Recent content by ColinJE

How many days will you be in the air? I have been with FlyCovered for three years. Equipment is covered 365 [or 366 this year] days while on the ground. The policy includes 30 flying days which are booked when needed, and if you don't use them all some [can't remember how many] will be rolled...

Whether I photograph "trail" or "no trail" normally depends on what the customer wants. Sometimes I will use two cameras, one for each, with the trail camera set to automatically photograph every 8 seconds with a 6 second shutter speed - then delete 90% of the photographs! Rogue drones are...

I work as a Senior Firer for a UK based firework company and also photograph for them. To add to the good advice already given: - it is always worth checking with the firework crew to find out where the firing site is, what is being fired and when. Then you will have an idea of what you are...

One reason for flying indoors is because the client requires it so indoor flying is not necessarily stupid. I have a set of DJI prop guards for my MINI2 for that reason and they served me well in three jobs last year. I've looked at guards for my MINI3 PRO but have yet to see a set that I would...

I work for a firework display company and am often asked to photograph the displays when I'm not needed during firing. Haven't used a drone yet - that will come later this year hopefully - but have used DSLR and video. With DSLR the settings I use to record both the trail and burst are: ISO 100...

Heliguy in North Shields are a DJI repairer so local if you are in the North East. Can recommend them for training and sales and they also do repairs but haven't used them for that [yet!]

I'm checking with my RAE to see why they have updated the A2CofC document but I guess if the CAA are not specifying any requirements it is being left up to the RAE to decide what they think is acceptable. Having checked I'm only 10 minutes shy of the 8 hours anyway. I looked into the GVC flight...

On my self declaration I have to confirm I have completed all the elements and enter date, aircraft, location, flight time and cumulative flight time for all my flights. I also have to submit evidence of the flights which is either a screen shot of my flight records or a third-party logbook...

I'm booked in for the A2CofC exam on Monday and have noticed today that the Practical Flight Training Guide on the training website is a newer version than the one I printed and have been working to. It now contains the following: "Candidates with no previous Unmanned Aircraft experience must...