That linked page could include your contact details, registration numbers, insurance etc.
With potentially 3 numbers per drone if you fly abroad plus any qualifications it does get a tad confusing!
I am not sure what the punishment is for not actually displaying your registration number on the drone, but I doubt that anything might happen if the QR code actually linked to everything.
With TRUST, EASA, CAA, FAA, Fly ID, A2 CofC etc… it is a bit confusing…
Let’s face it the sticker with the number might have fallen off whilst flying leaving the QR code intact…
I work in data management. Back in 2016 we implemented QR codes as part of watermarking when our documents were approved, allowing the user to quickly scan the document and get taken to the master in the system. We spent quite a bit of time before hand research the adoption of QR codes. Our findings weren’t impressive. Until very recently, they were not widely utilised.
Personally, based on their uptake in work (we have circa 8,000 users), I’d still be wary of QR codes. If a drone is lost in the woods somewhere, it is just as likely that an elderly couple walking their dog stumbles across the drone. And my using my folks as a test case, they wouldn’t have a clue what the square little sticker is, or that it links to vital info about the owner, nor how to access this data.
And as Rich has mentioned, how is sticking a QR code to the drone any safer than sticking a label to a drone?
That’s the same one I have, had it for ages. I use it for everything from printing labels to printing more labels and I’m still on the ‘starter’ tape that came with it when I bought it.
Not for me, why make someone faff about, when they can just dial a number. I can see the point to not spoil the drone with long stickers, but why make it more difficult for the person that may find your drone. Never had a problem with my sticker labels looking like they might come off.
I have just been playing with online QR Code generators. This may help the hard of thinking realise that there is information in those funny squiggles:
At first view I thought, what a good idea. Then after reading the stats on the amount of take up and the old couple in the woods, I think I’ll be sticking with all my details made with the trusty Dymo label maker.
These are my stickers with what I think is relevant - suggesting CAA official status, new op i.d. and phone number / drones reunited for when I lose signal flying over prisons or nuclear plants.
Six quid to have your own design printed and cut as many times as will fit a sheet 200mm x 1000mm.
