I wish all people explaining stuff on RUclips would copy your format. No nonsense, concise and actually tells you everything. Excellent vid, mate- thank you!
I could literally do my driving test, lessons and theory for less than this... This needs to be cheaper. Money grabbing companies that take advantage of small commercial users.
Jason Johnstone yeah I know what you mean, it’s crazy! However, when you sit down and work it out it’s an investment that you can make your money back fairly quickly. A basic day rate for a drone operator can be £400-£500
@@josh.nuttall I appreciate your reply, currently looking into getting my license soon. It's definitely an investment I'd proceed with, I do photography but you are just open to endless possibilities for drone photography.
@@josh.nuttall Imagine you pay £700 for the drone. $1200 for the licence and then the first day you go for a job a bird hits your drone and destroys it as it hits the ground. What do you do then? Get another loan to pay for another £700 drone? Too much money for the licence. Should be in categories. If you are a full time professional with 5kg equipment and work in high end jobs, fair enough. If you just want to use a 500g drone to use as a dolly or like your would a crane on your own videos on youtube, it should be different. "Okay, £100 for personal commercial use. But restricted to 10 meter height and no "Just Drone" footage videos.
I have been sharing my videos on social media for a few months now, and I have received few jobs offers. This has made me think If I should invest in the commercial licence. Your video was easy to understand, and I feel confident on getting my licence. Thank you. Sub.
Hey josh nice information Thnks , if I use my drone for fun like pictures and videos for family did I need to have license certificate ? Because my drone Weight is 520 g
made it so much simpler, thank you. Would be good to see an example of the flight logs and risk assessment? is there a specific way it needs to be written down for them? Again thank you!!!
Hey Josh. Congrats on getting PfCO'd up. UAV8 are indeed a great crowd and who I went with as well. Rest assured the CAA have specifically mentioned RUclips use does not constitute commercial use, even if you get revenue from it, which seems a strange exemption but there you are. I too see it as a license and a hopelessly overly complicated and expensive one at that. The presence of money doesn't make a flight more challenging or risky, it's the flight itself. So I still don't see why money is deciding factor on getting the full CAA training. It should be the type of flight itself that dictates whether the CAA training is needed. Anyway, best of luck with getting paid jobs :) Cheers, Ian in London
Ian in London thanks a lot man, just wondered if you had a the info of where they had said this because I’d been told by a few qualified pilots that it did constitute towards it?
@@josh.nuttall Yeah, sadly a I find the qualified pilots are most often the source of misinformation. CAA website itself on the page "guidance on using unmanned aircaraft and drones for commercial work" in Example 2 of first section: "While every case should be judged on its own merits, some types of arrangements are not generally considered by the CAA to be commercial operations such as: Advertising revenue received as a result of persons visiting a website or social media page where video or photographic stills shot from a UAS are displayed/posted. This is because these types of web-pages may be legitimately used to post recreational video material that was not commissioned by another party but was conceived and wholly funded by the poster". Black and white, as they say! Cheers, Ian
@@josh.nuttall Web lnk for below: www.caa.co.uk/Commercial-industry/Aircraft/Unmanned-aircraft/Small-drones/Guidance-on-using-unmanned-aircraft-and-drones-for-commercial-work/
I am thinking of getting a phantom 4 pro. Drone. If I fly just overfields for recreational purpose.. Will I need license ect. Would like to know this before buying my drone... Thanks Ron
D Freeman hey man, thanks for the kind words! There may be but I’m not aware of any books. Honestly, you learn all you need to in the 2 days when your go to the NQE of your choice. I believe the pass mark is 75% and no one in our group got below 90%, so nothing to worry about!
Hi josh, thanks for the brilliant vudeo, I just got my flyer ID and operator ID from CAA, and they say that I don't need anything else in their website, is that wrong? I have just realised about the cource you mentioned.
Great video. Really helpful 👍 I know some people are just using Mavic Mini drone and skipping a license. Is that legal for commercial work? Would like to know your opinion.
Thanks a lot man! To my knowledge that isn’t legal. The fact that the Mavic mini is under 250g just means that it didn’t need to be registered. However, I believe that the CAA changed their regulations that any drone up to 20kg needed to get the standard permissions for commercial operations.
