Indian drone regulations (DGCA rules) in Drone Programming - Mini Project: Build & Apply

Indian Drone Regulations (DGCA Rules) Checker

📖 Scenario: You are building a simple program to check if a drone flight plan follows the Indian DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) drone regulations. The DGCA has rules about drone weight, maximum altitude, and no-fly zones.This program will help drone operators quickly verify if their drone flight plan is allowed under the rules.

🎯 Goal: Create a program that stores drone flight details, sets regulation limits, checks if the flight plan follows the DGCA rules, and then outputs whether the flight is allowed or not.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a dictionary with drone flight details: weight in kg, altitude in meters, and location coordinates (latitude and longitude).

Create variables for DGCA regulation limits: maximum allowed weight, maximum allowed altitude, and a list of no-fly zone coordinates.

Write code to check if the drone's weight and altitude are within limits and if the location is outside all no-fly zones.

Print the final result: 'Flight Allowed' or 'Flight Not Allowed' based on the checks.

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Drone operators in India must follow DGCA rules to fly drones safely and legally. This program helps quickly check if a flight plan is allowed.

💼 Career

Understanding how to apply regulations in code is useful for drone software developers, aviation safety engineers, and regulatory compliance specialists.

1

DATA SETUP: Create the drone flight details dictionary

Create a dictionary called drone_flight with these exact entries: 'weight_kg': 2.5, 'altitude_m': 120, 'location': (28.6139, 77.2090) (latitude and longitude of New Delhi).

Drone Programming

# Create the drone_flight dictionary with weight_kg, altitude_m, and location
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use curly braces {} to create a dictionary. The location is a tuple with latitude and longitude.

2

CONFIGURATION: Set DGCA regulation limits

Create three variables: max_weight_kg set to 5, max_altitude_m set to 120, and no_fly_zones set to a list containing one tuple (28.6139, 77.2090) representing a no-fly zone at New Delhi.

Drone Programming

drone_flight = {'weight_kg': 2.5, 'altitude_m': 120, 'location': (28.6139, 77.2090)}
# Create max_weight_kg, max_altitude_m, and no_fly_zones variables
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use a list with one tuple for no_fly_zones. Variables are simple assignments.

3

CORE LOGIC: Check if the flight plan follows DGCA rules

Write code to check if drone_flight['weight_kg'] is less than or equal to max_weight_kg, drone_flight['altitude_m'] is less than or equal to max_altitude_m, and drone_flight['location'] is NOT in no_fly_zones. Store the result (True or False) in a variable called flight_allowed.

Drone Programming

drone_flight = {'weight_kg': 2.5, 'altitude_m': 120, 'location': (28.6139, 77.2090)}
max_weight_kg = 5
max_altitude_m = 120
no_fly_zones = [(28.6139, 77.2090)]
# Check the DGCA rules and set flight_allowed
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use the and operator to combine all conditions. Use not in to check location.

4

OUTPUT: Print if the flight is allowed or not

Write a print statement that outputs 'Flight Allowed' if flight_allowed is True, otherwise print 'Flight Not Allowed'.

Drone Programming

drone_flight = {'weight_kg': 2.5, 'altitude_m': 120, 'location': (28.6139, 77.2090)}
max_weight_kg = 5
max_altitude_m = 120
no_fly_zones = [(28.6139, 77.2090)]
flight_allowed = (drone_flight['weight_kg'] <= max_weight_kg) and (drone_flight['altitude_m'] <= max_altitude_m) and (drone_flight['location'] not in no_fly_zones)
# Print 'Flight Allowed' if flight_allowed is True, else 'Flight Not Allowed'
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use an if-else statement to print the correct message based on flight_allowed.