I'm going to make one more statement and then I'm done with this because I'm not going to get sucked into a bunch of nonsensical bickering about things that may or may not happen.

My main point in posting this was to clarify something for myself. If you read some of the 'discussions' out there, everyone is acting as though RC flying is going to be banned and that the world is going to end and it simply isn't so. I understand that those who fly turbines or giant scale or high speed pylon racing planes are probably a little freaked out as they should be and I would expect those folks to fight to prevent any regulations that might forbid them to fly but....

what percentage of 'average' rc pilots actually fly tubines or giant scale? I bet that it's very small...I would bet it's less than 5%...maybe 10-15% as a whole.

I'm not saying these folks should lose their ability to fly but everything sure gets blown out of proportion very quickly when everyone starts saying 'the sky is falling'.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that a little regulation and control isn't necessarily a bad thing and I don't buy into the argument that a little bit of regulation now leads to overbearing regulation in the future...I'm sorry but I'm just not that paranoid.

I'm going to pull in an example here that will probably also get blown out of proportion but if you look at the gun end of things...do you really thing anyone should be able to go down to the corner store and buy a machine gun? Do you think that it's probably a good idea for people who buy certain kinds of guns to have a background check? I think it probably is a good idea to regulate the sales of guns to some extent. These laws have been in effect for some time and, I'm no 'gun nut' or gun laws expert but as far as I know, most anyone without a criminal record can still go buy a gun if they follow the rules.

A few rules aren't necessarily a bad thing.

As always, and as stated by another post on this thread, I'm sure that cooler heads and common sense will prevail and we'll all still be able to fly what we want. We may have to do it in a certain area for certain kinds of planes but I'm sure it will work out. I just wanted to know for myself what this was all about and now that I feel I understand it, I'm feeling comfortable. I understand that others may not feel that way and if you don't, go fight.

Personally, I don't think that some of the proposed rules are a bad idea. Currently, the only thing that keeps someone from flying a giant scale plane is cost. I know plenty of people with money and very little common sense and what's to keep them from trying to fly something big and fast off the street in front of their house and doing some serious damage to people and property? Perhaps a competency check before someone were to fly something like that wouldn't be a bad thing. Isn't there already some kind of licensing in place for turbines anyway?