Originally Posted by
BarracudaHockey
You're putting the cart before the horse. The FAA regulates everything that uses the NAS, the AMA is the reason you can still fly models, or at least with the minimal restrictions that we have.
FWIW the guy that really got us unwanted attention wasnt flying a so called drone, he was flying a fixed wing flying wing.
And yet there's all sorts of additional "unwanted attention" waiting to happen... in District V of all places!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYecj5jYCIA
A fine example of AMA self regulation at work - openly flaunting AMA's turbine speed limit, overflight of non-participating people, overflight of structures, overflight of busy highways. But this waiver holder doesn't stop there, he's also ignoring the AMA's BLOS rule by flying his DJI three miles away! Starting from Lake Point Towers in Palm Beach Florida.
Not only is this waiver holder setting the example on compliance, he's also flying BLOS under the lateral limits of the Palm Beach Class C airspace. Let's see. Beaches, good weather, not like there's any VFR FW or Helo's evr operate below 1200 over water near the beach.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivPMLB_DJtQ