ORIGINAL: jester_s1

People doing illegal things have gotten picked on a little bit, so if you're grouping all FPV flyers with them then I suppose they've been picked on. The crux of the FPV issue though (and what I see FPV pilots being so sensitive about) is that we have a solid 80 years of hobby tradition that has established a set of safety regulations. Some of those regulations, like flying over people and property are just good common sense considering how often RC planes crash unexpectedly, sometimes due to equipment failures that remain unexplained. Some others, such as flying beyond line of sight, are also good common sense but haven't been possible before FPV came out. For some reason though, the FPV community wants to thumb its nose at the established safety regulations that have served the hobby quite well and have kept us from needing to worry about government regulations. You're getting sensitive that FPV pilots are being picked on, but I'm pretty sensitive that a group of hobbyists are ignoring common sense safety regulations for their own amusement. If you do something illegal (the original point) expect to get picked on by responsible modelers. If you do something unsafe, expect to be reprimanded for it. FPV is a really neat and exciting new way to do the hobby, but some maturity is in order to make sure that it doesn't become a less safe activity than standard flying is.