It’s probably not something I’m gonna do a video on at the moment. Mainly because I’m focusing on university work at the moment but also because there’s sooo much to look at! Check out Mr MPW and Ian in London who both have good videos on it
What I would like to know. If I use my drone (registered, but not commercial licenced) for my youtube video and use it like a dolly or crane (no higher than say 10 meters) and only use it for yourself to give some cinematic angles to your video for a 3 second shots (maybe used like 3-5 times in total) in a 20 minute video, and you do not give out your service for commercial use, yet your video (say short film) get monotized. Does this put you in the "commercial use" category? I am sure it probably does. But I feel there should be some discrepancy.
Thanks for the kind words! Yes they did, it was part of the final day where you had to fill one out prior to the flight test. At the end of the course they gave us a bunch of documents that included an in depth risk assessment document.
Hi Josh, How can one obtain a license for UAV flights? i also heard that new EU regulation are coming into force will this cancel/Surpass the PfCO qualification? is there any cheaper place in Surrey or close to South London because the prices for this license are just an absurd with out any foundation... 600+{ for a drone training were a person doesn't learn nothing but a few laws and most are not even connected with drone but airplanes and other things that a drone op will never get involved this mention by some of the drone pilots online on larger RUclips channels, i haven't done the training myself due to the high prices
RICARDO hey Ricardo! So the video explains the process of getting the PfCO so you are able to fly your drone for commercial purposes. If you just mean a license to fly as a hobby then check out the CAAs website for drone registration. Unfortunately, I’m not too sure about NQEs near Surrey, might need to google that one. You are correct, there is new EU legislation coming that will replace the PfCO and is now going to sorted through risk-based categories. However, this won’t be in place until July 2020 and if you get a PfCO now it will stay valid for the whole year (even when the new regulations take over). I completely understand your frustration as I was in the same boat! As a student it was a very difficult decision! However, once you look at the numbers and see the prices that people charge for drone services, you then realise it’s much easier to make the money back. Hope this all made sense and helps you somewhat. Let me know if you have anymore questions!
@@josh.nuttall Hi Josh, I'm registered as a Hobbyist at the moment but the thing is frustrating and out of order. i was part building and racing drones before and i now feel like being trough out of the hobby by some large corporations=Amazon and drone delivery agency's coming very soon with laws and fines and all other type of persuasion and bullying by the government/CAA like were the drone associations are not rely associations but just another government organization, as an association agent i would never accept any of this laws as an association working for the drone hobbyist and work operator and this is what all drone users are mentioning not just me, as a hobby or work we do FPV, we do record GoPro style of video for video or RUclips or inspection of a structure for a client etc, we do fly out of line of sight, we do fly over property's every land or road is a property etc just unbelievable some one can say is working for the people signing something like this... there should be a test for safety and competency yes i agree safety is a priority for is all but not at £600+ test like. i have paid the £9 and now i'm told i need another training and even that will not guarantee me to put on my fatshark googles and do FPV fly or just go for a safe ride around the field some were for a mile or two. In case of emergency i would like to tell this people wait there i need CAA £9 test, Pfco, CAA FPV authorization, Land owner authorization etc etc so i can't rely use my drone for this emergency i will need and do all of this before anything.... If the government use a drone in a emergency in FPV and out of line of sight can we sue the government in the name of all drone operators, the persons that come up with this laws are not CAA or drone association but more like the own that complaint about drones even if a person is flying in they own garden or land, unbelievable laws and every one is breaking this right now all operators do this all the time and will never fallow non of this laws, government can use tracking etc drone builders will remove and hack the software until commune sense and friendly laws are actually done
Paul-Thys thank you! So the license lasts 1 year and there is a renewal fee of around £170. The regulations will be changing as of 31st December 2020 to a slightly different system
Hello Josh, nice information in the video, my question is how to set the price of each drone filming project, is any website where explain about the price or during the drone licence training, training staff will explain about the set price of the filming project accordingly the duration of the project? What was your minimum project with duration and what was your set price? I know it’s personal but we really want to know and how did you chosen this field? Anyone recommend you ? Please explain and we all will be really appreciate. Thanks from London
N M hey there, thank you for the kind words. This was something I struggled with at the start and could probably make a whole video on. My suggestion to you would be research how much people near you are charging for the type of work you want to do. I started off fairly cheap like £100 a job just to get started. After that I realised people in this field of work were charging about £350-£400 a day, so I started doing the same. Start at whatever you feel comfortable offering and then slowly increase your price. Just make sure you factor in the time it takes to do preparations, the flight time, travel to the job, and the fact you had to pay for the training. Hope this helps!
