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Подробные статьи, связанные с реальными функциями UAV Meteo, а не общий наполнитель.

27 статей

Drone Propeller Icing: When and Why It Happens

Drones have no de-icing, and propellers collect ice faster than any other part of the aircraft. When icing happens, why temperatures just below freezing are the worst, what research shows about thrust loss, and how to spot the risk before you fly.

Drone Pre-Flight Briefing: What to Document for Commercial Work

The difference between a checklist, a pre-flight briefing and an authorisation, what a professional drone briefing should record, a sample brief, and how to share it with clients and site supervisors.

How Cold Weather Affects Drone Batteries

Cold doesn't drain a drone battery — it stops the battery delivering its energy. Why voltage sags and flight time drops below about 10°C, which drones are rated for what temperatures, and a winter routine that actually works.

Flying Drones in Hot Weather: Heat, Batteries & Lift

Heat affects a drone in ways cold doesn't — overheating batteries, thinner air that cuts propeller lift, and bumpy midday thermals. What happens above 30°C, which drones are rated for 40°C or 50°C, and how to plan a summer flight.

Visual Line of Sight (VLOS) Rules for Drone Pilots

What keeping a drone in visual line of sight actually requires under FAA, EASA and UK CAA rules, why FPV goggles don't count, how observers fit in, and how haze, low sun and small airframes shrink the distance you can legally fly.

Part 107 Weather Minimums: Visibility, Cloud Clearance, Altitude

The exact visibility, cloud-clearance, altitude and speed limits in 14 CFR 107.51 — what each one actually requires, which forecast readings help you plan around them, and which ones only your own eyes on the day can satisfy.

How to Read a NOTAM as a Drone Pilot

A line-by-line walk through a real-format NOTAM — the Q-line, the UTC time window, and the altitude limits that decide whether a restriction starts at the ground or far above your drone. Plus where to find NOTAMs and TFRs for your flight.

Why Keep a Drone Flight Log (Even If Not Required)

The most useful thing a flight log gives you is not paperwork — it's your own wind, cold and battery limits, learned from flights you actually flew. What to record, what your drone already logs for you, and how to turn a season of entries into better go/no-go decisions.