Ok, myself and twiggy_j just had an academic disagreement as to if the gadget you posted would be covered by said CAA remit. I say ye, she sez neh.
Poking about... we get The Air Navigation Order 2009 (the mentioned just-activated regs). Which, to put briefly, says (in S.166+167) "Small unmanned aircraft " can be flown anywhere bar airports and >400ft, while "Small unmanned surveillance aircraft" need to be licensed at all times. And what makes a small unmanned aircraft of the surveillance variety?
"(5) In this article ‘a small unmanned surveillance aircraft’ means a small unmanned aircraft which is equipped to undertake any form of surveillance or data acquisition."
Ergo, I'd say this gadget can only be used by CAA licensed peeps, full stop. Don't pass Court.
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Date: 2010-02-18 08:17 pm (UTC)Poking about... we get The Air Navigation Order 2009 (the mentioned just-activated regs). Which, to put briefly, says (in S.166+167) "Small unmanned aircraft
" can be flown anywhere bar airports and >400ft, while "Small unmanned surveillance aircraft" need to be licensed at all times. And what makes a small unmanned aircraft of the surveillance variety?
Ergo, I'd say this gadget can only be used by CAA licensed peeps, full stop. Don't pass Court.