UAV'S ARE NOT MODEL AIRCRAFT

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UAV'S ARE NOT MODEL AIRCRAFT

• GRAHAM LYNN
• AEROMODELLING CO-ORDINATOR
• Europe Air Sports

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Vision Statement

• The development of UAVs should not have any
  detrimental effect on model flying

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Todays Situation

• Model Flying in existence for almost 100 years
• Over 1Million model flyers in the EU Countries
• Excellent Safety record in both Controlled and
  Class G airspace
• Well proven flight envelopes
• Comprehensive Members Handbooks

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Todays Situation continued

• Many model flyers operate within formally
  constituted clubs
• Excellent test procedures developed for larger
  model aircraft - over 20Kgs
• Frequency band allocated for the control of model
  aircraft, 35Mhz band now harmonized in EU States

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EUROCAE Working Group 73

• Initial work based on existing documents,
  especially
• JAA-EUROCONTROL Task Force Final Report May
  2004.
• EASA Advance Notice of Proposed Amendment
  Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) certification
  2005.
• Kick-Off meeting held at Eurocontrol, Brussels,
  20-21 April 2006

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Terms of Reference

• Calls for 4 deliverables
• UAV elements - Op Concept
• Work Plan - Op Concept
• Op Concept in the concept of Non-Segregated
  Airspace
• Requirements for Command, Control and Comms
  Systems and Sense and Avoid
• Close cooperation with USA

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The Way Ahead

• UAV Community must
• Develop all its own operational and maintenance
  procedures
• Attain its own frequency allocations
• Cause minimal disruption to established
  procedures and current airspace users

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The Major Problem

• Developing
• a robust Sense and Avoid System
• that will be accepted as equivalent or better
• than See and Avoid

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Vision Statement

• The development of UAVs
• should not have any detrimental effect on model
  flying

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