Originally Posted by
Hydro Junkie
I'm going to address the highlighted quotes one at a time:
1) Until the advent of quads, FPV hasn't been an issue since, to fly FPV, YOU FIRST HAD TO KNOW HOW TO FLY!!!!!!!!!!!!! The MR has removed that requirement since the MR is designed to be stable. This has led to anyone with an interest in this tech to use it, hence the lack of issues until recently.
2) You don't hear more than a passing comment on the news because one or two people being killed in a DUI event or one dying from an OD is not a big deal in the present world. When a plane goes down, for whatever reason, it's big news because of the amount of people that are victims or involved in the investigation as to why. Looking at that 777 that went down over the Indian Ocean verifies this
3) What if someone had been sitting at that table when the quad came down? What if it had hit them with major injuries or killed them? Would it still be more BS? What if it had been YOU sitting at that table, would it be BS then?
4) How many cars are there on the roads? If the air had as many planes flying as we do cars on the road, you would probably see collisions like on the roads. That is why we have an air traffic control system, to keep the planes a safe distance apart to avoid accidents. The lines on the roads are supposed to do the same thing for the cars, people just get so caught up with texting and smart phones that they forget that they are in control of a vehicle that weighs in excess of two tons and capable of fairly high speeds, leading to the inevitable accidents. In this regard, the auto makers are leading the charge to accidents with mobile wifi systems installed in many models, ENCOURAGING THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY WHILE DRIVING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Since the odds of dying in a car crash are 1 in 5000, this displays graphically the overcrowding of our roadway system
Look Hydro, I will start out by saying that I am not advocating against aviation safety. I do have my private ticket after all. I also agree with most of what you posted above. I know I get heated, it's just my personality and I never mean to go at any particular person.
To your #1 response: I agree and disagree. I think the majority of people (my opinion 99+%) operate RC aircraft in a responsible way (including FPV). Most people don't invest 500-1000+ dollars to be stupid and reckless. This is my hangup. Banning, severly limiting, legislation against (again in my opinion) less than 1% of the RC aircraft community. That just makes no logical sense. There are always bad apples. People will always do stupid things. You cannot stop it. If a plane is in fact taken down by an RC aircraft, nothing is going to prevent it. Why? Because it was some idiot doing something stupid. IE, one of the <1%er's. Yet we want the other 99+% to suffer. No logical sense in my opinion.
To your #2: I agree 100%, but isn't that sick? We have all this outcry about drones doing something that has never happened, yet we are perfectly fine hearing about the DAILY deaths from drugs and alcohol? Man what a messed up money driven world we live in. We can literally saves multiple families lives per year by doing something as simple as making breathalyzers in cars mandatory. Do we do that? Hell no! Why? Can you imagine the monetary ramifications on multiple levels if the Feds did that? So in the end, we let innocent people die for the all mighty dollar. Real people that are really dying; not potential victims. Pretty sick stuff!!!
To your #3: This is the "what if" game. IF someone was hurt or killed there would be criminal charges and lawsuites. The same as with any kind of stupid behavior that results in another persons injury or death. If it were me? Not sure what to say. What if I get hit by a car, have a heart attack, get hit with a baseball or a million other accidents that could happen? Again, this is my hangup. Singling out an activity and hobby that has yet to cause a true problem. Perceived problem, yes. Actual problem, not so much. Again, we can try and stop many activities that people enjoy that result in actual death and injury.
To your #4: I don't disagree with anything you said. You mentioned inevitable accidents. You also mentioned the car manufacturers trying to make vehicles safer and that is a good thing. Nobody is trying to ban or overregulate vehicles though, as they are with RC aircraft. So, currently the odds of dying in a car are 1 in 5000 and the odds currently of dying in an aircraft realated drone accident is 1 in ? 100 million? 1 billion? 1 trillion? It's hard to quantify because it has not happened.
In the end, all my ranting and raving is about my hatred of the gov't once again trying to inflict uneeded rules and restrictions on 99+% of people enjoying their freedom and hobby because of the always present idiot population of said hobby that is <1% that will never be able to be controlled anyway!