Let's Talk Drones (2019)
Consultation has concluded
If you fly drones for work or fun, we’d like your feedback on our recently published Regulations Amending the Canadian Aviation Regulations (Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS).
We want your input on policies, programs, and services that affect you.
How you can get involved:
- Register and post your feedback
- Drop a pin on the map to show us where you fly your drone
- Give us your ideas on how drone pilots can fly safely and legally within Canada
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RPAS vehicles with functional and registered FLARM units for collision-avoidance should have more airspace access than RPAS vehicles without
The FLARM units discussed on Page 10 of Aviation Safety Letter 1/2016 are now available in a format compatible with many larger RPAS vehicles, and would ensure that those vehicles maintain separation from any operational Mode-C, Mode-S or ADSB transponder. RPAS vehicles with this equipment should have greater access to airspace than RPAS vehicles without this equipment. https://www.tc.gc.ca/media/documents/ca-publications/ASL_1_2016E.pdf
over 4 years ago
Please remember that scratch-built planes are consumed by this legislation as well. There have been ZERO fixed wing RPA incidents.
Planes are RPAs too
over 4 years ago
Support to sUAS manufacturing companies in Canada.
How can you make it easier for smaller companies to contribute to drone innovation? What is actually required to certify flights over people? And can testing facilities be made available for smaller businesses? Not everyone is spending millions on making the next Reaper.
over 4 years ago
Scratch-Built FPV Drones should not be subject to the same regulations as commercial photography platforms
Hobbyists have been building their own small UAS primarily to fly FPV(First Person View) for years without any major incidents. These flights are typically at altitudes below 50ft(posing no risk to aircraft) and often near obstacles(track elements, trees, etc) resulting in frequent repairs. Hobbyists are aware of the limitations of the reliability of their UAS platforms and avoid situations where a loss of power, control, or video would result in injury to people or damage to property. Maintaining flight logs/repair logs for these platforms is nonsense, considering the number of flights and parts changed in a typical outing.
over 4 years ago
Advanced certification should allow scratch-built FPV multicopters
There should be a way for advanced certified pilots to bring their own drone, self-built from quality parts which are often better and cheaper than packaged products, to be used with the advanced certifications: A DIY could be required to have auto-level mode enabled to be closer or above people, have some visible led lights, etc? But limiting this certifications to a few companies/models is just going to stiffle innovation and burden the government with a slow verification process. The government should instead be pointing out what makes a drone safe for advanced operations. It would be a much better way to deal with this instead of certifying models, limiting that to deep pocket already established companies. In the meantime, advanced certification makes no sense for any self-building-freestyle/race/cinema pilots.
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