Originally Posted by
init4fun
Lastly, I absolutely agree with you that there won't be an "FAA RC cop" hiding behind every tree, just waiting to pounce because I know that's simply not how the FAA operates. What they've done is established that in order to fly RC legally, you've gotta do the registration/ TRUST thing, which is basically them having you agree in writing to their rules in a form that can be used if needed to prove you knowingly broke one rule or other resulting in them being forced to take action against you. Naturally there will be no action unless someone or someones gets badly injured or killed, or unless someone makes that much of a nuisance of themselves to force the FAA's hand.
Absolutely agree. FAA rules, like many on the Federal side, give you all the rope you want to take to hang yourself.
Meanwhile, on the other site, the group is rationalizing a shared use place with regular overflight of occupied equestrian / walking trails. Never mind that in order to enjoy the exception from 107 one must comply with a CBO safety code. And yet the operation as described is is an explicit violation of at least two points in AMA safety code: (1) Avoid overflight of people etc., and (2) nobody but participants beyond a safety line (no "bystanders"). And yet the echo chamber of AMA acolytes overthrew is busy telling the individual this won't be a problem.
Nobody challenging their thinking, just circular back slapping about how good they are ...