Altitude Exception for Unmanned Sailplanes under 10 kg

In plain language

If you are flying an unmanned sailplane weighing less than 10 kg, you can fly higher than 120 metres from the ground below it, as long as you never fly higher than 120 metres above your own position.

Requirement as structured

Unmanned sailplanes with a MTOM, including payload, of less than 10 kg, may be flown at a distance in excess of 120 metres from the closest point of the surface of the earth, provided that the unmanned sailplane is not flown at a height greater than 120 metres above the remote pilot at any time.

Original regulatory text

By way of derogation from point (2), unmanned sailplanes with a MTOM, including payload, of less than 10 kg, may be flown at a distance in excess of 120 metres from the closest point of the surface of the earth, provided that the unmanned sailplane is not flown at a height greater than 120 metres above the remote pilot at any time.

Applies when

country

United Kingdom

category

Open

operation

EU UAS operation

max mtom kg

10

regulatory category

Open