As I recall, when the MR's first came out everyone was in awe at the new technology and some techno-freaks went out and bought them as well as a Go-Pro and had a ball taking videos and some even morphed into Quad Racing and the Quad Racing even brought in some folks that otherwise would not be involved with AMA. The reality is that the hobby itself invited them in, not just the manufacturer's, not just the retailers, but the end user as well, and sadly some of those end user's are not responsible operators.

I hate to make the comparison but it's like guns, we all hate the idiots that misuse them and the unfortunate aftermath that all to often occurs but it is not the gun or the MR that is the problem, they are inanimate objects manipulated by the whims of their operator. Fortunately most operators of both technologies are responsible and the effect of their misuse is not worse. Fine if you choose to hate MR's, certainly free to do that, but isn't it like the gun haters wanting them off the street and eliminated? Gentlemen, it is not the gun nor the MR, it is the operator and just like guns the MR is here to stay so rather than bickering amongst ourselves shouldn't we be trying to find solutions to the problem, from where I sit that seems to be what AMA is trying to do? Yet in these forums I have seen a lot of folk beat them up mercilessly. They are an aircraft and they are radio controlled and they are here to stay and yes they will and are affecting us, we should be channeling are energies to come up with a way to mitigate the damage.