Required Equipment Installation and Serviceability

In plain language

You must ensure that all equipment required by the regulations or the manufacturer (including ground control stations, launch systems, etc.) is properly installed and working before you fly.

Requirement as structured

The pilot must ensure that all equipment required by the regulations or manufacturer's instructions, including supporting system elements, is installed (if applicable) and serviceable before take-off or launch.

Original regulatory text

No pilot shall conduct the take-off or launch of a remotely piloted aircraft, or permit the take-off or launch of a remotely piloted aircraft to be conducted, unless the pilot ensures that... (c) all equipment required by these Regulations or the manufacturer’s instructions, including any system element necessary to support the operation of the remotely piloted aircraft system, is installed, if applicable, and serviceable.

Applies when

country

Canada

regulatory category

General