Hey, good video. Been flying Drones for around 8 years and thinking about setting up a business. Have you struggled in the industry or have you managed to get a foothold?
Thanks man, I was doing this part time while I’m still at university. I was also using the drone as an additional tool to creating promotional/wedding videos so not by itself. The laws have changed now as of the start of the year so some of the info is a bit out of date.
Matt Lee hey man, if you’re just uploading then you don’t need one. It’s only if you start advertising your services or a product, or making money of the videos then you’d need to!
Why is it the US only pay about $100 for their's. While the UK needs to pay £1200? The deterant is not right. Some people just wanna use some nice shots in their own videos on their channel. Not whole 10 minute footage of 100 meter high shots. Maybe just some 3-10 meter shots to use in a video or two they may wanna make using like 10 seconds of footage at most. Why is it so far out of reach to even consider to use one for work?
@@josh.nuttall So here is some details. I got the Mavic Air 1 (under 500g) What I want to use it for is car video reviews where I wanna use it like a crane or a dolly (Its easier and cheaper than having a crew) and as such, I just want like 3-10 second panning shots of cars at designated open area race tracks. Not near buildings or people as I have reviewed a car already before lockdown. Not looking for shots over 5-10m. Just singular shots of static cars as the drone circles around. Have no intention to go and hire myself out. Just want to use it as backup footage on my reviews. (Review the car and have some nice panning shots or dolly zooms or crane lifts) I figure, since it has nothing to do with shooting near people or buildings and is in an open field, does it really require anything outside my current registration Flyer and Operator ID? Its complicated. But I have no interest in landscape shots. Its cheaper and only one man job to have a dolly cheat and crane style shots used lightly in a video to give it more style.
Hello mate is it true that from 1 July 2020 you don’t need any commercial license for the use of your drone for commercial use as long as you sty 150m away from buildings and 50m from people?
MrKilluminati84 unfortunately that’s not true. What your referring to is the new EASA legislation that replaces the PfCO with a risk based system. However, due to covid that has been pushed back to 31 December 2020 at the earliest.
good video, good edit, the sound could do with improving as i found it very hard to hear you clearly. Myself i do not need to do this as i just fly as a hobby :) Andy
@@IaninLondon i did haha, but i still found it hard to hear clearly, might be my ears :p yeh better now Ian thanks, taking it easy compared to chucking out content like i was. making videos still just not 2 a week. Hope your well too
Yes mate, of the top of my head I believe it’s £190 to renew each year. Your NQE should help you check all your documents are correct and up to date for the renewal!
independent media don’t worry about it! Not quite everywhere, need the landowners permission and have to follow the drone code. You’ll learn all about it when doing your PfCO, but worth researching now as well
cosh row hey man, well first off that’s really cool you wanna do that! In terms of the cheapest centre, I have seen the ranging from £650-£1500+ with the cheapest one being UAV8 based in Ipswich! Unfortunately I’m not gonna be much help with that side of things. I’d personally look at something like the Yuneec H520, but I’d suggest doing a lot of your own research on that
cosh row no worries! So I mainly create promotional videos so use it when filming businesses and property’s, however I have also done work for a construction company on one of a couple houses being built and some shots for a football team. I do it by myself as a freelancer, hope this all helps!
