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UNMANNED AVIATION QUALIFICATION

FLIGHT SKILLS TEST BRIEFING

UAVAirways Limited | Registered in England No: 09379801 | www.uav-air.com

UAQ Skills Test v1.0

Purpose

Safe and coordinated flying to a good standard

That’s it!



Pre -Test Requirements

By the time you come to take your test you must have the following in place:

Your aircraft - for the mass category for which you

are applying

Insurance for your aircraft

2 hours flight in the previous 3 months

Standard Operating Procedures and flight

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How do we do that?

Knowledge of your unmanned aircraft

– Components, modes and controls.

Site Assessment and mitigate the risks

Safe handling

– Use of controls, systems and emergency procedures.

Appropriate pre flight and post flight actions.



Flight Procedures

You must demonstrate operation in accordance

with a set of written flight procedures

These may be those written by UAVAir in the QRH

(if appropriate for your type) or your own

If you are using your own, a copy should be made

available to the assessor who is conducting the

assessment



Pre-flight

Flight Planning and site assessment– site assessment form (UAVAir briefing pack)

Pre-flight inspection– Visual inspection/systems knowledge

Verbal Knowledge of Emergency Procedures – Mid air collision, loss of link, incursion, emergency

landing site



In-Fight

Maintenance of VLOS – Visual lookout for traffic, use of video link

Appropriate separation from persons beyond control

Safe and sensible flying throughout – No heroics or fancy flying is required!

– Pragmatic decision making

Use of various flight modes– GPS

– ATTI



In-Flight

Awareness and monitoring of endurance

Demonstration of loss of link

– Return to home

Other simulated emergency

– Site incursion, fire etc.

– This may be a verbal exercise



Post-Flight

Shut down and make safe

Aircraft inspection

Paperwork and debrief

– Battery

– Pilot log

– Aircraft log

– UAVAir paperwork



Brief

You have been asked to conduct an aerial shoot on location. You have a window of 60 minutes in which to complete the task from arriving on site to full completion of post flight procedures.

The customer (assessor) will be on site throughout. You can assume the customer has knowledge of the site and its surroundings and will answer any related questions to the best of their knowledge. The assessor will direct as to where and when he wants you to fly. UAVAirways Limited | Registered in England No: 09379801 | www.uav-air.com


Brief

The assessor will not deliberately lead you astray or ask you to fly in a way that might be illegal. If you are unhappy with a request, then take the required action and advise the assessor accordingly. YOU are the pilot in command.

The assessor may not assist you with the flight, aircraft controls or site assessment. The assessor will only intervene verbally should a real emergency occur.



Brief

You may use any tools, paperwork, checklists you would like to assist you with the flight. You are encouraged to use UAVA briefing paperwork.

And remember:

Just be safe and sensible



On-site

Assessor will brief you and will guide you through

the exercise

Conduct your site assessment

Construct your aircraft and conduct preflight

duties

The assessor will brief you further on:– No fly areas– Health and safety equipment



Questions

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See Homework on Final Slides

Day 2 Homework (1) You only have one hour on the Flight Assessment

Day so:

– You must complete Flight Planning Paperwork tonight for

your test the next day in the QRH

– Transfer as much information as you can to the Site

Assessment form in the QRH and complete in advance

tonight as well.

– Section 2 do on the day only, you cannot copy the

weather you have written the night before – turn up 30

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Day 2 Homework (2) In addition, consider:

– Memorising your Emergency Procedures– Be ready to get to site, and begin the Test by preparing

your drone as soon as your time starts– Re-Read the Candidates Guide– You must unpack your drone, fly your drone, and pack

away your drone in accordance with some procedures and checklists. If you do not have your own, then you must use those in the QRH and verbally or physically refer to them during the day.

– Failure to do this will lead to a fail overall; if we cannot assess how well you have complied then it is impossible to judge how you might do this in real life.



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