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Does anyone know of any gadgets that can deter birds from trying to dive bomb my drone when i am looking at roofs?! I have had a couple of near misses, but if something could just scare them away for a few minutes this would be handy. I live by the seaside and it seems as soon as the drone...

Hi everyone, has anyone used flycovered for the insurance (FlyCovered Aviation Insurance Just Got Smarter) They seems to offer a good pay as you fly policy?

OK, so today i got my A2 CofC certificate. However, it is dated towards the end of November, the day before my exam, rather than after they finally(!) approved the documentation i submitted early this year. Do you think this is because the exam date is the trigger? Many thanks in...

Hiya... roughly what did you pay for your insurance? i am being quoted around the £250 mark for commercial and recreational cover with £1M PL.

I am looking at getting insurance.... was this for commercial and recreational? The quote i have been given for my phantom 4 and mavi mini was much more than this?

Hi Gary.... thanks for message and I realise that and my provider was an online exam with self certified practical.... did your provider want a certain number of hours, or was the signed declaration enough? Cheers. Matt

I agree, I think that the training could be argued that it is for work purposes... It actually is in my case, I am looking to use the drone on occasions for my work. I must admit I had not heard of the police fining people for carrying a hot drink etc... That sounds crazy...

Hi Stephen I have passed the exam but if they are going to expect me to go out and do another two or so hours flying time then not sure this will be possible and it may be cheaper and easier for me to retake the test with somebody else. This would be a stupid situation I know as I have...

Thank you for the message. I think you are right in that they are misinterpreting requirements. I did sit and pass the exam prior to doing the practical training though? This was actually their recommendation. Doing the flying time in the past month was actually quite useful following the...

Did you have to do the practical flight training and submit logs etc? Cheers. Matt

Hi Stephen... Was thinking of doing the same (i.e. switching provider). I noticed that there were several others offering the course for not only much less money than what I paid(!) which is annoying in itself but also they were saying that there was no requirement to carry out any practical...

Do you think they are or should be allowed to do this?

I recently (Nov) passed the A2 CofC exam. Since then, I have logged nearly 7 hours flying time (training and trying different things). I have owned my Phantom 4 drone for around 4 years and I have in the middle of 2020 purchased a Mavic Mini. I submitted my declaration and detailed logs and...