UK Drone Rules Under 250g - A1 Open
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- Опубликовано: 19 окт 2024
- In this video, we're focusing on sub-250g drones in the UK.
We'll cover the basic rules and regulations set out in CAP2012, that you need to know to operate your drone safely and legally when flying in the Open A1 category. You can use drones such as the DJI mini series, DJI mini 3 pro, DJI mini 4 pro for example.
We have not covered the AMC (Acceptable means of compliance) or broken down VLOS and or structures within this video. I will produce videos to explain these separate issues within different videos in the future.
At last someone that explains the sub 250 gram rule in idiot form without all the techno babble. Thanks.
Haha, glad I could dumb it down enough for you! No techno babble here, just simple explanations. Happy droning!
@@JustinGlynn 👍👍
@@JustinGlynnso if it's below 250 I just need those id tags and follow rules you stated that's it?
Great video Justin! Spot on, even for the ones who've been in the game a while.
Thanks bud. I’ve made the others for A2 and A3 but it’s getting these things out there.
Nicely explained thank you!
I have the mini se 2 and added a strobe but it is still under 250 grams so some accessories you can add
If its under 250g flying weight then yeah you're good. But I would make sure that you have calibrated your scales etc. What strobe did you get?
I have one but its 8 grams so it takes my mini 4 over the 250g's but I hold an A2 cofc so its not an issue.
Visual line of sight is something I need clarity with. If I fly my 2 se more than a couple of hundreds meters away its impossible to see with the naked eye, well my eyes anyway. Beyond that I have to rely on the screen and looking in the direction for full situational awareness. Is this illegal when there's nothing obstructing the drone and my eyes other than their capability to see that far? For example flying off the coast?
This is actually something I am about to cover. Apologies I have moved house and not recorded anything for ages, but back to it soon. In short you need to be able to see the drone at all times with your eyes or you can use a spotter if they are right next to you, but they must be able to see the drone. The CAA say that you must be able to see the orientation of the drone when it is in flight so that its not a dot in the sky.
The big issue with these drones are their size and its really tough to see it at a greater distance. So if you just fly it and only look at the screen, then yes you are breaking the law as its not within VLOS rules. As I say I will cover this in a video very soon.
In Denmark they only have to be 15...
@michalelll1290 thanks for the info, but this is for UK only in which the minimum age is 18. Since we left the EU, we changed some aspects to the regulations in the UK and one other being that we binned the C class and remote ID, well for now anyway.
What annoys me is that they want you to pay every year for the operator I'd which also only lasts one year, but flyer ID is free and for 5 years WTF seriously so as the first one is basically to say that you are the person or company responsible for the drone, which won't change unless you sell or get rid of the drone in some way, so shouldn't that be on going until or unless you notify them of a change? Whereas the flyer one could change for many reasons over 5 years, like most of the authorities rules and regulations it makes little sense 🤷🏻♂️ well unless it's about taking cash out of my pocket 🤔
I would say its most likely the latter....sadly. The again its not expensive when you compare it to the specific category. They've raised the price from £190 - £314 for a renewal.....madness.
So I can own a car and get a licence and still be driving it beyond 80 without taking the test again or renewing at my cost. I don't need one to own a dog. So I wonder what has killed more people of late, the answer is not a Mini4pro. But almost weekly lately someone gets killed by dogs.
Is the 'falling drone' just an excuse to stop people from spying?
No its just to say that if it falls then people can easily move out of the way. Privacy is obviously another issue. If you see these so called auditors, you will see them flying over and effectively spying to cause a stir and gain views, but its always just an argument and ends up being a civil matter. Unless they have a scrap that is ;-)
Drones under 250g do require an operator ID. But I don't think it has to be displayed on the drone.
Hey Kenneth thanks for the comment.
If the drone requires you to have an operator ID, then the operator ID must be displayed on the drone.
There are even requirements for the size of the number and letters too.
This is taken from the CAA DMARES website.
