UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Drone Regulations

Best leave it for another 20 eh,
see how we go.
There still is cockney rhyming slang but it all changed. Us northern monkeys are the poor lot. But the southern fairies, well proper cockneys are a dieing breed.
Pushed out by bankers & I'd best not say or in jail.
I do like to voice my opinion but this ain't the place. God 20 years ago it must be at least 3" deeper in birdshit by now & the rats are bigger than ever. Especially the ones who like to pick a pocket or twoooo.
 
Heh, I imagine much has changed. I was only in London a day or two over probably two months. I picked up on some of the Cockney slang from work friends. Most of my time was spent in Bracknell, Rhyl, Birmingham, and Manchester.

mozquito1 said:
Best leave it for another 20 eh, see how we go.
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Maybe, but the new job requires a fair bit of travel so I'm sure I'll be back sooner rather than later.
 
Your have to give us UK boys a shout when your over :)
I put in the Al Capone for ours mates over the pond it's the newer Cockney lol
 
Spork said:
Heh, I imagine much has changed. I was only in London a day or two over probably two months. I picked up on some of the Cockney slang from work friends. Most of my time was spent in Bracknell, Rhyl, Birmingham, and Manchester.



Maybe, but the new job requires a fair bit of travel so I'm sure I'll be back sooner rather than later.
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Rhyl what a shiiithole. That's about a half hour drive from us on the wirral. Used to be a decent holiday resort area. But not no more. There is nothing left.
 
mozquito1 said:
Rhyl what a shiiithole. That's about a half hour drive from us on the wirral. Used to be a decent holiday resort area. But not no more. There is nothing left.
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That's too bad. It seemed pretty nice when I worked there for a week or so.

Edit: Actually had to look up wirral - lol. When I zoomed in on the map, I remembered we were actually working in Prestatyn and just hit Rhyl in the evenings - but they are so close I guess your description of Rhyl probably applies there as well.
 
Meanwhile, on the regulation front, The CAA registration scheme has been running since November. It seems fairly straightforward and sensible to me, but Mr. MPW writes that the UK Drone and Model Aircraft Education and Registration Scheme (DMARES) will only be in place until mid 2020 when when
<quote>we’re expecting to adopt the EASA regulations.</quote> whatever that means. See DMARES

Staying legal seems to be somewhat of a moving target.

Update: The only EASA (European Union Aviation Safety Agency) information seems to be in the form of a video of an American drone talking to an Australian chap:
 
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The CAA has issued a June 2020 update to its CAP 1789 -The EU UAS Regulation Package at CAP1789 June 2020
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As a mere hobbyist, I find the regulations unclear in respect drones over 250gm but less than 25kg.
On Page 48 is a useful table that seems to suggest that I can continue to fly my "legacy" 680gm drone, after 31st Dec 2020 until 31st Dec 2022, under sub-category 3 (150m horizontally from residential, commercial, industrial and recreational areas, etc.)

Article 22 (Page 25-26) state:
"• with a mass of less than 2kg (‘flying weight’ as described earlier) will be able to be operated in subcategory A2, as if it was a class C2 device, but only down to a minimum horizontal distance of 50m from people. In addition, the remote pilot will be required to have been tested to a competency level that is at least equivalent to that required for operation within the A2 subcategory (i.e. the ‘A2 CofC).​
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Note: This transitional provision does not ‘convert’ a legacy unmanned aircraft weighing less than 2kg into a ‘C2’ device.​
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• With a mass of more than 2kg and less than 25kg may be operated within the limits set out for subcategory A3 provided that the remote pilot has​
successfully passed the foundation test."​

I hope I have understood this correctly. If anyone knows better, I'd be grateful to hear.
 
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