RCU Forums - View Single Post - FAA working to make radio control flight illegal
Old 10-20-2014, 10:57 PM
  #67  
NorfolkSouthern
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Posts: 1,588
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

That's the problem with RC: Electric motors. Usually, when the media sensationalizes a story involving an RC plane, it's always a drone. Drones have electric motors, whether it be a quad copter or plank. Stick a camera and down link on it, and there's no difference between a model airplane and a drone. So, it's a drone, and people can make money with a drone. I guess everybody will have to wait and see what the FAA comes up with next. Meanwhile, our local hobby shop closed 5 years ago. There's another one in a different town that's fairly new. They sell plastic model cars, and have just about any quad copter that's currently available on the market. For model airplanes, I don't see a single kit in that store, but they do have plenty of ARFs.