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Hi all,

Been **** around for a while for an answer to this and it seems pretty wordy to decipher and there seems to be no info on forums!

There is a lot to do with the use of small unmanned aircraft (<20kg), and that they are exempt to most regulations in the ANO 2016, but not so much information about the manufacture of such devices. Like manned aircraft (and >20kg UAVs), are they subject to the ANO 2016 Part 5 Chapter 1 Paragraph 1 (Article 64). Where it states non-EASA aircraft?

I notice an exemption from many manned aircraft regulations in article 253, but does this include such things as above. So are <20kg unmanned aircraft exempt from minimum navigation performance, rate of climb and lift requirements, centre of gravity requirements, and stability requirements such as time to damp out elevator step inputs, phugoids etc. (Basically all of the rules that are related to the production of an aircraft and its physical aerodynamic/ mechanical performance etc)

Thanks for your help in advance, and ask if I need to be more clear.