@@josh.nuttall i have the licence for operating just not for commercial. i dont on plan on doing it soon, i just use it for my youtube and facebook page
Oh right okay. Yeah so it’s valid for a year and then you pay a renewal fee. However, they are bringing in a new system this year so it’s all going to change
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I hate the CAA. Basically made it impossible for hobbyist flyers to make money with their drones. What bastards. My phantom cost me £300. I'm not spending huge amounts of money to do like 4 or 5 filming jobs a year like I want to. They clearly don't like drones, or drone pilots. They just make everything more awkward than it needs to be.
£300 on a drone and you think you should be able to then charge for vids/pics??? Compared to someone who is prepared to invest more than triple that on a drone alone, time, advertising, possibly computer software and a qualification 👍🏽
@@stones-ds1yy I wouldn't do any 'professional' type jobs. Just simply someone wanted some raw pictures and video, in a low risk area. Not planning to do it full time. But that's my opinion.
North Wales RC Reviews I know mate, that’s what I said in the video. It’s just commonly referred to as a license and what people might often search for when they’re looking into this kinda stuff
reflexxtr I know mate, if you had of watched the video you would of heard that. It’s just commonly referred to as a license and what people might often search for when they’re looking into this kinda stuff
PFCO Is DEAD Anyone with a drone can now take ( From 1st July 2020 ) Video and Pictures and sell them there is no difference between the different types of flight It is all about safety now
Christopher Haslewood sorry mate but it’s not dead. As you said it’s still the only method of making money from drone footage until July. Many people will easily be able to make their money back by then, so for some it makes sense. Also the PfCO will stay valid, even with these new regulations, until it needs to be renewed. It’s much easier to convert to the new GVC through a conversion course, which you need to have a PfCO for. Although the term ‘PfCO’ isn’t going to be used anymore, a lot of the process and safety measures are going to be the same.
I wish all people explaining stuff on RUclips would copy your format. No nonsense, concise and actually tells you everything. Excellent vid, mate- thank you!
Appreciate the words! That was my aim when creating this, keeping it to the point
I could literally do my driving test, lessons and theory for less than this... This needs to be cheaper. Money grabbing companies that take advantage of small commercial users.
Jason Johnstone yeah I know what you mean, it’s crazy! However, when you sit down and work it out it’s an investment that you can make your money back fairly quickly. A basic day rate for a drone operator can be £400-£500
@@josh.nuttall I appreciate your reply, currently looking into getting my license soon. It's definitely an investment I'd proceed with, I do photography but you are just open to endless possibilities for drone photography.
Jason Johnstone no worries and good luck to you! So many opportunities with drones nowadays!
@@josh.nuttall Imagine you pay £700 for the drone. $1200 for the licence and then the first day you go for a job a bird hits your drone and destroys it as it hits the ground. What do you do then? Get another loan to pay for another £700 drone? Too much money for the licence. Should be in categories. If you are a full time professional with 5kg equipment and work in high end jobs, fair enough. If you just want to use a 500g drone to use as a dolly or like your would a crane on your own videos on youtube, it should be different. "Okay, £100 for personal commercial use. But restricted to 10 meter height and no "Just Drone" footage videos.
Thanks bro this was the info I needed.
This is a little out of date now, there are new regulations that came in at the start of the year
great thanks for the upload .
I have been sharing my videos on social media for a few months now, and I have received few jobs offers. This has made me think If I should invest in the commercial licence.
Your video was easy to understand, and I feel confident on getting my licence.
Thank you. Sub.
That’s good to hear! Things have changed nowadays so this video is out of date now.
Nice stuff lad! Thank you!
D. H.M. Cheers man!
Good, informative video
Maritime Filming UK thank you very much!
love the effect at the beginning of the video - need to learn that one !
Live The Dash Awh thanks! What software do you edit with?
Simple and straightforward. Well done.
Thank you, glad you thought so! Are you looking at getting your PfCO?
@@josh.nuttall I will be at some point.
Anthony Robling very nice! Do you know what type of jobs you want to do?
@@josh.nuttall Well, I'm primarily a theatre photographer, so something in the arts.
Ah okay very nice, hope it all works out for you
Hey josh nice information Thnks , if I use my drone for fun like pictures and videos for family did I need to have license certificate ? Because my drone Weight is 520 g
Do we need it to fly the Mavic Mini if we do it for youtube??
made it so much simpler, thank you. Would be good to see an example of the flight logs and risk assessment? is there a specific way it needs to be written down for them? Again thank you!!!
