Recent content by Hughie

Almost certainly flying too high? What are you talking about? In Europe there are exemptions in law which permit some aircraft, including air ambulances to fly below 500'. I am allowed in law to fly up to 400' and have never exceeded that, yet where I fly it is not uncommon to see police and air...

Exactly. "Whenever possible". So there wont always be serious repercussions. If a medivac helicopter got below a UAV and then climed rapidly and the UAV could not do anything about it then there would be no "serious repercussions" on the UAV pilot. Your assertion does not allow for that sort...

Now there is fear mongering..... and then there is fear mongering. Yes it the onus is on the UAV pilot to sense and avoid. However if a UAV pilot is flying within all regulations and laws and diligently does his utmost to sense and avoid but is unable to for some reason, then the assertion...

Sorry for not understanding, but you confuse judging with comprehending.

It will end in tears.

Yes it will still hover and hold its height.... but it does not use GPS for that anyway. It will not hold its X,Y position above the ground reliably, so you need to to control it 100% of the time to stop it floating into things/people.

No idea what "this" is refering to (twice in sentence 1). When you say "amp" do you mean video receiver. Are asking is it OK to downgrade? If you are concerned about range you should start by looking at your antennae. Not your transmitter/receiver.

I think you may have missed the point.

Do I get salad with that ..... ?

"Easily" ?? Not true. If both aircraft are on a heading towards or away from the UAV pilot then possibly. But if one or the other is flying across the pilot's FOV, I think you might have problems with than manoeuvre.

Although you should bear in mind that if you are limited to 2 or 3m/s maximum decent rate, you may not have that option.

Great question TY. Although no assistance in LOS is supposed to be used, I think there is a genuine need for that moment when you have the quad 300m away, you look down to frame a shot and when you look back up again you cannot see it (happens all the time to me). It seems to me there is a...

When it comes to council parks, forget the CAA for a minute. Check the bye-laws. My council (which is a fairly big city with lots and lots of council parks) outlaw RC flying from all except one park. The rules are there on their website, it was easy to find. I think this is a shame. I...

You talking about prop guards dirk !! :)

No I dont think this is anything to do with alarmists. If you have not thought through what sense and avoid means before you go flying then there will be consequences should a collision happen and you have not been seen to get out of the way. It seems to me that the media have got their teeth...