Originally Posted by
franklin_m
Someone should have been asking those same questions prior to 9/11, but they weren't.
What did rc airplanes have to do with 9/11?????????
Originally Posted by
franklin_m
Remote ID helps simplify threat / non-threat sorting problem which makes skies safer. It also helps identify when things are not where they should be which makes skies safer. And it also establishes whether the toy plane community will follow rules or not. Which makes skies safer.
Using hobby rc for terrorists plots is sort of counterproductive since the purpose is to cause significant damage and the payload of the average model is rather insignificant.
It would take a pilot with advanced skills to fly an overweight model via FPV some distance to a target and place the package on target. I can't see some terrorist putting in the time to become a competent rc pilot to deliver 10 to 20 lb payload when they could deliver a much bigger payload in a vehicle or after soloing in say a 172. After all the biggest bang for the buck is the intent.
Most models would fly terribly if a 10 to 20 lb payload were attached to them. That leaves designing an airframe to lift the weight which most beginners would lack the expertise to design and build such a subject.
They would need a significant piece of property to take off from unobserved and unquestioned as to what they are doing.
The payload and effect would be much more with a vehicle or private full size plane in the hundreds of lbs I would think. All one has to do is solo in a private plane both far less complicated than trying with any of our models.