Thanks for the comment! When you do the course, the company you do it with will give you examples of these!
@@josh.nuttall oh ok perfect! Thank you.
Hey Josh. Congrats on getting PfCO'd up. UAV8 are indeed a great crowd and who I went with as well. Rest assured the CAA have specifically mentioned RUclips use does not constitute commercial use, even if you get revenue from it, which seems a strange exemption but there you are. I too see it as a license and a hopelessly overly complicated and expensive one at that. The presence of money doesn't make a flight more challenging or risky, it's the flight itself. So I still don't see why money is deciding factor on getting the full CAA training. It should be the type of flight itself that dictates whether the CAA training is needed.
Anyway, best of luck with getting paid jobs :) Cheers, Ian in London
Ian in London thanks a lot man, just wondered if you had a the info of where they had said this because I’d been told by a few qualified pilots that it did constitute towards it?
@@josh.nuttall Yeah, sadly a I find the qualified pilots are most often the source of misinformation. CAA website itself on the page "guidance on using unmanned aircaraft and drones for commercial work" in Example 2 of first section: "While every case should be judged on its own merits, some types of arrangements are not generally considered by the CAA to be commercial operations such as:
Advertising revenue received as a result of persons visiting a website or social media page where video or photographic stills shot from a UAS are displayed/posted. This is because these types of web-pages may be legitimately used to post recreational video material that was not commissioned by another party but was conceived and wholly funded by the poster".
Black and white, as they say! Cheers, Ian
@@josh.nuttall Web lnk for below: www.caa.co.uk/Commercial-industry/Aircraft/Unmanned-aircraft/Small-drones/Guidance-on-using-unmanned-aircraft-and-drones-for-commercial-work/
Ian in London well thank you for your help! I’ll be sure to pass this information on to others!
I am thinking of getting a phantom 4 pro. Drone.
If I fly just overfields for recreational purpose.. Will I need license ect.
Would like to know this before buying my drone... Thanks Ron
Hi fella liked the straight forward vid , may I ask is there a book you can buy that gives you all the study material ready for pfco theory test pls
D Freeman hey man, thanks for the kind words! There may be but I’m not aware of any books. Honestly, you learn all you need to in the 2 days when your go to the NQE of your choice. I believe the pass mark is 75% and no one in our group got below 90%, so nothing to worry about!
Do I need PfC0 for mini drone like Mavic mini 3 pro?
Hi josh, thanks for the brilliant vudeo,
I just got my flyer ID and operator ID from CAA, and they say that I don't need anything else in their website, is that wrong? I have just realised about the cource you mentioned.
Hi mate, this video is now out of date with the new rules
Great video. Really helpful 👍
I know some people are just using Mavic Mini drone and skipping a license. Is that legal for commercial work? Would like to know your opinion.
Thanks a lot man!
To my knowledge that isn’t legal. The fact that the Mavic mini is under 250g just means that it didn’t need to be registered. However, I believe that the CAA changed their regulations that any drone up to 20kg needed to get the standard permissions for commercial operations.
Can you explain the new laws as of this year and what we need to do now?
It’s probably not something I’m gonna do a video on at the moment. Mainly because I’m focusing on university work at the moment but also because there’s sooo much to look at!
Check out Mr MPW and Ian in London who both have good videos on it
What I would like to know. If I use my drone (registered, but not commercial licenced) for my youtube video and use it like a dolly or crane (no higher than say 10 meters) and only use it for yourself to give some cinematic angles to your video for a 3 second shots (maybe used like 3-5 times in total) in a 20 minute video, and you do not give out your service for commercial use, yet your video (say short film) get monotized. Does this put you in the "commercial use" category? I am sure it probably does. But I feel there should be some discrepancy.
Just replied to your other comment. Rules have changed so check the new rules. If you’ve got a Mavic mini or mini 2 you’ll have the most freedom
@@josh.nuttall No, I got an Air 1. Had I known this before, would have gotten a Mini.
