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Re: CAA registration 'consultation'

Posted: 09 Jun 2019, 10:51
by ozrs
Apparently As of June 1st, if not flying at a approved club site, guys in Canada are now required to keep a log book of all flights - time, date, location, persons present, and craft details.

And also a Maintenance log book - details of any repairs, parts used, instructions followed, serial nos, etc. Log book must be kept for 2 years!

It seems the world's aviation authorities are in a race to come up with the most moronic regulations for model aircraft.

Re: CAA registration 'consultation'

Posted: 09 Jun 2019, 11:28
by GarydNB
Goodluck with that one! Who's going to police it?

Re: CAA registration 'consultation'

Posted: 10 Jun 2019, 06:03
by Wayne_H
ozrs wrote: 09 Jun 2019, 10:51 .......It seems the world's aviation authorities are in a race to come up with the most moronic regulations for model aircraft.

Those that can, do - ie. simplify & add lightness - and those that can't become Bureaucrats to hold back those that can. :cry: Then, put a politician in charge (?) and the only way is 👇 the 🚽.

noun: bureaucrats
an official in a government department, in particular one perceived as being concerned with procedural correctness at the expense of people's needs. :P

End rant :oops:

Re: CAA registration 'consultation'

Posted: 10 Jun 2019, 11:16
by jackdaw
You can fly kites up to 200ft high - no registration or competency test required. Control line models require registration and a competency test. Bizarre, idiotic rules of this system.

Re: CAA registration 'consultation'

Posted: 10 Jun 2019, 13:24
by GarydNB
I thought control line was exempt?

Re: CAA registration 'consultation'

Posted: 10 Jun 2019, 18:58
by jackdaw
no, it only got an exemption for notification/request to fly in an aerodrome/airfield control area(the new one not the ATZ)

Re: CAA registration 'consultation'

Posted: 03 Jul 2019, 09:21
by Spike S
You may be interested to read Cliff Evans' 03 July post on the Scalesoaring Forum, where there is a robust response to the recent BBC programme - “Britain’s Next Air Disaster? Drones”
https://scalesoaring.co.uk/phpBB3/viewt ... 0&start=60

Re: CAA registration 'consultation'

Posted: 08 Jul 2019, 12:15
by jackdaw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyd6CK4 ... CQMDnolY5w
Oh joy, an additional test, CE marking and site and distance limits with an extra significant date of 1/7/2020 in addition to 1/11/2019.

Re: CAA registration 'consultation'

Posted: 30 Jul 2019, 13:04
by jackdaw
Drone and airspace chart.jpg
As we seem to have lost all the posts from the previous post up to 27/7 I thought I'd put this chart in here for reference. It's taken from CAP 1789 (page 32)
https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/33/CA ... idance.pdf
You can sit down and work things out, using the chart and info in the document, if you feel like it. Or, as I see it, 99.9% of RC model club planes fall into C4 category and therefore need to be flown in A3 site/airspace conditions. Only sub 250gm planes that do NOT have a camera fitted, do NOT exceed 19m/s (approx. 42mph) and are range limited (RF power or geofencing) to no more than 120m (400ft) can be flown without being registered and with no competency test. Also, note max height for ALL is 120m/400ft AGL.

Re: CAA registration 'consultation'

Posted: 31 Jul 2019, 07:36
by iflylilplanes
I talked to a past member of the MAAA committee on the weekend, he keeps on top of the CASA goings on in our sport, he believes, from his MAAA committee friends that all members of the MAAA will be exempt from the registration and licencing, CASA seem to be happy with our safety record. CASA are aiming for the unaffiliated quad owners, tourists (tourists are the ones caught flying quads through the Sydney Harbour Bridge) and the professional drone users. It seems the one CASA member who fly's model aircraft and quads has had some effect inside CASA.