Originally Posted by
mr_matt
Yes, even the creamiest, best part of Europe, Scandinavia....nirvana.
So in Sweden, if the device I am flying has a camera, it is a surveillance drone requiring a government permit...no camera, it is not a drone, no registration required, it is just a hobby model....hmm where have I heard that idea before...so simple a Swedish social democrat can understand it :-)
Hopefully our advocacy group, the AMA can reopen the case and make this simple argument to the FAA and separate my model aircraft away from these flying tripods.
For the 1% of modelers that flew with cameras (like me) before all of these idiot drone youtube posters, well tough luck.
Separating the flying tripods from model aircraft is as simple as AMA
conforming with FAA rules as to the definition of "model aircraft." FAA has made it clear that if there is anything (e.g., FPV goggles) in the LOS path between the pilot's eyes and the aircraft, it is not a model aircraft. Of course I am presuming you recognize the FAA is the higher authority in the disagreement, which is apparently not a universally accepted truth.
Now expect a few words from the AMA/MultiGP glee club............