@@gutz1981 if you want to fly closer check out the GVC or A2CofC courses, or just buy a Mavic mini 2 and have much less restriction
Very informative and well presented video! Did the 3 day course go into how each job risk assessment needs to be carried out?
Thanks for the kind words! Yes they did, it was part of the final day where you had to fill one out prior to the flight test.
At the end of the course they gave us a bunch of documents that included an in depth risk assessment document.
@@josh.nuttall great, thanks for the quick reply 👍
No worries, have a good evening!
Hi Josh, How can one obtain a license for UAV flights? i also heard that new EU regulation are coming into force will this cancel/Surpass the PfCO qualification? is there any cheaper place in Surrey or close to South London because the prices for this license are just an absurd with out any foundation... 600+{ for a drone training were a person doesn't learn nothing but a few laws and most are not even connected with drone but airplanes and other things that a drone op will never get involved this mention by some of the drone pilots online on larger RUclips channels, i haven't done the training myself due to the high prices
RICARDO hey Ricardo! So the video explains the process of getting the PfCO so you are able to fly your drone for commercial purposes. If you just mean a license to fly as a hobby then check out the CAAs website for drone registration. Unfortunately, I’m not too sure about NQEs near Surrey, might need to google that one.
You are correct, there is new EU legislation coming that will replace the PfCO and is now going to sorted through risk-based categories. However, this won’t be in place until July 2020 and if you get a PfCO now it will stay valid for the whole year (even when the new regulations take over).
I completely understand your frustration as I was in the same boat! As a student it was a very difficult decision! However, once you look at the numbers and see the prices that people charge for drone services, you then realise it’s much easier to make the money back.
Hope this all made sense and helps you somewhat. Let me know if you have anymore questions!
@@josh.nuttall Hi Josh, I'm registered as a Hobbyist at the moment but the thing is frustrating and out of order. i was part building and racing drones before and i now feel like being trough out of the hobby by some large corporations=Amazon and drone delivery agency's coming very soon with laws and fines and all other type of persuasion and bullying by the government/CAA like were the drone associations are not rely associations but just another government organization, as an association agent i would never accept any of this laws as an association working for the drone hobbyist and work operator and this is what all drone users are mentioning not just me, as a hobby or work we do FPV, we do record GoPro style of video for video or RUclips or inspection of a structure for a client etc, we do fly out of line of sight, we do fly over property's every land or road is a property etc just unbelievable some one can say is working for the people signing something like this... there should be a test for safety and competency yes i agree safety is a priority for is all but not at £600+ test like. i have paid the £9 and now i'm told i need another training and even that will not guarantee me to put on my fatshark googles and do FPV fly or just go for a safe ride around the field some were for a mile or two. In case of emergency i would like to tell this people wait there i need CAA £9 test, Pfco, CAA FPV authorization, Land owner authorization etc etc so i can't rely use my drone for this emergency i will need and do all of this before anything.... If the government use a drone in a emergency in FPV and out of line of sight can we sue the government in the name of all drone operators, the persons that come up with this laws are not CAA or drone association but more like the own that complaint about drones even if a person is flying in they own garden or land, unbelievable laws and every one is breaking this right now all operators do this all the time and will never fallow non of this laws, government can use tracking etc drone builders will remove and hack the software until commune sense and friendly laws are actually done
Nice clear video thanks Josh! How long does the license last? Do you have to pay an annual fee to to renew it?
Paul-Thys thank you! So the license lasts 1 year and there is a renewal fee of around £170. The regulations will be changing as of 31st December 2020 to a slightly different system
@@josh.nuttall Thanks for the speedy reply!
Paul-Thys no worries, glad I could help
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i know this was 3 years ago, but is there a PFCO that is online only?
