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On Monday, November 9, 2015 at 11:49:59 AM UTC-5, wrote: On Mon, 09 Nov 2015 06:22:41 -0500, John H. wrote: On Sun, 08 Nov 2015 22:25:23 -0500, wrote: OK you win, they are flying death machines but I think I would keep it to myself if you like flying them ;-) We're flying machines that could hurt a bird (or a human for that matter)! If you say that out loud about the ones the FAA considers hobby machines, get ready for much more regulation. There have been plenty of people hurt, and a couple that I know of killed, by RC airplanes over the years. That has not driven any regulation. The whole problem with the new "drones" (more properly quadcopters, drones are sophisticated military killing machines) is that they can be flown nearly anywhere by anyone with the cash to buy one and with minimal skills. The RC hobby was, and still is, almost entirely self-regulated since the skills to fly an airplane or heli are slowly learned, require assistance, and require a sizable area in which to learn and fly. That almost always means there is a club with its rules and regs, and the requisite membership in a RC organization that provides landowner and member insurance coverage. Unfortunately the proliferation of inexpensive gyro stabilized quadcopters with cameras, coupled with a few ignorant assholes that have bought them and use them improperly, has driven proposed regulation that may affect large groups of very safety conscious, responsible RC hobbyists. Drones are not military killing machines, been lots of drones over the years. Lots were used as targets by military gunners and pilots. |
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What could be nicer...
On Monday, November 9, 2015 at 5:29:26 PM UTC-5, Califbill wrote:
wrote: On Monday, November 9, 2015 at 11:49:59 AM UTC-5, wrote: On Mon, 09 Nov 2015 06:22:41 -0500, John H. wrote: On Sun, 08 Nov 2015 22:25:23 -0500, wrote: OK you win, they are flying death machines but I think I would keep it to myself if you like flying them ;-) We're flying machines that could hurt a bird (or a human for that matter)! If you say that out loud about the ones the FAA considers hobby machines, get ready for much more regulation. There have been plenty of people hurt, and a couple that I know of killed, by RC airplanes over the years. That has not driven any regulation. The whole problem with the new "drones" (more properly quadcopters, drones are sophisticated military killing machines) is that they can be flown nearly anywhere by anyone with the cash to buy one and with minimal skills. The RC hobby was, and still is, almost entirely self-regulated since the skills to fly an airplane or heli are slowly learned, require assistance, and require a sizable area in which to learn and fly. That almost always means there is a club with its rules and regs, and the requisite membership in a RC organization that provides landowner and member insurance coverage. Unfortunately the proliferation of inexpensive gyro stabilized quadcopters with cameras, coupled with a few ignorant assholes that have bought them and use them improperly, has driven proposed regulation that may affect large groups of very safety conscious, responsible RC hobbyists. Drones are not military killing machines, been lots of drones over the years. Lots were used as targets by military gunners and pilots. I realize that. But the general population relates the word "drone" to the unmanned airplanes equipped with a missile that takes out a house or vehicle with a "pilot" sitting at a control panel maybe 100's of miles away. It's in the general vocabulary now as a noun for a quadcopter. Few really knew or cared about about the pilot-less and towed drones you are talking about. |
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