Rarely do we have the good fortune to experience first-hand a technological revolution of such magnitude and such dizzying diffusion as that of remotely piloted aircraft. Although drones in general, and copters in particular, have been around for a long time, the drastic reduction in their costs, coupled with ever-increasing performance, has opened up a whole world of possibilities for them in a multitude of sectors and activities. In Germany alone, it was estimated in 2014 that more than 70,000 highly qualified and highly paid professionals specialising in this technology would be needed in the short term, including RPAS pilots, which stands for Remote Pilot Aircraft System, i.e. pilots of remotely piloted aircraft.
The aim of this work is, on the one hand, to provide future RPAS Pilots with specific technical knowledge of these multicopter type aircraft, which are the most common in the civil environment, as well as knowledge related to the handling of these aircraft, in order to be able to pass the practical exam, all complemented with additional information of interest, both for the pilot of these aircraft and to become an Operator, which is the figure that allows the commercial exploitation of these aircraft.
Additional material included:
Together with the book a voucher is delivered to exchange it for a spreadsheet that helps to issue usual documentation of operators. Among others, it allows the generation of "Aeronautical Studies". All the operator has to do is indicate the waypoints of the route and the programme performs the loxodromic calculations to determine the maximum distance from the departure point, the total distance travelled, etc., indicating whether, based on the characteristics of the RPAS to be used, there is sufficient autonomy, sufficient radio range, whether it complies with the regulations of the type of flight (VLOS ...), etc.
General aeronautical theory:
Based on current regulations, in order to become an RPAS Pilot, a theoretical examination in General Aeronautics has to be passed, the content of which corresponds, among others, to the title of ULM Pilot, for which the reader has available the work "Pilot of Ultra Light Powered Aircraft - Reference Guide", by the same author.
Table of contents:
Introduction to RPAS
Technical characteristics of multi-rotors
Multirotor Aerodynamics
Aerial navigation
Multirotor flight technique
Specific meteorology
Spanish RPAS legislation
Operational procedures
- Language
- Spanish