Hi There, great video thanks. So, do you believe it is okay to charge for roof inspections even without formal roofing experience or qualifications? I suppose like you said in the description, you articulate that you are not a roof surveyor of any kind, but provide the customer with all the material and information they need to make the best decision for the home and any further action with regards to repairs is up to them?

Perfectly legal to fly a sub 250g drone both near and over rail lines, including train stations (as long as there are no crowds or groups of people present). However, I don't recommend anyone fly directly above, over or alongside a moving train. Remember, article 241 of the Air Navigation Order: "A person must not recklessly or negligently cause or permit an aircraft to endanger any person or property". Fly Safe Folks!

Ok!

When it floods at Church Laneham it goes from frogs leap/ toad barn, to the pub. Road wise that is.

Shite hawks were swooping at my drone the other day.... anyway on an unrelated note; do you know of anywhere that sells metal props for a Mavic 2 Pro, some that could be easily sharpened.. for uh,..... aerodynamic reasons... yeah that's it.

My understanding is that a moving car is not classed as a person as they are inside a protective shell and are not likely to step outside of a moving car. Now if a car stops and parks then they may step outside the protective shell and hence this must be considered. Buildings are also protective shells and so if the building has no doors at the back then it’s unlikely that someone will jump out of a window so you can go closer than 50m to the back of that building. Think the advantage of A2cofc over Article 16 for hobby flying is being able to use auto flight like waypoints and follow me.

Very useful and informative, thanks for posting 👍

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omg , ive never seen it that bad before , i bet they're all blocked off at laneham , down the road just before the bridge .

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I had the volume of this video clip fully up to maximum but still could not make out what the commentator was saying.

When I saw her face….

You can overfly uninvolved ppl w a 249g drone

Nice video, so a mini 2 can fly as close as they want to the railway? Ive been looking for a lost dog along a railway line over the last few days but network rail sent someone out to tell me its illegal (he never found me) all a bit confusing

Have you done a 1 sided line of site with your drone? If you have do you have a tips that made it seamless and quick when search for that one tower among the rest?

The thing is with drones let’s say your near airports and stuff 10 metres would not affect anyone or anything BUT in some cases drones can fly away and these drones can go for miles on a fly away so one doing a fly away straight into a landing aircraft os highly dangerous that’s why such a limit

That roof needs a good clean on the roof and gutters

What a poor video - get to the point!

I live in the Highlands (Around the Nevis Range) every week... from high speed jets, experimental aircraft to osprey and c17s... really low you can hear these things coming... lol the jets however jeez! you are not getting any time to fart let alone think evasive action :)

Great information, thanks

One day we will *really* have risk-based regulation in whch case the rules for *manned* aviation will be altered to reflect the increased risks (from drones) of flying below 500ft. Until that time, any claims that regs are "risk-based" are false. One must also ask... if you put your hand in the mouth of the aligator and it gets bitten off -- who is at fault? The aligator or the idiot who was foolish enough to put his hand in such danger? This is the same question that must be asked of any aviator who chooses to fly below 500ft in the full understanding that "there be drones there" and therefore that the risk of an incident involving a drone increases enormously. Yet another situation where (in the case of manned avaition) just because the rules allow you to do something doesn't mean it's either safe or a good idea. And, it's such a laugh that in countries where Remote ID is a requirement for drones, there is no corresponding mandate for all GA to have ADSB when flying in uncontrolled airspace. Why should those who are required to yeild right of way have the conspicuity when those who need to be seen (in order for others to get out of their way) require no such matching conspicuity? Time for the manned aviation regs to be updated to reflect that the use of our airspace is changing and along with it, the risk profile of various segments of that airspace is also changing.

So a loose nut behind the sticks remains the real problem eh?

Generally good info with a couple of inaccuracies... A CTR is not a "Controlled Traffic Region" it's a "Control Zone". There is no such thing as a "Controlled Traffic Region". The larger red areas around an FRZ are never an ATZ (Aerodrome Traffic Zone). ATZs are only ever 2nm or 2.5nm radius circles and are exactly the same dimension as the FRZ but without the stubs.

Have you done a line of site with your drone and if so which light have you used to perform the LOS?

I'd suspect the operator Id / flyer Id discrepancy is parents with children.

