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Old 12-25-2015 | 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by hairy46
Oh come on! If you have not seen the trouble the multi rotors have caused this hobby then you have your eyes wide shut, pick yourself up by your boot straps pull your head out of the sand and at least admit that we did not have these problems till these ugly little drones came out! And you know that these have been the problem, I hate being link in with the ugly things!
Exactly. The only individuals and r/c equipment that have been involved in these issues are the multi rotor individuals. And in most cases it's a multi rotor being flown via FPV. I've not heard of any incident involving fixed wing a/c. Simply, multi rotor a/c requires very little if no flying experience to operate. And what's the fun of flying a multi rotor with a camera if it can't be done so over buildings, houses, people, landmarks, events, etc.? If the multi rotor folks flew in responsible locations, they wouldn't find filming rocks, dirt, empty fields, etc. that interesting to do. Mater of fact the only thing "fun" about flying multi rotors is when watching the playback from the camera onboard as it was filming over cities, buildings, houses, people, events, etc. if the multi rotor folks only flew where us fixed wing folks fly, they're be bored of flying multi rotor. I tried a friend's multi rotor once and after a minute I was bored with it. My definition of multi rotor is one of those four motor or more deals that looks like a flying octopus. Those things are boring to fly if done so in accordance with the rules & regulations of the AMA and now FAA. The FAA is now stating that these multi rotors shall only be flown within LOS. 99.9% of the problems caused by the folks flying these things were being flow outside the LOS.

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