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Old 26th April 2017 | 23:08
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mickjoebill
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Originally Posted by SansAnhedral
So what is the gross weight?
No idea.
Have a guess, a 6 meter wingspan, canopy, electric motors and a battery long enough for one of the test flights, let's say 1 minute.

I wonder how it taxied from the hangar to the runway?
Perhaps the same way a helicopter get to the pad?
Maybe those square things under the bed springs are part of a dolly?

But if it is an air vehicle of significant size and mass (larger than the germa large RC model rules would cover) it would still require the airfield and surrounding area to be notam'd - it should be easy enough to find that notam to add some substance to the claims.
Perhaps someone familiar with dragging Notams from the archive on the Notam website could have a look.
It is a great point that there was no registration. What is the max weight of the large agricultural drone in Europe?


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