Well, it seems to me to be a textbook example of just how it should work, KE.

AMA has gone from banning any sanctioned flight by model aircraft even equipped with FPV (whether it's actually used or not) to setting initial rules allowing such flights under AMA sanction and insurance at AMA chartered club fields. It seems to me that is a huge change.

That change was brought about by 5 AMA members who are apparently deeply involved in FPV, who took the time to work with other FPV'ers to draft regulations that would be acceptable to both the flyers and AMA, took the recomendations to AMA and got them to change policy and publish guidelines. To me, that's a pretty remarkable thing to have accomplished. This group, working on it's own, has managed to put together guidlines acceptable to AMA, and gotten their "foot in the door" as far as FPV is concerned......a door that up to now was slammed in their face and deadbolted. And it's a door that can and will probably be opened further as AMA leadership becomes more familiar and comfortable with this new technology.

You know how Horrace always rants about "get up and do it yourself"? That's exactly what these folks did.

Not the way it should work? To the contrary......exactly the way it should work. Job well done, guys.