I won’t be printing any documents at all, I Hate having to carry documents about to prove things to other people that should keep there noses out of my enjoyment.
Caa say the email is proof, that’s good enough for me.
I had a coffee last night with a couple of the local constabulary, I asked their understanding of the new rules on registration.
Simple answer, ‘No idea pal’
Although they both were fascinated by some photos and video I showed them of mine.
Son in law (no pun there) is police and uses drones for his job ( pfco registered ) yet they have had no communication regarding policing the system.
Having put registration on outside of drone what’s to stop someone copying it and doing illegal activity’s and you could get the blame at least inside the battery cover it would only be the authority that needed to see it had access
Label and have the letters the same colour as the drone doesn’t say how close you have to be to read it
Stupid question I know but how do they enforce registration and punish the unregistered? can you be asked for your license thingy whilst flying?
I would like to see the figures on how many have registered by the end of the month
But… surely such a thing could never happen???
No. If they interrupt you when flying they are endangering an aircraft which is a criminal act. Tell them to piss off.
After the aircraft is safely landed then they can ask questions (the choice of landing site is solely down to the pilot) but, in my limited understanding, you do not have to carry a copy of your registration confirmation mail with you.
Lol. I dare say the local constublary have bigger fish to fry at the moment than a few errant drones… I think Gatwick had more publicity than it deserved, but it was a, ‘slow news’ week for the press.
Someone correct me but I think the law changed. An officer can approach and interrupt you now, and instruct you to land immediately if safe to do so.
Two police officers sat and watched me fly at the Dream a while back- No problems just let on and moved on.
I will be carrying my details in the form of small card just in case, always nice to flash under busy bodies noses you know the ones who say You should not be flying that here, it’s illegal normally asking Why? Usually shuts them up, and the only reply is “ because it is” jog on!
No not required but your Flyer ID can be requested by police for checking purposes and also if it tallies with the ID on the drone.
The online suggestion of carrying the confirmation email is simply to have an easy print out you can wave at appropriate authority when asked. Many will choose to make a business type card with Operator ID and Flyer ID on it.
Apparently if your drone is lost but registered and then found the registration scheme can be used for tracing the owner so it can be returned - or (cynically) the owner arrested.
Or the stickers peeled off and it put on eBay or Gumtree
haha now who’s being naive,
they’ve been trying to get that going for longer than I’ve been a live,
Never gonna happen, no-one to police it too much coast too many boats.
I remember “having” to register my laser with Small ships register (SSR) when i was racing abroad, that’s about as close as it gets.
Well, with my argumentative hat on, I would land when and where I thought safe and be prepared to defend that action in court.
I am the pilot-in-charge and it is my judgement as to safety or otherwise of my aircraft. If the officer can show me his qualifications to fly an unmanned aerial vehicle then I will take note of his advice but I’m fairly certain the law makes ME responsible for the control of an aircraft even while being pestered by an officer of the law.
I think there may be some interesting test cases coming up once drone registration gets underway. They have collected a fair bit of up-front money from those of us who registered today rather than wait for November 30 )or January for various club members). What use are they going to put the money to?
What I’m saying is that it used to be the case that an officer couldn’t disturb you while flying, but I’m fairly sure they changed that after Gatwick-gate, allowing an officer to aporoach and demand you land or face arrest if you don’t comply. I’m fairly sure I read about the change somewhere. I think the police may have been a bit peeved at not having power over someone.
Just registered .
Fast and easy …
Done! no problem very easy 20/20
Brian, apologies - I have just re-read my post on the subject and it is ambiguous - could be read as though I’m arguing with you. I wasn’t. Agree that the law may well have changed after Gatwick was closed by media hysteria, indeed I would be surprised if it hadn’t. It’s that law that I am arguing against, a police officer does not necessarily have the judgement to decide whether it is safe to land and I would
be prepared to defend my decisions on when and where to land in court.