Recent content by 123taff

My understanding is that Central London is a VERY difficult area to legally fly a drone due to very closely linked restricted airspaces surrounding the City Airport and the Battersea Heliport, (the busiest Heliport in Europe) There are also Northolt RAF and Redhill restricted airspace and of...

I have been flying on or off for the last 5 years or more. Originally I used a generation one Mavic. I also used a set of DJI goggles, (both of which I still own) I have since been bitten by the convenience of the less restrictive use of the Mini series, firstly the Mini 3 pro and now the Mini...

In the UK we have a linked network of fixed ANPR cameras (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) and all Road Policing (Traffic) Police vehicles are equipped with mobile versions of these units, and these link to the PNC. (Police National Computer) We are lucky in the UK in as much as being...

I think his views on this single incident or any other incident spurring legislators to kill of the drone hobby is well over the top and will just not happen. I will agree with him on one point though and that is the respect of societal privacy of individuals who don’t want to be filmed. Just...

Well presented and point taken!

There won't be, those restrictions are part of a statutory instrument issued by the CAA who are empowered by the act to make enforceable "conditions" to enable the legal flying of manned and unmanned aircraft in UK airspace. They obtain this authority primarily from the Air Traffic Management...

It is still the Air Navigations Order 2016 as amended by The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2022 https://thecompliancepeople.co.uk/updates/legal/the-air-navigation-amendment-order-2022/ https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/321/made

You also have to consider rapidly changing weather conditions. If you are going to fly legally in most cases, that is VLOS, then any sudden change in wind conditions can be accommodated and the drone returned to home without much concern. If on the other hand an operator flies BVLOS (illegal in...

Apart from the fact that there are no GPS satellites circling Mars!😂🤣

I have an awful fear that CAA sub 250g category drones laws are on the cards to be tightened thanks to the antics of the so called "Auditors" who provoke building owners and the authorities, especially the Police into confrontation. Flying over a building, exercising "lawful” flight, and then...

Flying of drones over railways in the UK is subject to the same restrictions as any other industrial infrastructure, that is no closer than 50m for larger drones but technically, the sub 250g drone exemptions apply. However, there is an area of caution. Following a couple of near misses...

Future business users will not be tied down to VLOS like us mere mortals but the drones will be remotely controlled from ground stations. There is already a scheme being trialled in Northumberland with drones flying urgent NHS medical supplies to remote hospitals and they are being flown from a...

I just wanted to offer the opinion that the non sale of the larger batteries for the M4P/M3P in the UK is a business decision and not done to conform to non existant legislative measures. I say that because there is no legislation that prevents the sale of such batteries in the UK, the...

That is a good description to be fair!

So, another question, this time about battery charging for my new M4P. Using the three capacity battery hub, I charge up my batteries in advance of a planned trip, but often, for one reason or another, I can’t follow through on those plans, either because of weather, or some other reason. I...