FAA Sued In Federal Court Over Drone Registration Rules
01-08-2016, 10:29 AM
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Fact of the matter is Jim, if after reading each of these threads and seeing how as many as 2 unique members a day complain about Porcia and his constant character issues then there's not much else I can tell you.
No one else upsets so many people on a continual basis and arrogantly dismisses it even though the complaints are on the rise.
Perhaps your unaware of his prior history, reputation and fame for being banned multiple times elsewhere for the exact same problem.
That's what its about. He has heard how he spoils it for others but remains unchanged, that to me isn't very considerate of other fellow hobby members.
No one else upsets so many people on a continual basis and arrogantly dismisses it even though the complaints are on the rise.
Perhaps your unaware of his prior history, reputation and fame for being banned multiple times elsewhere for the exact same problem.
That's what its about. He has heard how he spoils it for others but remains unchanged, that to me isn't very considerate of other fellow hobby members.
I have observed he "spoils it" for others that despise Hobby King, the Chinese, and the AMA by presenting a thoughtful explanation of the subject or precipitating a debate. Your and their behaviour quickly turns to childish rants and raves when the discussion sours on your position. Use your obvious experience and intellect to support the thread's subject with Facts and Figures (Portia usually does.)
As far as "upsets people" and "been banned" are concerned, those reasons for stiffling another's viewpoint are -blank-. (Think 'human history' and fill in the blank.)
01-08-2016, 10:57 AM
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Maybe you missed "I have read enough..." and the rest of my statement. You are correct in that I don't see it the way many others do, those with a passion to declare their position to be absolute and protected from challenge.
01-08-2016, 12:50 PM
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I think I missed the boat on this But, I'll be outta town this weekend anyway. Would have liked to take a bunch of t-shirts with this image to the convention and make sure the Feds see them since they'll be holding hands with AMA. I would have asked each one to let Me know when They get My point.
01-08-2016, 01:12 PM
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I think I missed the boat on this But, I'll be outta town this weekend anyway. Would have liked to take a bunch of t-shirts with this image to the convention and make sure the Feds see them since they'll be holding hands with AMA. I would have asked each one to let Me know when They get My point.
01-08-2016, 01:35 PM
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This never should have come to this. Had the AMA done the right thing in the first place and separated traditional line of site model aircraft from drone flying which has caused basically all the problems, we wouldn't be dealing with this problem. No matter how much you try to trash traditional model flying, there is no doubt that it's been drone technology and the ease in which that can be operated by people who are highly irresponsible that has caused the issues.
01-08-2016, 02:02 PM
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Someone already put something similar to this on a t-shirt and even made stickers, although I don't think Herman was on there, same sentiment though. AMA and FAA will certainly be at the Expo but I'm not sure it will be a love fest. Going to be awkward given the press releases of late from the AMA and the aggressive stance they are taking regarding the registration etc etc. Wonder if anyone is going to be live or pod casting the Q and A.
01-08-2016, 04:53 PM
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This never should have come to this. Had the AMA done the right thing in the first place and separated traditional line of site model aircraft from drone flying which has caused basically all the problems, we wouldn't be dealing with this problem. No matter how much you try to trash traditional model flying, there is no doubt that it's been drone technology and the ease in which that can be operated by people who are highly irresponsible that has caused the issues.
01-09-2016, 06:36 AM
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The FAA's response: “The FAA disagrees with the comments asserting that the registration of model aircraft is prohibited by section 336 of Public Law 112-95. While section 336 bars the FAA from promulgating new rules or regulations that apply only to model aircraft, the prohibition against future rulemaking is not a complete bar on rulemaking and does not exempt model aircraft from complying with existing statutory and regulatory requirements. As previously addressed, Public Law 112-95 identifies model aircraft as aircraft and as such, the existing statutory aircraft registration requirements implemented by part 47 apply.
