Canadian Aviation Regulations (SOR/96-433)

901.200 A person who has made a declaration referred to in section 901.194 in respect of a model of remotely piloted aircraft system shall make available to each user of that model of system

• (a) a maintenance program that includes

  • (i) instructions related to the servicing and maintenance of the system, and

  • (ii) an inspection program to maintain system readiness;

• (b) any mandatory actions the person develops in respect of the system; and

• (c) an operating manual that includes

  • (i) a description of the system,

  • (ii) the ranges of weights and centres of gravity within which the system may be safely operated under normal and emergency conditions and, if a weight and centre of gravity combination is considered safe only within certain loading limits, those limits and the corresponding weight and centre of gravity combinations,

  • (iii) with respect to each flight phase and mode of operation, the conditions required to maintain a stable command and control link and the minimum and maximum altitudes and velocities within which the remotely piloted aircraft can be operated safely under normal and emergency conditions,

  • (iv) a description of the effects of foreseeable weather conditions and other environmental conditions on the performance of the system,

  • (v) the characteristics of the system that could result in severe injury to crew members during operation,

  • (vi) the design features of the system, and their associated operations, that are intended to protect against injury to persons not involved in the operations,

  • (vii) the warning information provided to the pilot in the event of a degradation in system performance that may result in an unsafe operation condition,

  • (viii) procedures for operating the system in normal and emergency conditions,

  • (ix) assembly, adjustment and modification instructions for the system, and

  • (x) instructions for integrating the elements of the system.