Originally Posted by
franklin_m
And to the public, and to legislators, and to the media. On the other hand, had AMA not linked "hobby" flying and quads by embracing them, it would have been much easier to draw a distinction. AMA went after membership $$. I expect that by this time next year we'll see tens of thousands of drone buyers become AMA members. Yeah right.
I don't agree. All the FAA sees is that both are recreational UAV. AMA embracing the MR is a plus not a minus. If they ignored them then only the MR manufactures would fight the FAA, then if losing the FAA would then gun for the "traditional models". I see little difference myself. The only reason it is a problem it the vast number sold. If the same number of traditional ready to fly models were sold we would have the same issue.