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Looking to obtain ‘DRONE’ Pilot License for Indian Airspace?

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1. REMOTE PILOT TRAINING REQUIREMENTS

1.1.  Remote pilot shall have attained 18 years of age, having passed 10th exam in English, and undergone ground/ practical training.

1.2. The ground training shall be obtained at any DGCA approved Flying Training Organization (FTO), and include the following theory subjects:

a) Basic Radio Telephony (RT) techniques including knowledge of radio frequencies.

b) Flight Planning and ATC procedures.

c) Regulations specific to area of operations.

d) Basic knowledge of principles of flight and aerodynamics for fixed wing, rotary wing, and hybrid aircraft.

e) Airspace Structure and Airspace Restrictions with knowledge of No Drone Zones

f) Basic Aviation Meteorology.

1.3. The practical training shall comprise of RPA in flight having live component, and/ or simulated flight training to demonstrate control of RPA throughout its operating conditions, including safe recovery during emergencies and system malfunction. Minimum syllabus and curriculum for training capsule for Remote Pilot is given below.

1.4. The requirements contained in Para 1.1 through 1.3 of this CAR are not applicable for Nano and Micro category RPA pilots intending to operate in uncontrolled airspace. However, the owner and user shall be fully aware of responsibilities for all aspects of flight safety during such operations.

BLOCK SYLLABUS FOR TRAINING CAPSULE – 05 WORKING DAYS

      No. Subjects                                                                                 No. of  Classes

     Theory Classes: 11

  1. Regulations of DGCA                                                                                            01
  2. Basic Principles of Flight                                                                                     01
  3. ATC Procedures & Radio Telephony                                                                  01
  4. Fixed wing Operations/Aerodynamics                                                             01
  5. Multi rotor Operations/Aerodynamics                                                             01
  6. Weather & Meteorology                                                                                      01
  7. Drone equipment and maintenance                                                                01
  8. Emergency Identification & handling                                                              01
  9. Payload installation & utilization                                                                      01
  10. Image/Video interpretation                                                                                01
  11. Final Test Theory                                                                                                  01

Practical Training: 24

  1. Flight Simulator training                                                                                   08
  2. Practical lessons in Lab                                                                                      01
  3. Practical flying lessons                                                                                       15

        Total Training: 35

DETAILED CURRICULUM FOR TRAINING CAPSULE – 05 WORKING DAYS

  Day 01:

  Regulations of DGCA , Civil Aviation Requirements (01 Class)

  1. Classification
  2. Basic Air Regulations
  3. Salient points
  4. Do’s and Don’ts

 Basic principles of flight (01 Class)

  1. Fundamentals of flight
  2. Aerodynamics
  3. Take-off, flight, and landing
  4. Maneuvers, turns and circuit pattern

ATC procedures & Radio Telephony (01 Class)

  1. Understanding ATC operations
  2. Airspace Structure and Airspace Restrictions with knowledge of No Drone Zones
  3. Communicating with ATC including Position and Altitude Reporting
  4. Flight Planning Procedures
  5. Collision avoidance
  6. Radio Telephony (RT) techniques
  7. Standard radio terminology and RT Phraseology
  8. Practice Session in Radio Communication

Fixed wing operations and aerodynamics (01 Class)

  1. Types of fixed wing drones, make, parts and terminology
  2. Operation and maneuvers of fixed wing drones
  3. Applications and operations
  4. Advantages/disadvantages over multi rotor drones

Multi rotor introduction (01 Class)

  1. Basic drone terminology
  2. Types of drones, material used and size of drones
  3. Motors and propellers
  4. Electronic Speed Controller (ESC), flight controllers
  5. Operation and Applications of drones
  6. Advantages/disadvantages over multi rotor drones

Weather and meteorology (01 Class)

  1. The standard atmosphere
  2. Measuring air pressure
  3. Heat and temperature
  4. Wind
  5. Moisture, cloud formation
  6. Met Terminal Aviation Routine Weather Report (METAR)

Drone equipment maintenance (01 Class)

  1. Maintenance of drone, flight control box, ground station
  2. Maintenance of ground equipment, batteries and payloads
  3. Scheduled servicing
  4. Repair of equipment
  5. Fault finding and rectification

Day 02:

Emergency identification and handling (01 Class)

  1. In flight emergencies
  2. Loss of link
  3. Fly-aways (Straying)
  4. Loss of power
  5. Control surface failures

Payload, installation and utilization (01 Class)

  1. Types of payloads
  2. Parts of payloads
  3. Installation
  4. Features of payloads
  5. Utilization

Image and video interpretation (01 Class)

  1. Principles of observation
  2. Interpretation of image/video
  3. Analysis

Final test

  1. Theory (40 min)

Introduction to flight simulator (01 Class)

  1. Basic operating features of simulator
  2. How to select different aircraft and aerodromes
  3. Demo flight

Flight simulator training (02 Classes)

