ORIGINAL: IflyPATTERN
I thought the 400ft rule was never passed and/or only applied when within 3 miles of an airport? Regardless, this means I break the rule flying just f3a, and that glider/soaring flyers break them even more so. This just doesnt make sense to me...
Brandon
Things are still fuzzy about this given the FAA's proposed wording, but note Bill Hanson's reply in the following link particularly regarding UAV's.
[link=http://amablog.modelaircraft.org/amagov/2012/02/15/president-signs-faa-bill-includes-protection-for-model-aviation/]400'ft rule[/link]
You'll be operating well outside the RC/AMA scope with your project.
Good luck it sounds interesting.