Andy , In the "unusual RC" section here at RCU I was reading of "RC Parachuting" the other day , and of the event that was being held at Muncie devoted to those who practice it . Gotta admit , I've been into RC a while , and never before had I heard of RC Parachuting until I read of it here the other day . I mention this only to say there are quite a lot of offshoots of our RC hobby and I will give the AMA credit for trying to be all inclusive . For real . My own personal feeling is that #550 FPV of course should be allowed , just like things like RC Parachuting are , but I favor #550 in it's original form where the pilot in command is LOS and the goggle wearing pilot is the trainer side of a buddy box . I just don't think in a , for instance , loss of video link situation the spotter is going to do much if the FPV pilot looses contact with the plane and has to pull the goggles off and gain sight and control of the model before it's demise . How many will instantly cede the TX to the spotter if the goggles go dark VS try to pull them off and regain control himself ? It's funny , when folks talk crashes it's always how a "radio glitch" crashed the plane , as if radio failure is such a common thing and yet when talking FPV it's always how "rock solid" the FPV link is and that the video downlink is absolutely infallible . I may be wrong , but It's my opinion that the FAA would be far more receptive of the original #550 VS the one we have now ....