Changes in UAV flight rules published
Published, and therefore, the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated 03.02.2020 No. 74 “On Amending the Federal Rules for the Use of the Airspace of the Russian Federation” came into force .Let us consider the moments of the Decision that are important for pilots of the BVS, and at the same time compare them with its initial version. The conclusion is at the end.Paragraph 1
In paragraph 2: a) paragraph eight shall be repealed
The paragraph abolishes the definition of “unmanned aerial vehicle”. Apparently, the term “unmanned aerial vehicle” (BVS) should now be officially used. There is no paragraph with a definition in the document. The term itself is used in this document. Perhaps, since the drone is an aircraft, there is no need to give it a separate definition, it is enough to give the characteristic “unmanned”.c) after the tenth paragraph, add the following paragraph:
“visual flight of an unmanned aircraft” - flight of an unmanned aircraft, during which its external pilot maintains direct non-instrument visual contact with this aircraft.
The definition remained the same, only more correctly formulated. Defines the term that appears in paragraph 52-1 of the Federal rules for the use of airspace of the Russian Federation.Point 4
In paragraph 49, the words “flights of unmanned aerial vehicles” shall be replaced by the words “flights of unmanned aerial vehicles (except for flights of unmanned aircraft with a maximum take-off mass of less than 0.25 kg)”.
The point again changes the UAV to the BVS, and also, as in the original version of the Resolution, eliminates the need to obtain permission from local authorities for flights over the territories of BVS settlements with a maximum take-off weight of less than 250 g.Point 6
52-1 :
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b) at a distance of at least 5 km from the control points of uncontrolled airfields and landing sites. ”
The most important point for us, permits not to receive permission for the flight of BVSs is lighter than 30 kg in the above cases. A detailed analysis of this item with a description of each exception we did earlier . A very important change is at this point. In the initial version, at the end of the paragraph there was a paragraph:Responsibility for preventing collisions of unmanned aerial vehicles with manned aircraft and other material objects in the air, as well as collisions with obstacles on the ground, rests with the external pilot.
Who blamed any incident with BVS on his pilot. In the final version, this paragraph is missing.Point 9
Paragraph 109:
b) paragraph three shall be reworded as follows:
“A message on the flight plan of an unmanned aircraft (with the exception of the visual flight of an unmanned aircraft in the case provided for in paragraph 52-1 of these Rules) is submitted to obtain permission for the use of airspace, regardless of airspace class. "
As in the initial edition, it eliminates the need to provide a BVS flight plan for the cases provided for in 52-1.Point 10
Paragraph 114 shall be supplemented with subparagraph "g" of the following content:
"g) the performance of visual flights of unmanned aircraft (in the case provided for in paragraph 52-1 of these Rules).".
The clause, as in the previous edition, cancels the need to obtain permission for the IVP in the cases provided for in 52-1.As a result, we have an improved text of the Decree in terms of logic and stylistics, the essence of which is reduced to two main points:- There is no need to obtain permits for flights within localities from local authorities if the maximum take-off weight of your airborne aircraft is less than 250 g.
- There is no need to obtain permission for IVP in the cases referred to in paragraph 52-1.
A significant minus is also connected with the first paragraph. In paragraph 4, this remains the “maximum take-off weight”, which introduces a complete mess into which BWS this item applies to and which not. Because foreign manufacturers do not indicate this parameter among the characteristics of their BVS.Now you should use this algorithm before a BVS flight:
By the way, with a thorough study of the algorithm, one problem is visible: it is not necessary to register BVS with a maximum take-off mass of less than 250 g , but, in the case of a flight under conditions that fall under the “big condition”, It is necessary to obtain permission for an IVP for such a DTS . Which is theoretically impossiblebecause in order to obtain permission for IVP, in the submission for obtaining the regime, it is necessary to indicate the accounting number of BVS. Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/undefined/
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