RE: autonomous flight
mongo
This has been put into the 2004 Safety Code, available on the AMA web page:
"A model aircraft is defined as a non-human-carrying device capable of sustained flight in the atmosphere not exceeding the limitations established in this Code, exclusively for recreation, sport, and/or competition activities. The operators of radio control model aircraft shall control the aircraft from the ground and maintain unenhanced visual contact with the aircraft throughout the entire flight operation. No aircraft shall be equipped with devices that would allow for autonomous flight."
This new rule is the topic of this discussion, or at least I think it is.
JR