This action simply provides a burden-relieving alternative that sUAS owners may use for aircraft registration. Model aircraft operated under section 336 as well as other small unmanned aircraft are not required to use the provisions of part 48. Owners of such aircraft have the option to comply with the existing requirements in part 47 that govern aircraft registration or may opt to use the new streamlined, web-based system in part 48.”
This action simply provides a burden-relieving alternative that sUAS owners may use for aircraft registration. Model aircraft operated under section 336 as well as other small unmanned aircraft are not required to use the provisions of part 48. Owners of such aircraft have the option to comply with the existing requirements in part 47 that govern aircraft registration or may opt to use the new streamlined, web-based system in part 48.”
01-09-2016, 06:53 AM
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The FAA's response: “The FAA disagrees with the comments asserting that the registration of model aircraft is prohibited by section 336 of Public Law 112-95. While section 336 bars the FAA from promulgating new rules or regulations that apply only to model aircraft, the prohibition against future rulemaking is not a complete bar on rulemaking and does not exempt model aircraft from complying with existing statutory and regulatory requirements. As previously addressed, Public Law 112-95 identifies model aircraft as aircraft and as such, the existing statutory aircraft registration requirements implemented by part 47 apply.
This action simply provides a burden-relieving alternative that sUAS owners may use for aircraft registration. Model aircraft operated under section 336 as well as other small unmanned aircraft are not required to use the provisions of part 48. Owners of such aircraft have the option to comply with the existing requirements in part 47 that govern aircraft registration or may opt to use the new streamlined, web-based system in part 48.”
This action simply provides a burden-relieving alternative that sUAS owners may use for aircraft registration. Model aircraft operated under section 336 as well as other small unmanned aircraft are not required to use the provisions of part 48. Owners of such aircraft have the option to comply with the existing requirements in part 47 that govern aircraft registration or may opt to use the new streamlined, web-based system in part 48.”
01-09-2016, 07:37 AM
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Exactly why I think AMA is gonna lose the court case. We have to ask ourselves what happens to AMA if they do? With membership revenue already on a downward trend since 2007 (based on constant 2014 dollars of AMA membership revenue from AMA 990 tax forms), and not necessarily needing an AMA field to fly MRs, not necessarily needing an AMA field to fly the growing number of foam aircraft, and not necessarily needing an AMA field to fly every more types of electric aircraft, to me I see less need for the AMA over time. If insurance is already secondary for members, why continue paying $75 a year when I can pay FAA $5 for three and take my chances on something that invokes my homeowners?
01-09-2016, 08:13 AM
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Exactly why I think AMA is gonna lose the court case. We have to ask ourselves what happens to AMA if they do? With membership revenue already on a downward trend since 2007 (based on constant 2014 dollars of AMA membership revenue from AMA 990 tax forms), and not necessarily needing an AMA field to fly MRs, not necessarily needing an AMA field to fly the growing number of foam aircraft, and not necessarily needing an AMA field to fly every more types of electric aircraft, to me I see less need for the AMA over time. If insurance is already secondary for members, why continue paying $75 a year when I can pay FAA $5 for three and take my chances on something that invokes my homeowners?
The AMA isn't going anywhere anytime soon, membership ebbs and flows, like any other org. If anything there will be an influx of MR pilots, it's the single biggest booming discipline this hobby has seen in years. But what would happen if the AMA did disappear...are you thinking the FAA is somehow going to take over where the AMA left off? A $5.00 registration with the feds isn't even remotely similar to the AMA membership. Are they going to be helping any club or member in any way?
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01-09-2016, 08:43 AM
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For those in denial about the explosion of FPV racing in our hobby the FAI recently released their provisional rules for FPU, Radio Control FPV Racing Model Aircraft. Yes, FPV racing is happening at the international level.
http://www.fai.org/downloads/ciam/SC4_F3FPV_2016
http://www.fai.org/downloads/ciam/SC4_F3FPV_2016
01-09-2016, 09:47 AM
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Yep. Which is why, if you don't fly stuff that requires AMA field size areas (and there's more and more of these all the time thanks to HobbyKing and even GreatPlanes), value of AMA goes down.
