An update on Eyeup’s most popular blog of 2022 How to update your Operations Manual 2023! This blog takes time to write and time to keep updated as we learn more about the CAA’s approach to assessing manuals. So here’s the deal which is in two parts. Use the blog and if it helps…
Oversight Report of CAP 722H Specific Category Operations: Pre-defined Risk Assessment Requirements, Guidance & Policy Humans are amazing. The 9 months gestation period we have, compared to our size is considered pretty long. Long gestation is more common as you move up the intelligence scale and also as an animal gets larger. Elephants…
Don’t Lose Control A review of the AAIB Alauda Airspeeder incident report of February 2021. This piece first appeared in the April 2021 issue of Drone User Magazine (UK). It is reproduced here now to help new drone users to understand that a number of small issues can add up to an eventual failure. It…
Emergency…”UAV FAIL”! Do your emergency procedures make any sense in the real world? This is a blog aimed fairly and squarely at those UAS operators working against an operations manual. This usually means that you hold a GVC (or legacy NQE recommendation) and have therefore gone through some groundschool training either face to face or…
DJI Mavic 3 launch. Why shouldn’t we worry about the lack of a “C” mark? Update. As of 18th August 2022, The Mavic 3 has achieved the first C1 marking for use in the European Economic Area only (so no UK C1 mark at the moment). However, see my predictive blog here! DJI’s…
White Labelling. How to approach it and how to make it successful. White Labelling: What the hell is that then? The drone industry in the UK is made up of a LOT of sole traders and one-man companies. There are also a few bigger companies whose business model is to advertise for large contracts involving…
Drone Operations Manuals – Tips and Tricks Eyeup Aerial Solutions Ltd Operations Manual Version 1.0 Dated 31/08/2021 Amendment Record 1. Introduction This manual, “Drone Operations Manual – Tips and Tricks”, provides the basis for an article in Drone User Magazine’s September 2021 issue. It provides a methodology by which professional…
Flights Close to an Emergency Response How close is “close”? Recently, I’ve noticed a few images of accident scenes in some Facebook groups. These include a video of a fire in a congested area and a number of photos of road traffic accidents. This is an almost inevitable consequence of the spread of drones coupled with…
“Can I fly my drone in a nuclear restricted area?” The blog below is based on an article published in Drone User Magazine on 1st July 2021. The day before it was published, but too late to amend the article, Altitude Angel’s Stephen Farmer contacted me to state that: …”the wording in Drone Assist is…
What do ND filters do for us? A look at the difference ND filters make to your image…with facts, pictures, raw data and everything! With the clouds, rain and wind being a constant through most of May, I thought it would give me an opportunity to run a quick test on ND filters… and find…