  1. Pre-flight checks and start-up
  2. Preparation cum coordination for flight
  3. Take-off and flight stage
  4. Approach and landing
  5. After flight checks

Day 03:

Flight simulator training (05 Classes)

  1. Pre-flight checks and start-up
  2. Preparation cum coordination for flight
  3. Take-off and flight stage
  4. Approach and landing
  5. After flight checks

Practical lessons in Lab (01 Class)

  1. Assembling of drone
  2. De-assembling
  3. Integration of sub-sections/ modules
  4. Integration of engine/propulsion system
  5. Fault finding and rectification
  6. Repair maintenance and documentation

Practical flying with instructor (01 Class)

Day 04:

  1. Practical flying with instructor/solo flying (full day)

Day 05:

  1. Practical flying with instructor/solo flying (full day)

 

Note: Above syllabus is taken from the DGCA official website. To verify, Please go through the DGCA Official Website  

Published by Abul Kalam Khan

He is an Author, Inventor, UAS Engineer, Blogger//Speaker and Entrepreneur. He has completed Aircraft Maintenance Engineering (AME). After the completion of the course, He shifted to Manila Aviation, Philippines to obtain the experience of Bell 407 Helicopter and Super King Air B200 aircraft. Also, accomplished accreditations in Human Factors, Aircraft Systems, Jet Engines, and Airframe, identified with wide-body aircraft, such as A320, A340, and B737. Later on, He joined a privately held UAV Company as a UAV Technical Engineer, where, during the exploration of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, He transmuted his ‘Manned Aircraft’ knowledge into ‘Unmanned Aircraft’ and designed ‘India’s first Drone crash course study material’. Aside from Technical work, coordinated numerous workshops and training sessions to train the Engineering students regarding the Unmanned Aviation field as well as participated in the HALE/MALE sorts UAVs venture. Presently, He is working as a Director in a private UAV Manufacturing company (VAU Technovations LTD.). His recently formed UAV include VTOL UAV with Virtual Pilot and inventions comprise ‘Blended wing body flapless VTOL UAV, controlling with bleed air motion control system’ and more. As well as he authored a book, which comprises a detailed description related to all elements of the Unmanned Aircraft System. “Since, beginning He was very much interested in to produce something new, which never been done before to change the reality. The way, which drives this sort of deduction falls under the enterprising space, where somebody controls the entire Universal laws to reimage it by his own specific manner to make outlandishly conceivable.” By keeping an innovator mindset, after the completion of the course, He joined India based Start-Up company in the Drone sector. Where he got the undertaking to design ‘UAV Courses’ and the ‘Fledged Unmanned Device’ without any assistance. It becomes very hard to work, out of your prepared space. ‘Reimagination factor’ empowered him to plan ‘Practical UAV Courses’ as well as ‘Fledged Unmanned Device’ identified with numerous applications. During the working session, organized many training sessions and Signed MOUs with different colleges to train the engineering students in his own defined way. After that joined a couple of Start-Up companies (INDIA/South Africa) in a similar area as a Pioneer to deliver them ‘Initial Stage Boosting Strategies’ to cause them to survive in the market with limited resources. Parallelly, continues to contribute his own opportunity to tackle the genuine issues, which addressed by customers. Presently, working on, to be a Global competitor in the DRONE sector by manufacturing a completely indigenous Advanced Unmanned Aircraft System with Uniquely planned calculations. Awarded by many Engineering colleges for his work in DRONE Training Domain. In 2017, ‘Entrepreneur Magazine’ printed about his Business effort in DRONE Sector. In 2018, Nominated for ‘Visakhapatnam Manufacturing Leadership Award’. His invention sheaf comprises, ‘Blended Wing Body Flapless VTOL UAV, controlling with Bleed Air Motion Control System’, to solve out the Endurance related problem with the capability of carrying both Low-speed and High-speed operations at maximum stealth mode. ‘Unmanned Aircraft System for Under Bridge Bearings Inspection’ to solve out the inspection related problem of ‘Under Bridge Bearings’, The problem was addressed by one of the construction company. An extendable robotic arm with a camera is attached with the HUB of the air vehicle, which eases the ‘Bearings’ related inspections inside the ‘confined spaces’. ‘AI DRONE with Virtual Pilot’, Virtual pilot concept makes the controlling and troubleshooting of the air-vehicle easy. The purpose for to concoct the ‘Virtual Pilot’ is to ease the controlling and troubleshooting of the air-vehicle for the Non-Engineer operator. And the invention related to the defense sector comprises, ‘Lightning Strike System’, A MALE/HALE UAV payload system that channelizes the ionized plasma through MV channels to neutralize the targets. Additionally, Related to the Agriculture sector, the commercially launched ‘AGRORECK’ series ‘Pesticide spraying’ and ‘Multi-spectral imaging DRONES’ to solve the AGRO-related problems.

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