Good morning everyone,
I am looking to create some FRC's for a couple of aircraft types we are about to buy. I've had a good search through but can't find any available.
How do you all create yours, what exact info needs to be within?
Are there any available from the manufacturers, or would any of you be willing to share your own please?
The aircraft we will be using are DJI Phantom 3 Advanced, Inspire 1 & Matrice M600 Pro's.
Many thanks.
Hey Sparks,
Hopefully you've had your question answered in detail already, just thought I would input a few things as well for future reference. FRCs are used very often, if not all the time, in the commercial sector (they're just not actively passed around, normally done in-house and kept there).
They are, if they're well written, specific to location / area of operations (AO) for any flights within that area (obviously) and any variables that may be happening within said AO. The variables should be anything that directly affect your flight, or is a safety concern to yourself etc.
Just think about all the problems that could arise, within reason of course, and address it in the FRC. Landing area got some people standing on it and you can't land there? If you've done your pre-flight planning right, you should know roughly where a secondary LZ may be. That was just an example of course, I'd probably land no closer than twenty meters to the nearest pedestrian. Just a case of asking yourself what logical problems may arise, and what would you do about it during the flight, because you don't generally have a lot of time to figure out solutions during an emergency.
These references should most benefit the pilot (who normally and ideally is said author of FRCs, and they should understand that it's a key factor in any aerial operation - it should in your head ) as it increases operational awareness and situational reaction time in an unplanned event or emergency during your flight. I'll attach an a somewhat extensive FRC / Pre-Flight list that I use for every commercial shoot my company or team is in involved in. Note it wasn't typed to be used in this way, it's not complete - these are headers from our Operations Manual and they each will a small sub chapter addressing the issue. It's also more extensive than usual because our flight operations normally take place in high density areas. I'm sure you'll get a few ideas from it - hopefully!