Drone Registrations in the UK. How many have ? We'll tell you!

Drone registrations. Have you done it yet? Are you going to? How many people have registered?
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[@MonaroTravels]

Just resurrected my Phantom 3 pro from the loft after many years and to my surprise, it's working flawlessly. Quick firmware updates and it's all happy. I miss this channel, used to love your videos.

[@INTELMAXELL]

Ok it's time to come back. The drone community needs you!

[@kevalinopicks5555]

Reading a number of Facebook posts it seems some people couldn’t wait to register and do the “test”. What a shame we couldn’t organise a blanket refusal to take part in this nonsense. Well done to all who have lined the pockets of a few!

[@paulbuswell6566]

I totally agree. Some were even bragging about their scores (on a test the average 8 year old could pass!) Someone else said this in a post I read. But I thought it was fantastic. They said "If you participate, you perpetuate" Wise words indeed. ALWAYS fly safely. Just as we have been doing. With ZERO fatalities.. Like Bruce said "let's see the risk assessment"

[@murdoyyy]

I've been flying multirotors with recording facilities for 5 year's now, I am completely self taught and consider myself a competent operator following the drone code and wherever possible logging where I plan to fly with the CAA app, I have no idea what this drone registration is about!!, I've never had letter delivered to my home and no one has approached me to inform me in an official capacity what the drone register is. I will continue to fly my drones in the same manor I always have until such time as I have been officially approached and explained what exactly the drone register is, as far as I am concerned the authorities will be the ones that will have to prove to me in a court of law that they made sufficient effort to contact me and advise me of this drone register scheme because the way I see it, it's like when the government decided all landlords were to have gas safe checks done every 12 months on all there propertys, now this took around 3 year's from the first the law changed cause every singe landlord had to sign a document presented to them by the local authority when renewing there landlord registration. Anyone who fears flying there drone without being registered need not unless they have officially been informed👍👍👍✌🛰🚁🛩😎

[@Aalsobiae]

Where have you been bro. We are missing your videos

[@bmpowellicio]

I did the much harder French test last month and the UK version as soon as it was available even though it wasn't necessary for me until January 31st 2020. I wanted, like many people I imagine, to see how easy it is to pass with and without mugging up. I wanted to measure how clued in I already was. The French test wanted all 20 question answered correctly and you can't sign up for the test without going through the video training. I did that in the local cafe, and then followed up with the questions in the evening while watching TV. There are some inconsistencies but the questions are fair, and most people should pass without problems. The French certificated are much more formal and elegant. The UK equivalents seem a bit under whelming. I got 17/20 first time through with the UK test and so passed well enough. Its far easier than the BMFA certificates, and won't weed out anybody who is already moderately competent. Its something we've needed for years, so I'm glad we can now spot the cowboys and the backsliders who couldn't be bothered to get insured, or trained and now cannot be bothered to be registered. Looking at the general public, I now can point to my 'licence' and assure them that I have the RIGHT to fly where I do because the UNITED KINGDOM CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY has approved me so to do.

[@nirmalakitchen]

Very nice 👍🏻

[@Aalsobiae]

Hi man. Why you stop uploading your great videos?

[@yvindnilsen94]

sooooo.. if i take my unregistered multirotor into london and fly around a bit... how many of you are getting into trouble?

[@sputniksam]

I don’t know about the other representative organisations membership numbers but from what I heard last week on a webcast the BMFA member numbers are down around 2000 for this year. And as their demographic leans more toward the more elderly modellers this maybe a trend. Also worth noting that not all of the BMFA members will need to register as many are strictly indoor, control line, and FreeFlight hobbyists. I know of a few in my model flying club who are currently questioning if they’re going to continue with the hobby due to the over regulation. They generally fly from late Spring through to early Autumn, weather permitting, and are now wondering if it’s worth the hassle. I know the general perception of the public is that this is aimed at those with store bought aerial cameras but the whole regulation, and electronic conspicuity for models of a certain class, is going to be very detrimental to a hobby that has demonstrated an exemplary safety record for around the last 100 years.

[@wac36]

Once registered and out flying, who is likely to ask for this proof? Is it just police or officials or are you obliged to show the random public who may enquire?

[@paulgrep3193]

There is no "good" news about this registration scheme, but the number who have registered is surprising. More draconian measures on the way......

[@cscape1973]

Paul Grep you still have to follow the rules, weather you register or not. If you are not following the rules you are a hazard.

[@paulgrep3193]

@@cscape1973 The governments own report states that this registration scheme will do nothing to increase drone safety- do you really think all the criminals are going to register? Relax and fly with a clear conscience until the next round....

[@cscape1973]

Paul Grep no, but the process give. The public peace of mine, which will reduce confrontations. Also, this is not just about criminal behaviour, there are a significant number of drone pilots out there who still dont know the rules, the new educations element sorts that, and, lets be honest, anyone who cant pass the test, or refuses to take it, shouldn’t be using the sky, for all our sakes.

[@yvindnilsen94]

@@cscape1973 no.. it will not.. the amount of accidents will not move but the publics view of multirotors definitly will.. in the media, multirotors got a bad reputation and they did so the instance hobby organisations let them be labelled as 'drones' in the media..

