Originally Posted by
Maximilionalpha
You guys keep complaining about how some other yahoo, is "illegally", flying his/her rc aircraft, above a certain altitude. What you're not taking into consideration though, is the fact that, whether we like it or not, the government is going to either, BAN, or, Severely Restrict, our fun hobby, in the near future, anyway! So, you guys stick to your, 400', and below, flying styles, because you truly do believe, that an entity can actually own God's big blue creation and tell you that you can only play in it, up to a certain altitude, while they can pollute the heck out of it, fly their drone all up and down it, to spy on you and even manipulate it, with H.A.A.R.P! I'll from now on, call you guys....400 Below!
There will be no ban, nor will there be "severe restrictions". That comment is right up there with the scare tactics being used by the media sometimes. The technology, and some irresponsible and reckless people have caused some in the government to look closely at this type of flying. It's part of progress, for better (and worse)
Originally Posted by
hairy46
I know that its going to p.o. allot of people but I wish these where band from the beginning, they are going to destroy this hobby, you did not hear or see this kind of thing really before. These dang things are being g flown everywhere . Where we always fly in designated areas. They're now calling our RC airplanes drones, bull my RC airplanes are not drones, am getting tired of hearing about these stupid people taking this hobby down!
Banning is impossible, and impracticle, and really at the end of the day, reactionary and completely unfair. And actually, while you might not have seen this kind of thing before, I believe the first time I ever heard of a security concern regarding RC was when the guy wanted to pack a ducted fan F86 Saber and F4 Phantom with explosives and fly them into a target. That was about 3 years ago:
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/...one/50593792/1
Notice how they called that plane a "DRONE". Ya, a fixed wing aircraft. Looks like you fly airplanes, do you think those should have been banned back then? Probably not. I didn't see word one in that story about a quad or multirotor, did you?
It's irresponsible and reckless PILOTS that cause problems for the hobby, not the machines.