Originally Posted by
init4fun
I think this sentence will earn you far more votes than you'd imagine ......
An unfortunate truth since most cannot draw a clear distinction between what is just another facet of our hobby and what isn't.
Originally Posted by
init4fun
One thing I would like to see clarified , not specifically from Hoss but from everyone else here in general also ; Are you folks making the distinction between "AMA doc # 550 legal" FPV and commercial drones ? Because I think ALL #550 compliant FPV for hobby entertainment IS as much a part of our hobby as any other sub genre (freeflight , turbine , floatplane , etc) , and that any commercial drone activity is about as related to hobby RC as our AMA is related to quilting !
I see many instances of "FPV" being used when I would hope the folks are talking about "Drone" . Remember , FPV in the AMA sense = doc # 550 , and Drone = commercial operations . I fear not our organization embracing FPV , but believe the higher ups are chasing somehow being relevant in the Drone operations that as a hobby based organization our AMA has NO right whatsoever becoming involved in . When the really big Drone $$$ begin to flow in we hobbyists of ALL types of flight will be swept away like yesterday's trash . It's called "Repurposing" or "Rebranding" by the corporate shmucks that have ruined our country along with the politicians , and don't for a minute think that it couldn't happen to us !
Some real insight...I think.
Pretty much outlines the future of any self-serving business.
Just wish AMA would promote the hobby...over and beyond even its own existence...but alas all is constructed to only include themselves...as any business, self-preservation reins supreme.