Flight Test Requirement for Upgrading Small RPA RePL to 7 kg or More

In plain language

To upgrade your drone license so you can fly drones weighing 7 kg or more (up to 25 kg) in the same category, you must pass a practical flight test with an examiner.

Requirement as structured

To upgrade a Remote Pilot Licence (RePL) from a small RPA weighing less than 7 kg to a small RPA of the same category weighing 7 kg or more, the applicant must pass a training course flight test conducted by an examiner in accordance with Schedule 6.

Original regulatory text

Without affecting subsection (2), the practical competency components of the RePL training course must require the applicant to pass the training course flight test for the relevant RPA, conducted by an examiner in accordance with the relevant flight test standards in Schedule 6.

Applies when

operation

RePL upgrade

max mtom kg

25

min mtom kg

7