Originally Posted by
Sport_Pilot
There may have been a time when that would have been smart, but it would have been before 2009. Now recreational quads are model airplanes and married by law. In fact we are in the same boat so it may be better to procreate than to separate.
You are entitled to your opinion, certainly, but joining the quad, FPV, camera-toting flying things crowd is exactly what put us on the FAA's radar. Fixed and rotary wing RC model aircraft flown for fun at AMA sanctioned sites adhering to AMA Safety guidelines, have NOTHING in common with this new crop of UAV. The only way to protect ourselves and the industry that supplies us from onerous regulations (and fees) is to draw a very clear distinction. The AMA SHOULD be making every effort to do that for us! The first step is for the AMA to delineate between the two and offer totally separate insurance policies, then lobby Congress that in fact, what we RC aircraft hobbyists have been safely doing for 5 decades has ZERO in common with the aforementioned flying thingz now invading public air space!