So I bought a dii flip from a UK company via Amazon at the beginning of January and have noticed the certification label is a 0, not a UK0. I am assuming this means it is a C0 mark. Does this mean it will turn into a legacy drone at the end of 2027? As far as I can figure this won’t be an issue though so long as the weight stays the same?
Reading the CAA class mark page it says the following but not what happens after dec 2027? Until 31 December 2027, you can fly a C class aircraft as if it is the corresponding UK class. For example, you can fly a C0 class drone as if it is a UK0 class drone.
Sorry but I’m tying myself in knots trying to figure this out. I have the option to return it up until the 17th Feb but not sure if it’s worth doing.
… “after which it will be fully replaced by the UK version”
My reading of that is exactly as the regulations state - between 01/01/2026 and 31/12/2027 your c-class marked drone can be flown as if it had the equivalent uk class. After which the EU class marks will be replaced entirely and you’ll need a UK class mark.
But even if that’s the way you want to read it, the ‘DJI ViewPoints Team’ doesn’t regulate aviation in the UK… and the CAA, who do, says quite categorically that after December 31st next year drones with an EASA class mark will revert to legacy status.
Personally, I don’t think that it is clear what the “E.g.” sentence in DJI’s article is referring to. It is quite clumsily written.
The “E.g.” sentence could just be referring to the period “until 31st December 2027” in which case it is entirely in line with the regulations, which are as @JoeC and @milkmanchris have already articulated.
It doesn’t necessarily mean that DJI thinks you can swap your “C” label for a “UK” one.
IIRC (and I may not) I read something somewhere from the CAA which stated that initially, at least, the specifications for UK class marks will mirror the EASA ones? If that is the case, it should be relatively easy for C marks to be changed for, or better, augmented with UK ones…
As for the CAA, I dont think I remember them saying what happens in 2028, hence all the uproar and uncertainty of the folks with nearly new drones that don’t have the UK mark
Same document is pretty clear throughout that, come 2028, ‘legacy’ is anything without a UK class mark.
Of course, experience tells me that either everything will change in the next two years or (more likely) so little will change in the next two years that the 2028 deadline just gets extended until 2030. But until either happens, these are the cards we’ve been dealt.
