Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00404:front:0:p9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00404
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Character Range: 21294–23964

of airworthiness, is the maximum weight of the aircraft on take-off and includes, to the extent permitted by the manufacturer or recorded in the RPAS technical log, the weight of:
(a)      propulsion systems; and
(b)      all equipment, payload and energy sources carried on the aircraft in flight.
helicopter, when used to describe an RPA of a type defined in regulation 101.022, means an RPA with 1 or more main rotors.
Note   See also subsection 1.04 (4).
HLS or helicopter landing site means an area of land or water, or a defined area on a structure, intended to be used wholly or in part for the arrival, departure and surface movement of helicopters.
indoors operation means use of an RPA or model aircraft in circumstances which meet all of the following requirements:
(a) the RPA or model aircraft is flown within a building, or another structure, or a naturally occurring or man-made space underground (a containment area);
(b) the containment area is such that it is physically impossible for the RPA or model aircraft to escape and fly away during normal, abnormal or emergency operations;
(c) entry of people to, and exit of people from, the containment area is controlled in such a way that in flying an RPA or model aircraft in the containment area a remote pilot will not infringe any provision of Part 101 of CASR concerning proximity of an RPA or model aircraft to people within or outside the containment area;
(d) in the event that an RPA or model aircraft collides with any part of the containment area, no material from the RPA or model aircraft or the containment area can move or escape and cause injury to a person outside the containment area.
Note   An example of a man-made space underground is a mine.
job safety assessment, for an operation of an RPA, other than excluded RPA, by a certified RPA operator, means a procedure undertaken in accordance with the RPA operator's documented practices and procedures to:
(a) assess the safety of the operation; and
(b) identify safety risks arising from the operation; and
(c) formulate risk mitigation measures for the operation, including risk management plans.
maintenance controller has the same meaning as in paragraph 101.340 (1) (d) of CASR.
manual operation, for an RPA, means the use, by the remote pilot, of a manual mechanism that is part of the RPAS, in order to exercise control over the RPA, including by reconfiguring the RPA.
measurement point  means any point on the actual or notional centreline of a runway between the 2 threshold centrepoints.
mode of operation means:
(a) manual mode; or
(b) the mode that is automated operation.
Note   Manual mode requires prescribed training