Recent content by Congoblue

As I understand the rules in the UK, this is not the same as the "intent of flight" US rules. In the UK you must hold PfCO if you supply drone video or photos "in return for remuneration or other valuable consideration" as stated by the CAA here...

I completely agree with what you say, but I don't like getting into arguments and would rather not be a legal test case so will avoid flying near NT staff.

Well they have pursued people in civil court cases for overflying their property, see these two previous threads. https://mavicpilots.com/threads/detailed-national-trust-property-nfz-map.53088/ https://mavicpilots.com/threads/national-trust-properties.10994/ This may or may not be legally...

There have been discussions on here stating that you can't fly over it either, at least not within a drone's permitted 120m height. But as you say, most of it is open countryside and nobody will care. The one thing I would avoid is flying near NT buildings (stately homes etc) as they will...

I'd just go for it. I do not think a time is going to come where all the rules are decided on and all the drone models have stabilised, this is all going to keep changing. If you are waiting for that you will never buy anything, and that would be a shame because it is a fun hobby. You can't...

If you are not so much into photography but just want to have fun flying it, the Mavic 2 zoom is a great choice. In fact the original Mavic 1 or Mavic 1 Pro Platinum is still a really good drone and quite cheap if you can find a refurb one. The new Mavic Mini is a lot cheaper but is prone to...

I didn't think the S20 was even on sale yet? I use S10, works fine so I would have thought S10+ will be fine too. A suitable right-angle USB-C cable is provided in the MPP package to connect the phone to the remote controller.

Well my car can go to 150mph which would be illegal, but I was still allowed to buy it. I can buy a knife which could stab someone. It's the user's responsibility to stay within the law. The advantage of having such a big potential range is it makes the radio link much more reliable if you...

Well maybe, but I would have thought the fact you will lose sight of the drone in snow would be much more significant than getting cold fingers.

The label is supposed to be visible without removing the battery...

It is to handle business situations where a company employs several drone pilots. The company is the operator and each pilot has a separate flyer ID. Though you have to think that such situations will be rare compared to the leisure users.

This whole scheme has just been rushed in so the politicians appear to have done something after the Gatwick incidents. As you say it will have no effect in real life except making things a bit harder for the law abiding folk.

Sheesh. I know that. It is just my opinion that the test should promote safe flying rather than slavish adherence to the rules. Which are all only guidelines/suggestions anyway apart from the 120m altitude and airport avoidance.

I said "none of the answers seemed to be good answers", not "there wasn't a right answer". A good answer would have been "He can fly here as long as his drone remains at least 50m away from the people at the show and avoids flying directly over them" which is actually what the code says. I just...

No you couldn't. None of the answers provided to that question seemed to be good answers but you had to pick one...