01-09-2016, 09:55 AM
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Franklin I thought in 2015 FAA reconized AMA as the CBO (community based organization ) and we were suppose to fly at their fields and under their safety guidelines and insurance !! am I incorrect ??
01-09-2016, 09:56 AM
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Again with the foamies....lol know many parks that can deal with the giant scale T-28 out now? They are getting bigger and bigger. Check out page 115 in the Dec AMA mag...Max Moxey's 210 inch B-17 built from....foam! People keep conflating the FAA reg with the AMA membership, and in the process significantly diminish the value of an AMA membership, it's usually reduced to a magazine and secondary insurance. And yes, I realize the membership "value" is very different from person to person. If you think it's bad now with people flying all over the place, do away with the AMA and chartered fields to fly at (ie SAFE) and consider what could happen there.
The AMA isn't going anywhere anytime soon, membership ebbs and flows, like any other org. If anything there will be an influx of MR pilots, it's the single biggest booming discipline this hobby has seen in years. But what would happen if the AMA did disappear...are you thinking the FAA is somehow going to take over where the AMA left off? A $5.00 registration with the feds isn't even remotely similar to the AMA membership. Are they going to be helping any club or member in any way?
The AMA isn't going anywhere anytime soon, membership ebbs and flows, like any other org. If anything there will be an influx of MR pilots, it's the single biggest booming discipline this hobby has seen in years. But what would happen if the AMA did disappear...are you thinking the FAA is somehow going to take over where the AMA left off? A $5.00 registration with the feds isn't even remotely similar to the AMA membership. Are they going to be helping any club or member in any way?
I don't have any Freudian issues driving a need to fly large planes or look down my nose at those who fly small stuff. I can satisfy my flying requirements within 100 feet of my home, where I can put two or three batteries of flying in and be home before I'd have even gotten to the nearest flying field. To me it's about convenience. I argue a 22in ws model like Stevens Adrenaline Rush on a 3S traveling over 60mph or more, and all but disappears when wings level, is just as demanding as a much larger plane much further away.
01-09-2016, 09:59 AM
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Last week I forwarded this to AMA: "Is AMA membership required to meet the provisions of PL112-95(a)(2)?" To which the responded "As for the safety guideline, there are specific bullet points that require an AMA membership to comply such as flying with jets or giant scale. For most basic day-to-day flying, you can abide by most of the safety guideline without being an AMA member."
01-09-2016, 10:02 AM
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Last week I forwarded this to AMA: "Is AMA membership required to meet the provisions of PL112-95(a)(2)?" To which the responded "As for the safety guideline, there are specific bullet points that require an AMA membership to comply such as flying with jets or giant scale. For most basic day-to-day flying, you can abide by most of the safety guideline without being an AMA member."
well it covers cause all my planes are 35% up to 45% I have my AMA renewed , my IMAC renewed and registered with the FAA guess I am all legal
01-09-2016, 10:15 AM
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That's good. To each his own as long as it complies with law and regulation. As I said above, I don't have an burning need to fly very large airplanes, and I get just more from flying smaller stuff, and flying them precisely, especially in the wind or under less than ideal conditions. Of all the stuff I have, my favorite is still the Stevens Aero Adrenaline Rush...20 odd inch wingspan, hand carved airfoil about 3/8 inch thick, and with a 3s and medusa inrunner does over 60. All but disappears when it goes wings level. But that's just me.
01-09-2016, 02:18 PM
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Last week I forwarded this to AMA: "Is AMA membership required to meet the provisions of PL112-95(a)(2)?" To which the responded "As for the safety guideline, there are specific bullet points that require an AMA membership to comply such as flying with jets or giant scale. For most basic day-to-day flying, you can abide by most of the safety guideline without being an AMA member."