Originally Posted by init4fun

Gerry to tell you the truth , I DO see great potential in the properly used commercial drone , but no sir , the hobbyist drone being flown beyond it's operators direct line of sight is an accident waiting to happen that our hobby doesn't need the black eye over . You wanna fly hobby based FPV following ALL of the AMA doc. #550 rules ? God bless ya , enjoy your drone and hell yea I'd love to take a try at flying AMA #550 legal FPV sometime . But if your gonna try to somehow defend the hobby based beyond line of sight use of this technology , save you keystrokes cause both the FAA and the AMA say that hobby drone being flown beyond it's operator's direct line of sight = not legal to the FAA and not covered by AMA insurance . All these years the RC model aircraft hobby has been pretty good about generally following the rules so as to not make a repeated nuisance of ourselves . Since this new ability of the flying camera came along , it seems the folks interested in actual aviation are the ones "doing it right" (following AMA #550 , for ex) VS the "It's like my video game , and I'm such an awesome pilot I can fly wherever I want" type who are flying them into buildings and will move onto the next fad hobby once they've ruined this one .

It's kinda like (full sized) racecars . You wanna own one and drive it on the track racing other racecars ? Hell yea , sounds like fun ! You wanna own one and drive it on the street ? Well then your "part of the problem" as it were , since with both racecars AND drones it's all about use , using and having fun with them in the way the established protocols say makes the most safety sense .

Or maybe your "fun" doesn't begin till your breaking the rules and endangering innocent folks , because your such an awesome pilot and nothing bad will ever happen with your drone ?