Thank you

At 3.46 you refer to smaller airfields eg gliding site. I suggest your (correct) 'don't need permission' statement does not highlight the safety nightmare a drone flying near an active gliding operation would case. Similarly, small airfields (ie farm strips) have serious potential for conflict with and aircraft flying taking off or landing, (having restricted manoeuvrability). I would hope drone pilots would effectively avoid operating in these areas.

I was beginning to wonder where you have got to.👍

With new vlos long range flight illegal now

Fully agree mate! The DfT and CAA completely shafted everyone by changing their decision only just a few weeks AFTER the C1 Classic was released….which completely and utterly screwed anyone over who was looking forward to flying their new drone in the A1. I don’t know exactly why they did this, but it’s pissed a lot of people off! So now it’s a time wasting plan till 2026 to rack in even more £££ from Operators ID’s. I’m absolutely disgusted how the drone industry path is going, they’re making things 10 times worse, and I agree they are going backwards to some extent. Im paying £10 for a £500 computer to spit out an email, while the CAA are taking in millions from yearly ID’s… it’s all just a complete scam, and where exactly does our £10 a month go? No one knows, make a video on that and expose these crooks 😡😡

PMSL you're almost as miserable and cantankerous as me.

I had just 2 people flying drones at the same location I've been flying. Both were mini drones. Some people fly regular light-model aircraft in a field not far from where I live.

Quantum physics is easier to understand.

Great video again. Very interesting. Done my roof recently and it works really well! Daughters house, however was a different kettle of fish - the Red Kites have much better flying ability than me!! lol😊

But we don’t have to “register” the drone? Talking of “fly-aways” my drone was coming home and a gust of wind destabilised it and it flew off and crashed! “Find my Drone” (and associated map) showed me its exact location and it was easily found. Fortunately! Loving your presentations, very informative. I have taken roof photographs voluntarily for our Church......... does that need reviewing? Nothing untoward happened but my pictures will be going to the Diocesan architect. (Everything at Church is voluntary!)

I’m getting to the point rather rapidly where I can’t be bothered to try and keep up.

Brexit...screwing you in all different ways now......don't ya love it .. chuckles.

I fly in the specific category and the prospect of now having to introduce a BRS into my ops manual is just worst case scenario.

Point of order. Is the requirement for a physical switch a thing? CAP1789B requirement for C2 class drones is "(9) unless it is a fixed-wing UA, be equipped with a low-speed mode selectable by the remote pilot and limiting the ground speed to no more than 3 m/s." It doesn't specify a physical switch, just the ability to select the mode.

They couldn't organise a pi** up in a brewery!

So all conjecture.

I regularly travel to Poland, so as well as having a UK CAA operator and flyer ID, I also had to do the EASA operator and flyer ID course and register my drone (a DJI Mavic Mini 2) with the Polish CAA. What a faff just to fly a sub 250g drone in Europe. This whole drone classification and ruling is rapidly turning into a real Pandora's Box of rules, counter rules, corrections, mistakes and retractions! As said in the video, nobody on the planet has died from any drone related incidents. It's just regulation for regulations sake.

Such a load of bullshit .same bullshit and covid ..rely on common sense only and fly your drone its kids play seriously..

I’ve now come to the conclusion the CAA can utterly do one with their rules! We are ‘supposed’ to follow the rules that they set, and they can’t even get that right now! It’s all bollox, and they are now just throwing any crap out the window

I am thinking about giving up drones and taking up shooting as there are far less rules and regulations to learn !!

Think we need to get hold of all PFCO / GVC holders to write to the CAA and complain about the way this has been handled. Last year I had my ops manual returned due to a minor technical error. The CAA had publish a complete abortion, not fit for purpose. Yet expect use, whom have paid thousands of pounds to gain the PFCO / GVC qualification to fall in line with their regulations. Every year I spend hours going through my ops manual to make sure it’s perfect. And yet the CAA and produce a document that makes no sense….. end of rant.. breath and have a drink.

There are only TWO rules we should be observing: 1. do not endanger other people 2. do not endanger other people's property EVERYTHING ELSE is purely advisory. The more rules you have the more loopholes and errors you create. Such a shame that bureaucrats and regulators seem to be paid by the page for their efforts 😞

CAA have relized there mistakes and being put right for 2023

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