Rob Buckley

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Q21 is four, maybe five questions in one. With explanations required. So it needs several answers and lots of words to explain. Q22 is two questions in one. With explanations required. Here's a video of somebody (in Australia) flying a model aircraft. Trying to write a definition of what a model aircraft is, is a hiding to nothing. It's the aeromodeller flying something that makes that 'something' a model aircraft.

If you read the consultation, at the bottom of page 27 it says about the implementation of geo-awareness and geo-fencing- 'We do not expect the requirements to apply to Model Aircraft (including C4 UAS), privately built UAS or C0 UAS without cameras' Agree, as the proposal is not to apply geo-awareness and geo-fencing to model aircraft.

23 and 24 are the CAA proposing to not enforce Geo-awareness or geo-fencing on model aircraft, which we agree with as it is disproportionate.

No, there's not been an LMA show at Tibenham for a few years now.

We're not making a massive deal at this stage, as unless you're flying at one of the four clubs in the trial there's nothing to see. There's been more publicity in manned aircraft land, as they will hopefully see the transmissions from the machines we're using. Once the trial is over and some results come in we'll be able to say more of what's been found and what it all means. Individual aircraft remote ID is a terrible idea for model aircraft, but driven by the police in their pursuit of naughtiness rather than any form of aviation safety. Simon, I'm afraid I don't know about internal comms in your club, as far as I was aware the full committee was consulted in April.

It's the associations that need to pay the Article 16 fees to the CAA, not individual members or clubs. An association Article 16 applies to all model aircraft flown by the members of that association. The fee depends on whether it's an initial application, unchanged annual renewal or a renewal with additional responsibilities / changes to what can be done. The CAA has delegated site / display permissions to the BMFA & LMA, so clubs don't need to go tot he CAA direct any more. Over 25kg models with their own specific authorisation are the only thing that an individual modeller needs to pay the CAA for, and they are the item above the Article 16 section.

Talk to Paul at https://www.turbinesolutions.co.uk/ they took over Wren

I'm quoting an email from the AAIB, that is the interim agreement for model aircraft reporting under article 16 authorisation until we can get to discuss & agree on the most appropriate reporting regime.

We're still awaiting a meeting with the AAIB, but in the meantime, despite what it says in the Article 16 Authorisation, the agreement with the AAIB for model association members is to 'not report anything to the AAIB other than accidents & serious incidents that involve a model aircraft and result in a Fatality or Serious Injury'. The AAIB are aiming to align both their UAS and Model aircraft reporting processes to ensure that there is consistency and to deal with those events which could have a benefit to ongoing flight safety. All being well we'll be having a meeting with the AAIB this month to agree on what reasonably needs to be reported for model aircraft to not waste everyone's time.

I've done a fair bit of bench testing with arduino signal quality checkers and range testing with the V2.1 on QX7 and X10 transmitters with RX8R pro and X8R receivers. I didn't see any problems at all and all the telemetry worked properly. The RCG thread seems to have gone into the depths of the G series receivers, but I have no experience at all of them.

If you type 'how model servo works' into google you get things like **LINK**

Thanks David!   Elvington will be with us soon on the weekend of 12-13 October. Advance discounted tickets are still available on the LMA website shop (discounts end Wednesday 9 October) Edited By Rob Buckley on 06/10/2019 12:43:14

New Date is confirmed as 12-13 October Rob Buckley, LMA Secretary