Re: [Autopilot] HELPING :-)

[Kitts <ki...@ho...>]

On Friday 08 Jul 2005 5:33 am IST, dud.one wrote:

du> only problem , are the laws of aviation and CAA & FAI and such around=20
the world , models are one thing but any model over 25Kg is treated as=20
an =A0Aircraft=20
du> in law and unless you have =A0written approval and had the airframe sig=
ned=20
air worthy etc , you can then look at quite hefty insurance to cover you=20
when the radio link goes down for a few minutes whilst you fight to regain=
=20
control as it heads for the nearest tall building .=20
du>=20
du> let alone start looking at all the FCC & MPT regulations covering RF=20
Licences =A0, after of course receiving written permission to fly your came=
ra=20
around ,
du> what a lot of red tape for such a simple job .=20
du>=20
du> and of course we all have radio backup duplicated redundancy built in=20
don't we ?

Is there a place to get infomation on the laws governing the use of UAV's=20
the world over? With respect to the airframe and the communication channel=
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and the payload... anything else?

=2D-=20
Cheers!
Kitts