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    Media today - we must register - isn't this done before first flight?

    Looks like you are correct for UK in 2021 ; <250g, not a toy, with a camera , need CAA Operator ID but not a flyer ID
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    Media today - we must register - isn't this done before first flight?

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    Media today - we must register - isn't this done before first flight?

    I’m still studying , so stand to be corrected, but no . AFAIK if < 250g you only need operator ID and Flyer if a camera is fitted. That is a rule change for 2021.
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    Media today - we must register - isn't this done before first flight?

    There are now new UK CAA drone regulations for 2021, which are complex and permit us to continue in the ‘Open’ category . You must now register ALL drones with cameras with CAA and get a flyer ID, even if you are in the uber lightweight <250grm category. For those >250grms ( but not the...
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    Don't do what I did to "hand catch" your MA2!

    I had a terror incident trying to hand catch my M2Pro , last year , from underneath . Grab and flip it over ; done before several times , but that day , the drone went bonkers with maximum thrust and was a terrifying wrestle . No injury , but I won’t do it again .
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    Freezing Rain and Mavic 2 flight

    My amateur opinion is that flying a quadcopter, with four non waterproof electric motors , in ANY rain, freezing or not , is asking for a bad situation .
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    Flying while it was snowing

    I like the increasing altitude , whilst looking down on falling snowflakes . Lovely vid .
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