The PFCO is no longer valid, whole new system for drone laws
Hello Josh, nice information in the video, my question is how to set the price of each drone filming project, is any website where explain about the price or during the drone licence training, training staff will explain about the set price of the filming project accordingly the duration of the project? What was your minimum project with duration and what was your set price? I know it’s personal but we really want to know and how did you chosen this field? Anyone recommend you ? Please explain and we all will be really appreciate. Thanks from London
N M hey there, thank you for the kind words. This was something I struggled with at the start and could probably make a whole video on. My suggestion to you would be research how much people near you are charging for the type of work you want to do. I started off fairly cheap like £100 a job just to get started. After that I realised people in this field of work were charging about £350-£400 a day, so I started doing the same. Start at whatever you feel comfortable offering and then slowly increase your price. Just make sure you factor in the time it takes to do preparations, the flight time, travel to the job, and the fact you had to pay for the training. Hope this helps!
Josh Nuttall one more question, how much is Drone insurance for commercial use?
N M it depends on whether you do it yearly, monthly, or per job. I do it per job and it’s usually around £5-£10.
Hey, good video. Been flying Drones for around 8 years and thinking about setting up a business. Have you struggled in the industry or have you managed to get a foothold?
Thanks man, I was doing this part time while I’m still at university. I was also using the drone as an additional tool to creating promotional/wedding videos so not by itself.
The laws have changed now as of the start of the year so some of the info is a bit out of date.
So if I am not going to upload it to anywhere on the internet do I not need a licence??
Pulse Pzhr if you’re not gonna upload it and you’re not gonna get any financial benefit from it (selling it to someone) then no
if you got a dji drone it uploads to skypix any way so they know how high you been and where..
Does the license also apply to sub 250’s?? Thanks
This is outdated now, need to lookup the new rules relating to drones
Quick question. You need to renew your license every two years. Is that part expensive?
So this is now out of date and you’ll need to look up the latest rules
@@josh.nuttall That’s fair. Cheers Josh.
Hi Josh, what about uploading videos to RUclips without any financial gain? purely just for friends to watch etc..
cheers.
Matt Lee hey man, if you’re just uploading then you don’t need one. It’s only if you start advertising your services or a product, or making money of the videos then you’d need to!
@@josh.nuttall thanks for the reply. An array of clips from over the summer complimented by some calming music is all I intend to do!
Matt Lee that’s absolutely fine mate, thanks for watching the video!
Why is it the US only pay about $100 for their's. While the UK needs to pay £1200? The deterant is not right. Some people just wanna use some nice shots in their own videos on their channel. Not whole 10 minute footage of 100 meter high shots. Maybe just some 3-10 meter shots to use in a video or two they may wanna make using like 10 seconds of footage at most. Why is it so far out of reach to even consider to use one for work?
No longer have to pay £1200. Rules changed as of the 1st of January this year so if you’re doing it commercially you only have to pay for insurance
@@josh.nuttall If this is true, happy days. I will look into that.
@@josh.nuttall So here is some details. I got the Mavic Air 1 (under 500g) What I want to use it for is car video reviews where I wanna use it like a crane or a dolly (Its easier and cheaper than having a crew) and as such, I just want like 3-10 second panning shots of cars at designated open area race tracks. Not near buildings or people as I have reviewed a car already before lockdown. Not looking for shots over 5-10m. Just singular shots of static cars as the drone circles around. Have no intention to go and hire myself out. Just want to use it as backup footage on my reviews. (Review the car and have some nice panning shots or dolly zooms or crane lifts) I figure, since it has nothing to do with shooting near people or buildings and is in an open field, does it really require anything outside my current registration Flyer and Operator ID? Its complicated. But I have no interest in landscape shots. Its cheaper and only one man job to have a dolly cheat and crane style shots used lightly in a video to give it more style.
I might get in touch with you if I need some more information if you don't mind! Regards
D. H.M. Yeah sure no worries, message me on insta @joshnuttall98
Hello mate is it true that from 1 July 2020 you don’t need any commercial license for the use of your drone for commercial use as long as you sty 150m away from buildings and 50m from people?
MrKilluminati84 unfortunately that’s not true. What your referring to is the new EASA legislation that replaces the PfCO with a risk based system. However, due to covid that has been pushed back to 31 December 2020 at the earliest.
Josh Nuttall okay thanks for that but it would mean that with the new laws i wouldn’t need pfco unless i want to fly closer to people?
