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Old 01-14-2020 | 08:53 AM
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tedsander
 
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After some consideration, and initial agreement as to the problem of access to FRIA's.....I'm pretty much coming down on the side of "Too bad...!"

Here is my State, virtually all bodies of water are "public". But access to get to them is not guaranteed. We are granted that by public bodies that decided to buy/take land and build boat ramps. There are many that have no public access. Either you have to trespass to get to them, or pay a fee to a private ramp owner, if there is one.
If RID is going to be a reality - concentrate on the easing of the requirements for RID compliance and use. Simplify them so it becomes essentially a black box to install, and easily register with the FAA. Probably even integrated into RX's. Suggest as to how to streamline (or just drop) the whole "internet" thing.
If one simply cannot do that to a model, use a FRIA. But know that you likely will have to pay some kind of a "launch fee" to use it.
We've gotten into this mess by the Park Flyer problem carried to the extreme - I can fly anywhere, so I will......and there are a bazillion of us doing it.....