Originally Posted by
DeferredDefect
The BLOS side makes the most sense to me, but even that is a pretty large part of the FPV hobby that would be effectively banned. Just like any hobby, it's the few bad eggs that hurt the majority.
Hey Double D ,
Believe me , I don't want anything to have to be banned ! I really do wish all the flying camera folks had behaved themselves from day one and there wouldn't be an issue today . But , "If wishes were Horses , Beggars would ride" . The flying camera guys DID misbehave . In great enough numbers to get notice from the FAA . Now , I don't consider ANY one subset of the hobby as being worth risking all the rest of the hobby being regulated (possibly , eventually , to death) just to try to save that one subset ! Even Mr. Spock said it ; "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few" . Multirotors and all other types of aircraft aren't the problem the FAA is after , it's the ability to fly BLOS that's got their regulatory pen scribbling on the paper . Because of the bad actions of some of the BLOS flyers , we all are at risk .
Is it really fair to jeopardize the entire hobby over a mode of flight that the FAA is determined to regulate out of civilian hands , whether we throw the rest of the hobby away over it or not ?