MrKilluminati84 as long as your drone fell into the correct category then yes. To fly closer you would need to take the GVC course
I have a caa flyer id
But I got card with it for my drone and my drone that I ordered didnt work :(
good video, good edit, the sound could do with improving as i found it very hard to hear you clearly.
Myself i do not need to do this as i just fly as a hobby :)
Andy
Thanks for the feedback!
Turn your volume up Andy..... It was fine! 😀😀 Hope you're well mate. Ian
@@IaninLondon i did haha, but i still found it hard to hear clearly, might be my ears :p
yeh better now Ian thanks, taking it easy compared to chucking out content like i was. making videos still just not 2 a week.
Hope your well too
Hi bro do we have to renew every year?
Yes mate, of the top of my head I believe it’s £190 to renew each year. Your NQE should help you check all your documents are correct and up to date for the renewal!
@@josh.nuttall sorry to bother you and thanks for the replay, and one more question, once we have the licence then do we allow to fly anywhere?
independent media don’t worry about it! Not quite everywhere, need the landowners permission and have to follow the drone code. You’ll learn all about it when doing your PfCO, but worth researching now as well
cosh row hey man, well first off that’s really cool you wanna do that! In terms of the cheapest centre, I have seen the ranging from £650-£1500+ with the cheapest one being UAV8 based in Ipswich!
Unfortunately I’m not gonna be much help with that side of things. I’d personally look at something like the Yuneec H520, but I’d suggest doing a lot of your own research on that
cosh row no worries! So I mainly create promotional videos so use it when filming businesses and property’s, however I have also done work for a construction company on one of a couple houses being built and some shots for a football team.
I do it by myself as a freelancer, hope this all helps!
how long is it valid for
Robert Gillespie 1 year, are you thinking about getting it?
@@josh.nuttall i have the licence for operating just not for commercial. i dont on plan on doing it soon, i just use it for my youtube and facebook page
Oh right okay. Yeah so it’s valid for a year and then you pay a renewal fee. However, they are bringing in a new system this year so it’s all going to change
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UAV8 Ltd Drone Training no worries, thanks again for everything guys!
I second that..... A truly outstanding group of guys! Ian
How did you get your drone so cheep
I bought mine second hand a while back
@@josh.nuttall if you don't mind can I ask where you got it from
@@harrisamir670 just off Facebook marketplace
@@josh.nuttall okey that's fine thank you
I hate the CAA. Basically made it impossible for hobbyist flyers to make money with their drones. What bastards. My phantom cost me £300. I'm not spending huge amounts of money to do like 4 or 5 filming jobs a year like I want to. They clearly don't like drones, or drone pilots. They just make everything more awkward than it needs to be.
£300 on a drone and you think you should be able to then charge for vids/pics??? Compared to someone who is prepared to invest more than triple that on a drone alone, time, advertising, possibly computer software and a qualification 👍🏽
@@stones-ds1yy I wouldn't do any 'professional' type jobs. Just simply someone wanted some raw pictures and video, in a low risk area. Not planning to do it full time. But that's my opinion.
It isn't a licence it is a permission for commercial operation.
North Wales RC Reviews I know mate, that’s what I said in the video. It’s just commonly referred to as a license and what people might often search for when they’re looking into this kinda stuff
North wales RC Reviews, he literally said this straight away pipe down
A PFCO isn’t a drone license it’s a ‘permission’ I licence for drones does not exist yet!
reflexxtr I know mate, if you had of watched the video you would of heard that. It’s just commonly referred to as a license and what people might often search for when they’re looking into this kinda stuff
PFCO Is DEAD Anyone with a drone can now take ( From 1st July 2020 ) Video and Pictures and sell them there is no difference between the different types of flight It is all about safety now
Christopher Haslewood sorry mate but it’s not dead. As you said it’s still the only method of making money from drone footage until July. Many people will easily be able to make their money back by then, so for some it makes sense.
Also the PfCO will stay valid, even with these new regulations, until it needs to be renewed. It’s much easier to convert to the new GVC through a conversion course, which you need to have a PfCO for. Although the term ‘PfCO’ isn’t going to be used anymore, a lot of the process and safety measures are going to be the same.