ORIGINAL: combatpigg
Hey LCS, How far did you get in school?
What I see mostly here is the attitude of, "I'm going to do this hobby any which way I please, and to hell with anyone who wants to stand in my way". I see the same basic thinking on a daily basis with the "right to bear arms crowd" and with the "right to have a few beers and hop in my car" crowd. It is the fanatics in any crowd who fail to see that their activities have an unacceptable level of risk.
I applaud the efforts of those who have developed the technology to fly autonomously, and I bet they are having alot of fun with it. I am not naiive enough to think for one minute that the average modeler is going to be satisfied with flying a 5 pound plane in circles above the club field with a model that has the capability of being flown further than the eye can see.
Better get some omnipotent AMA roolz in place to ban FF duration then, as they certainly have that capability that makes you wake up screaming. So does the average 5 lb R/C trainer model that the newbie owner forgot to charge the Rx battery in. As JR said, one of the things you didn't do before revving up your keyboard is read Hal DeBolt's proposal.
Abel