Thu Nov 12, 2020 1:58 pm
#1808619
ls8pilot wrote:Shoestring Flyer wrote:I think it would be good to know and I think it would be a reasonable request to be told by the CAA exactly what type of EC these BVLOS UAV's are equipped with and have on board and are emitting at the time that a Notam is issued or a UAV Danger area is established?
Do they have ADSB on board?..Or Flarm?..Or Fanet?
Or maybe they don't have any EC on board being emitted at all?
The Bristow document covers this:-
They go on to say that their drone is equipped as follows :
[i]24.5 Electronic conspicuity is provided by a dedicated transponder module consisting of a Mode S transponder and optional ADS-B transponder. ]
I would expect the CAA to go down the ADSB route (unlike in some parts of Germany/France where Flarm is used)
Yes ok, that is Bristow saying that this particular Drone may 'optionally' have ADSB but that is not the same as the Notam/DA pertaining saying that it 'does'have ADSB which was my point. I think it is important and only right that we know exactly what is fitted at the time of use of the UAV.
Additionally as you rightly say Flarm is the predominate piece of EC equipment both for Gliders, Drones and GA generally in Europe which needs to be strongly taken into account with regular European traveller Brits when choosing their aircraft EC equipment!