Originally Posted by
bruceal
We have also decided against FPV at our field. Besides having homes in close proximity, we also have an active heliport, County park, and the largest marina on the east coast right across the street. We are not against new technology, however not all flying locations can host all types of aircraft. In our case it happens to be FPV. We don't have the luxury of having an "incident" and apologizing for it. With full scale helicopters right next to us, there is no second chance.
I guess I do not see how FPV aircraft operated under the current AMA rules for FPV would be any more dangerous than any sort of normal R/C model at your flying field. With a decent FPV spotter, it actually might be safer flying FPV at your flying site than it would be for a guy to fly a normal model with no spotter to keep an eye out for the local heli traffic.
Flying FPV does not automatically mean that you fly away from the normal confines of your flying field.