Bashy
Captain
Flight distance : 2354357 ft
United Kingdom
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Firtsly, if you are not a license holder, then the 500m does not a apply as your are a hobbyists but VLOS DOES and thats normally no more than say about 4-500m at the most and much less for the Mavic's and Spakr anyway and its 400 feet vertical not meters, but, again, thats law for PfCO only, BUT, then comes the drone code (guideline) of which states 400ft, if you go above 400ft as a hobbyist and something goes wrong, you best have a damn good reason for doing so else you will end up in a world of hurt in court. But, as a hobbyist, you can use FPV and go up to 1000ft high as long as you have a competent spotter, again, best have a good reason for doing so, i think that could be for inspections such as masts and the like, but then you would be licensed so i dont get that one.
You must stay at least 150m away from a congested area and that is a village, industrial estate, towns, citys, football games and so on, single buildings and people you must stay 50m or more away from unless you are taking off and landing then its 30m.
You can fly on the beach as long as you are 50m away from people unless there are 1000 or more then you must stay at least 150m away from them, some beaches are under the Crown, stay below the high tide line and you will be ok also....
As for the sticker, put both, as much info as possible, i used a bit of folded paper with cello take covering it to make it waterproof, folded and taped a way that can easily be unfolded again, but need to do a new one since my drone want for a swim, the info wasnt that water proof lol
PS read this page
https://www.caa.co.uk/Consumers/Unmanned-aircraft/Recreational-drones/Recreational-drone-flights/
Also the 3 links (‡) on that page too and follow that, it is what the UK Drone Code is based on but also make sure you keep under 400ft high, this ensures your drones safety and that of manned aircraft
Article 241 - endangering safety of any person or property (‡)
Article 94 - small unmanned aircraft (‡)
Article 95 - small unmanned surveillance aircraft (‡)
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