Originally Posted by
franklin_m
In the US, no matter what the manned aircraft does, FAR 107.37 clearly puts the responsibility on the unmanned aircraft operator. No exceptions.
Of course, and the model pilot stated that he took evasive action as soon as he saw the Grob:
According to his own information, he had only noticed the motor glider a few meters away from his model after he had released the glider model and is said to have attempted an evasive maneuver.
And actually there is an exception, in that the regulation language contains the qualifier "
unless well clear". If the Grob had been flying above the minimum enroute altitude, it would have been "well clear" and no evasive action would have been required.
Originally Posted by
astrohog
I say that it is the RC pilots' responsiblility to yield the right-of-way to a manned aircraft EVERY time. And is a better argument for a spotter than for a FRIA!Astro
Evidently a spotter was required to be on duty:
There were the requirements that flight operations should only take place within a specified flight sector, the airspace should be monitored by the flight manager and that the model aircraft pilot should be warned when man-carrying aircraft fly into the flight sector and instructed to land or evade them.
All I'm saying is a FRIA would have resulted in better situational awareness. If model aircraft operations are concentrated in known areas (FRIAs) full-scale pilots, as well as unmanned aircraft, can more easily avoid them.