Originally Posted by
HoundDog
What's so different about (MR's Quads/Drones). They Fly, they Use Radio control, They have an auto pilot stabilization system so do many of the newer trainers that are supposed to make Self Taught Pilots a possibility. The only real difference between Quads and fixed wing is they are able to be launched and recovered just about anywhere.
Take a look at the big picture and read between the lines. Multirotors (MR) have caused a huge disruption in the R/C marketplace. It's plausible that some companies that are not in the MR business appear to be using the negative drone publicity as justification for the AMA distance themselves from MRs, thereby protecting their vested financial interests in their existing non-MR aircraft. Sponsored pilots have jumped on the bandwagon in an effort to support their sponsors and their own financial interests.
This has been discussed ad nauseam in the past with both manufacturers and sponsored pilots in total denial of this blatantly obvious conflict of interest.