasis on gain settings. I've got a video somewhere which shows an F450 Naza being flown with all the basic gains set to values between 50 and 250 and it...

Whilst I agree that the current system isn't ideal, there are a few points worth clarifying here. The CAA most definitely do get things wrong - for instance their various Safety Sense leaflets fairly often contain misinterpretations for the ANO. What can't be "wrong" is the ANO. It is what it...

I didn't suggest he was. He was a fulltime software developer though and he gave away his software too. It's a fairly extreme example I grant you and his approach doesn't work across the board. As you say, there are lots of variables and everyone's situation is different.