The FAA Rotorcraft Collective: Sharing the Airspace with Drones
12 Tips for Avoiding Collisions with Drones
The Rotorcraft Collective: Sharing the Airspace with Drones - YouTube
As a helicopter pilot, it’s only a matter of time before you will encounter a drone in the air. Spotting a drone while flying is highly unlikely. Watch this video for 12 tips on avoiding collisions with drones.
This Oct. 2022 safety promotion video was developed by FAA's Rotorcraft Collective in cooperation with USHST, member of the VAST.
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See also this May 2021 video by Bruce Webb, Airbus Helicopters, developed in cooperation with ESPN-R, and its accompanying EASA Together4Safety article:
https://youtu.be/Gb6K-ayPVe0
https://www.easa.europa.eu/community/topics/espn-r-video-wearing-helmet-bruce-webb
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I'm glad you're making pilots aware of the "invisible" danger. Drnoe users mostly follow strict rules (120m - 400ft). The use of a map application is already mandatory in several countries. Can a pilot not see these map markings? Not UTM and U-Space, drone and model flying users, they know it is reliable and use it, honest they collect "regular" flight hours.
Thanks, Mario.
Below 120m - 400ft is also where most Rotorcraft ops take place, hence the potential for collision, a risk well managed in European regulations, both on the Rotorcraft and Drones sides.
Always good to remind helicopter pilots of this risk and provide them risk mitigation tips: that's what Safety Promotion is for.
The ultimate goal, I suggest, is to have all users sharing the airspace in a safe and effective manner.
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