Flying a drone for commercial purposes in Norway demands that you have a checklist for emergency procedure.
Having not seen this any other place I thought I would try to put something together. Any help and inputs are most welcome
The rules are not very specific, but states that the emergency procedure should include an action plan if you experience visual and electronic contact with the AC
This is what I have come up with so far:
Emergency procedure
In case of loss of control/flyaway
Warn any individuals in vicinity if possible
Keep visual contact with ac as long as possible
Consider using CSC to stop props, to avoid damage should it hit someone
In case loss of visual contact with aircraft
Check if any other individual have visual of ac
Consider increasing altitude to clear known obstacles
Focus on the video stream and navigate ac home
Use map/radar to manually fly ac home
Engage Home lock and use pitch stick backwards to fly ac home
Yaw ac so that "nose" is pointing in flight direction to help guide it home and to make it possible for OA to kick in if needed.
Engage RTH
In case of loss of radio contact with AC
Focus on visual contact and track the drone to determine it's location
If possible get others to help as spotters
Try to realign antennas to regain contact
Try relocating RC to regain contact (move to higher ground or closer to AC)
Wait for RTH to engage and aircraft to return
If aircraft does not return use "Find my drone" function in Go app to try to locate it.
In case of loss of visual and radio contact with aircraft
Try to realign antennas to regain contact
Try relocating RC to regain contact (move to higher ground or closer to AC)
Wait for RTH to engage and aircraft to return
If aircraft does not return use "Find my drone" function in Go app to try to locate it.
In case of loss of GPS/ac going into ATTI mode
Keep visual contact with AC and fly home manually
Focus on the video stream and navigate ac home
Use map/radar to manually fly ac home
Recovery situation
If ac is "lost" in known location, make sure it is safe to attempt recovery.
Consider getting assistance if location is deemed inaccessible or unsafe.
In case of injury
Have a small medical kit available
Know where the nearest medical facility is located
Having not seen this any other place I thought I would try to put something together. Any help and inputs are most welcome
The rules are not very specific, but states that the emergency procedure should include an action plan if you experience visual and electronic contact with the AC
This is what I have come up with so far:
Emergency procedure
In case of loss of control/flyaway
Warn any individuals in vicinity if possible
Keep visual contact with ac as long as possible
Consider using CSC to stop props, to avoid damage should it hit someone
In case loss of visual contact with aircraft
Check if any other individual have visual of ac
Consider increasing altitude to clear known obstacles
Focus on the video stream and navigate ac home
Use map/radar to manually fly ac home
Engage Home lock and use pitch stick backwards to fly ac home
Yaw ac so that "nose" is pointing in flight direction to help guide it home and to make it possible for OA to kick in if needed.
Engage RTH
In case of loss of radio contact with AC
Focus on visual contact and track the drone to determine it's location
If possible get others to help as spotters
Try to realign antennas to regain contact
Try relocating RC to regain contact (move to higher ground or closer to AC)
Wait for RTH to engage and aircraft to return
If aircraft does not return use "Find my drone" function in Go app to try to locate it.
In case of loss of visual and radio contact with aircraft
Try to realign antennas to regain contact
Try relocating RC to regain contact (move to higher ground or closer to AC)
Wait for RTH to engage and aircraft to return
If aircraft does not return use "Find my drone" function in Go app to try to locate it.
In case of loss of GPS/ac going into ATTI mode
Keep visual contact with AC and fly home manually
Focus on the video stream and navigate ac home
Use map/radar to manually fly ac home
Recovery situation
If ac is "lost" in known location, make sure it is safe to attempt recovery.
Consider getting assistance if location is deemed inaccessible or unsafe.
In case of injury
Have a small medical kit available
Know where the nearest medical facility is located
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