[@cscape1973]

Øyvind Nilsen Im not sure the name of the craft is that significant. The public fear is actually not unreasonable, small , camera carrying, aircraft above them, being flown by people who haven’t had to prove competence. No I don’t think it’s that unreasonable. I really don’t see why so many people don’t want to register, it’s not as if you are doing anything wrong.....is it?? And as for the test....well, if you can’t pass that, easily, then you really shouldn’t be flying..

[@txsatelectronics6156]

Hello Simon, have been missing your videos!! Wish you would do more reviews on some of the tiny whoops since a lot of us are stuck inside and may be the only place to do much flying these days! Thanks Mate !!

[@GEOFFKV6080]

Ive registered. pain free process And piece of mind now out flying

[@flypic1098]

Thanks Simon. I too am registered. I enjoy your informative videos. Thanks. Jim

[@larsmars100]

what to do when you are a none uk citizen? If you will need a badge for each country, my mavic air won't be big enough for all the tags

[@andyd1179]

The BMFA say they have lost 2,000 already and expect to loose more.

[@cscape1973]

Andy Dubreuil Photography how do they know? BMFA renewals dont happen until December, its only then that the true drop out will be known, when people done renew.

[@andyd1179]

Adam Shaw that’s what they said and also the are pleading for a exemption for model aircraft to ID put on the models as it will spoil the replication of the aircraft! They are worried that they will loose even more members come the renewal and that model aircraft making will be hit hard because they have to jump through the same loops as drone pilots.

[@cscape1973]

Andy Dubreuil Photography well, i must say, as a member of the BMFA a BMFA qualification holder, and a scale modeller as well as a drone pilot.....i don’t have a lot of sympathy....saftey is paramount, and model pilots have been getting away with hiding questionable flying for years, i see no reason why they should be except. And as for putting numbers on the planes....this is hardly a big hardship.

[@andyd1179]

Adam Shaw I agree. I understand if it’s a spitfire replica but you could make the code look like the part of the plane like they all have numbers on them. I think that maybe BMFA members feel this is a push so far, but at the end of the day they are using the sky’s and for that reason alone is one why they should have to register. I don’t know how far they can fly in a straight line, but if there is a chance of the pilot loosing connection to plane etc then is a dangerous risk just like a drone. You can’t have double standards the drone is here to stay and share airspace just like RC planes and other flight mode craft.

[@cscape1973]

Andy Dubreuil Photography indeed, the risk with a model is greater than with a modern drone, few, if any have fail safe features, and as a lot of them are hand built, airworthiness is always a question. There is also (although not with everyone) a superior attitude, that flying a model plane, somehow makes you a better pilot than a drone pilot....this attitude is, in itself, a risk factor.

[@r-mackphotography6424]

Literally just registered :D

[@alanreid250]

If the CAA realise that they can run the database for £2 per registration when it's up and running ...will we get a refund...doubt it but the CAA will have a damned Good Christmas party

[@revparsons3tl]

Ive registered mine

[@cscape1973]

Im registered, and happily carrying on with my pastime, worry free.

[@gwynnjones6900]

I'm assuming that if you have a drone, to comply with the legislation, it must be registered before the end of November but if don't currently own a drone and thinking of buying one on the future, do you have you take the CAA exam before the end of November? Many thanks

[@sputniksam]

I don’t think you have to register for merely owning a drone, I have around 60 hobby/prosumer multirotors and a further 40 fixed wing models but I don’t intend to register, if at all, until next year in the Spring at the earliest. I may hold out until the EASA proposals come into force in June2020 and then decide if to register or sell/landfill the lot.

[@bmpowellicio]

@@sputniksam The sooner we weed out the backsliders from this hobby the better. I hope you get a good price for your collection when you leave. But I imagine that there will be a glut of cheap planes coming on the market soon.

[@sputniksam]

@@bmpowellicio Not familiar with the term "Backslider" though I presume it's derogatory. I've over 20yrs in robotics and flight as a hobby. I have proven my proficiency both as a hobbyist and professionally. The vast majority of my models and electronics are self built, including the flight controllers. My antics are fully insured, not just with the BMFA. Yes I am a fair weather flyer but that is not through choice but due to a degenerative illness that hit me around 10 yrs ago. Getting out of the house to a suitable flying site is a struggle and a luxury. So now my contribution is to build or do repairs for folk who've been told their toys are beyond economical repair by the service department. So yes I'm somewhat aggrieved that those with no knowledge now want to impose ridiculous measures onto a harmless hobby and at a later date make my creations electronically conspicuous even though they very rarely go above tree height. I guess that makes me a "Backslider"

[@cscape1973]

The registration only applies to flying drones not owning them. If a drone is flying, it has to be registered and being flown by a qualified pilot. You don’t need to register the drones in boxes under the Christmas tree, not yet.

[@bmpowellicio]

@@sputniksam Just 20 years, huh. That makes you an expert? And as for being a professional, this is not a profession, its a hobby. There will always be people like you who know better even though you've got precious little to show for it. That you consider the new rules are ridiculous and should never apply to you shows why we need these rules, tests, and penalties to rid this hobby of such vanity.

[@BRIANFORWARD1]

Indelible marker. ....

[@paulbuswell6566]

Technically, the regs say the label must be removable. ( so you can transfer it if you sell)

[@BRIANFORWARD1]

@@paulbuswell6566 never sold one yet ..... thanks tho