The operator is the person responsible for managing a drone or model aircraft. This means they’re responsible for things like maintaining it and making sure that anyone who flies it has a flyer ID.
They’re usually the person or organisation that owns the drone or model aircraft, but not always. For example, if you’re younger than 18 and you own a drone or model aircraft, you must ask your parent or guardian to register for an operator ID. You’ll still be able to fly as long as you have a flyer ID.
The operator must:
- make sure that only people with a valid flyer ID use their drone or model aircraft
- label their drones and model aircraft with their operator ID
Hope that helps.
@@JustinGlynn Thanks Justin. I must have got that wrong.
@kennethpearson2938 No problem, happy to help
The whole system is way too complicated and the CAA are not very good at communicating with their audience.
What are you flying?🚁
@@JustinGlynn Hubsan Mini Pro
Can they hover over my garden ?
Technically yes as the airspace is a state owned asset, however common law does delve a little deeper but it gets complicated, but obviously its a privacy issue. My advice is that if you have issues then call the police as they are the ones who deal with the open category. There have been instances where people have ben prosecuted, for instance a guy was spying on a women in a garden and was dealt with by the police.
@JustinGlynn thank you. I'm almost certain its camera was on the garden. Made my blood boil, this happened half a dozen times over my house, which, although on a housing estate, was above my house pointing into my garden.
Happens again, I'll call the police
Find out where it lands, if its over the garden then theres little chance its filming directly down but more in the distance
yes you can fly at beaches unless its considered very crowded.... you might have a groupe of 50 people huddled together and that be classed a sa crowd, or might have 10 thousand people on a 2 mile stretch of beach and that is not crowded,, if people could get out the way of a falling drone then its not a crowd... at a average football ground the people are right next to each other even when seated and this is obviously a crowd same with tennis & rugby etc. but most of the time at a beach you will have atleast 6ft of space around each person. and 4 peopel together is not a crowd if they can simply disperse easy.... you also forgot to tell people that they can fly15ft over a building way over 400fett tall ...providing that the owner or operator or person working on the building would like to see the roof ( rule 37 ) and that has no height restriction, so if the building was 2,000 feet tall then you could fly 2015ft up at no more than 50 meters away from the building to view the top of such building / mast........ do not let anyone think this is all the rules as its nowhere near them. you aslso forgot orientation of the drone, and forgot that you can use lights on the drone to help you with Vlos and orientation of the drone .. so its not all doom and gloom...
Thanks for the comment, however If I went into all of that then the video would be about 10 plus mins long and I am separating out over a number of videos and some topics could be done on their own. It's great that you know the rules to a point, but as a CAA approved RAE I would say I am well versed. No matter what you do or say online, someone will say that they know better.
I've tried to cover the absolute basics as per CAP2012, I haven't even touched on the drone code or nuts and bolts of crowds etc as if you have completed a flyer ID (not mandatory - sub 250g) then you should already know this.
Also sorry to burst your bubble but the structures comment you made is wrong on every level.
When flying an unmanned aircraft within a horizontal distance of 50 metres from an artificial obstacle taller than 105 metres, the maximum height of the UAS operation may be increased up to 15 metres above the height of the obstacle at the request of the entity responsible for the obstacle. See Spec10 Open Category
So lets look at your comment but correct it. If the structure is 2000ft then you could fly an extra 15m (49.2126ft) above it and that so a total of 2049.2126ft. Your comment is saying 2,000ft plus 15ft, which is 4.5m so thats wrong. You've got the 50m horizontal distance of the structure right though.
Orientation of the drone comes in the acceptable means of compliance, which I haven't even touched on.
Using lights on your drone would increase the weight and require an A2cofc to continue in the A1 sub cat as it would be over the 250g limit, but yes you are correct you can use lights to aid VLOS but again this is AMC. This video covers the absolute basics of the A1 sub category as set out in CAP2012.
Lastly, I think its slightly ironic that you're questioning me here on laws (Most of which you have gotten wrong in your description) and yet you have a video that breaches ofcom rules for transmission power levels, AKA FCC hack but hey ho.