RTF Competition July 9th to July 22nd - 120mtrs Directly Below

And so the subject has been chosen!!!
@group-challenges

400ft 120mtrs Directly Below.

But before you all scramble away to charge the batteries and suck up Googles bandwidth we would really appreciate it if you could read the following rules :+1: .

The requirement is to submit a still image created using a drone to illustrate the subject of the competition between NOW and Saturday 22nd July 23.00. The image MUST be taken at a height of 400ft 120mtrs looking straight down. We may require proof from flight logs, 399ft 119mtrs is just not good enough :blush:

The image must be captured during the time that the competition is open. It is a Reason To Fly competition so please show that the image is created by a flying camera! But this shouldn’t be a problem given the subject!!!

Editing is confined to colour and exposure adjustments and crop only. There must be no removal or pasting of an object.

Please post only one image, the image you wish to be judged, in this thread.

Images must be posted with the following information as a minimum:

In Capitals as the first line of your post:

THIS IS MY ENTRY

If this is not done at the time of posting the picture will be ignored. Should it be absolutely necessary to change your picture then delete the previous picture and add “This is my entry” - as above - as the first line of your new post. If in any doubt contact the Challenges Committee. (@Challenges_Committee)

Further Information is required

Location
Time and date
Aircraft/camera used
Feel free to add any further information that you think will be of interest

Voting:

Images will be judged by the members of GADC who may vote for any number of images by means of an anonymous poll open for two days after the closing date for competition entries.

Voting in the poll is open to all GADC members, whether they have entered the competition or not.

You may vote for one, all, some or none of the entries.

The original media may be requested by the judges in case of a dispute.

Schedule:

The competition subject will be announced every second Saturday around 22:30 (please read as “when we actually remember to do it”). The subject will be chosen by a poll of GADC members selecting from three that have been picked at random from the subject list. You may make additions to the list at any time by posting in HERE.

The competition will run from NOW to Saturday 22nd July 23.00 . Voting by poll will be open for a further two days until Monday 24th at 22:00

The winner, second and third-placed competitors will be announced shortly after the vote is closed and counted

Have Fun! Be Safe!
All flights are the sole responsibility of the individual conducting them. Each competitor must abide by the drone code and adhere to the limitations and restrictions imposed upon them by aviation law, the aircraft being used and the qualifications they hold. Landowners’ wishes and permissions must be respected. If a flight is undertaken in a restricted zone proof of permission having been granted is required.

I’m personally looking forward to this one, have at it folks :clap:

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In the interests of the pedantry for which this contest is rightly renowned, I’ll just leave this here. Maximum legal height without a special operational authorisation:

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The CAA says otherwise, even on their own website.

Yes, I know 120mtrs isn’t exactly 400ft. But the CAA don’t care too much about a few inches, you are welcome to fly and submit your entry taken at 393ft and 8.049 inches, but will it be entered into the poll? :thinking:

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:rofl::rofl::rofl:

In Glasgow parks the maximum permitted length of a dog lead is “just under two meters” - it used to be six feet!! Just sayin’…

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Genuine question here, what if I were to fly over a quarry. Would the height be from the base of the quarry or from my TOAL point?

If I was to do a picture of a 100m deep quarry from 120m for example would that be classed as 220m?

Exactly , if I take my drone up it stops at about 119m even though my height is set to 120m ( have tried, but only get close to 120m :wink:

Set it higher then

It should really be from 120m from the bottom of the quarry.

I’ve taken it means from TOAL

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120mtrs above your subject. So there has to be 120mtrs of fresh air between your drone and the ground directly below it.

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400FT straight down! This will be a challange for the sunrise/sunset brigade. :thinking: Maybe we’ll get a winner without one this time? :joy: :joy:

In contravention of CAA rules ? Ahh that’ll upset the neighbours who think my mini 3pro isn’t allowed within 150m of their houses :joy::joy::joy::joy::joy:

If they don’t know the rules, it sounds like they’re going to be upset however you fly anyway.

Always better to give yourself some wriggle room, worlds not flat after all

One could argue that you had to clear a building / structure higher than 120m :wink::wink:

Very true, very bloody true :joy::joy:

Open Category operations are limited to a maximum distance of 400 feet (120 metres)
from the closest point of the surface of the earth.
Note:
This is not a ‘vertical height’, but a distance between the UA and the closest point on
the surface of the earth. See figure 1 below.
UK Regulation (EU) 2019/947 UAS.OPEN.010 gives two additional height provisions:
• For UA to be flown up to 15m higher than the height of an ‘artificial obstacle’, when
that obstacle is taller than 105m, and the UA is kept within 50m of it.
• For unmanned sailplanes (with an MTOM less than 10Kg) to be flown at a height
greater than 120m above the surface of the earth, provided that it is not flown
higher than 120m above the remote pilot.
This height limitation is intended to reduce the risk of collision with a manned aircraft.
Although other aircraft may fly below this height, the vast majority fly at higher levels.
Figure 2- 400ft (120m) separation from surface of the earth

Another 15m with owners permission :grin:

And also: BMFA article 16.
Gliders weighing up to 7.5 kg can fly above 400’ following all usual safety requirements. Thermal competitors regularly go well above this. :slightly_smiling_face:

Didn’t think that applied now - otherwise everyone would fly above the Blackpool Tower?