And it begins! Registration?
12-14-2015, 01:57 PM
#5
It would be glorious if this went away, however, we are dealing with the federal government… It would be equally as glorious if the powers that be had the common sense to share the AMA member database and auto register all of us "law abiding" citizens, but again, this is the federal government and common sense is a disease that their level of authority has seemed to eradicate.
12-14-2015, 02:02 PM
#6
Everything over 250 grams and under 55 pounds. You get a number and you have to put it "on" or "in" your plane(s). Starts on 21 December, some confusion on fees, I think it is $5 but it gets waived for 60 days or so of registration. not sure.
Over 55 pounds now has to be registered in a whole different way, looks to me like the same thing you have to do with a fullsize.
As BV said for years, if the AMA kept embracing drones (flying camera, semi autonomous drones) we would all go down together. The AMA should have done everything in our power to highlight our hobby (flying an aircraft for the fun of watching it fly) versus semi autonomous camera platforms.
Drone registration (and I am sure future regulation) will not differentiate between traditional model aircraft and the "flying tripods" aka drones.
Over 55 pounds now has to be registered in a whole different way, looks to me like the same thing you have to do with a fullsize.
As BV said for years, if the AMA kept embracing drones (flying camera, semi autonomous drones) we would all go down together. The AMA should have done everything in our power to highlight our hobby (flying an aircraft for the fun of watching it fly) versus semi autonomous camera platforms.
Drone registration (and I am sure future regulation) will not differentiate between traditional model aircraft and the "flying tripods" aka drones.
12-14-2015, 03:17 PM
#10
Would like to thank Horizon Hobby, Hobby Lobby, and Great Planes for making it easier for the average brainless idiot to populate our airspace. Good job!
BV was on the dot.
12-14-2015, 05:09 PM
#18
Well, I'm sure the AMA will lose about half it's membership soon. I suppose I'll skip paying my AMA next year and see what happens.
The Big Brother will certainly harvest all our info as soon as we register. Where will it stop when we still have incursions into controlled airspace more and more every day?
Pretty soon we will get the old chip in the shoulder or else....
Rebel
The Big Brother will certainly harvest all our info as soon as we register. Where will it stop when we still have incursions into controlled airspace more and more every day?
Pretty soon we will get the old chip in the shoulder or else....
Rebel
12-14-2015, 05:32 PM
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[QUOTE=mr_matt;12141352]Everything over 250 grams and under 55 pounds. You get a number and you have to put it "on" or "in" your plane(s). Starts on 21 December, some confusion on fees, I think it is $5 but it gets waived for 60 days or so of registration. not sure.
Over 55 pounds now has to be registered in a whole different way, looks to me like the same thing you have to do with a fullsize.
So what is now different with over 55 lbs. LTMA rules still good? Most of the 1/5 sizes are over 55 lbs at T.O.
Over 55 pounds now has to be registered in a whole different way, looks to me like the same thing you have to do with a fullsize.
So what is now different with over 55 lbs. LTMA rules still good? Most of the 1/5 sizes are over 55 lbs at T.O.
12-14-2015, 05:36 PM
#21
The full scale pilot boards are lit up too. Imagine suddenly, the FAA is inundated with a million new "pilots". They had to do something. With all these idiots flying them around airports taking videos of arriving airplanes, what do we expect? The AMA has now proven that it's just an insurance company and a magazine. I hate to say it, but it was proven during the meetings with the FAA. I have a lifetime membership to AMA and fully support it until I'm no longer breathing but it's sad when the FAA just took over and left them in the dust. A lot of hard work by our officers and members was wasted...
PS I might add that I'm a full scale instrument rated pilot so I didn't want to see one of these quad buzzers in my windshield when I popped out of the clouds on approach. I'll venture to say that these idiots will not register their quads and the terrorists sure as heck won't so it'll be like our gun control laws.
PS I might add that I'm a full scale instrument rated pilot so I didn't want to see one of these quad buzzers in my windshield when I popped out of the clouds on approach. I'll venture to say that these idiots will not register their quads and the terrorists sure as heck won't so it'll be like our gun control laws.
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12-14-2015, 05:49 PM
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What is the difference between "flying tripods" aka drones and a "traditional rc aircraft with a camera mounted on it? Perhaps BV was right about being lumped together. Whether a quad with a camera, a heli with a camera, or a Carbon Z Cub with a camera, what's the difference. Not all quads with cameras are FPV.
12-14-2015, 05:54 PM
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I have read the first 25 pages of the document. I get why they are doing this but the manner makes no sense at all. Asking people to voluntarily register their planes will only get law abiding people to do so. The rest of them will continue doing what they are doing. Within the first 25 pages you can easily see that this is all related to drones (as we all know) and has nothing to do with model aircraft that fly within line of sight. One of the examples cited included a drone interfering with fire fighting activities in controlled air space that forced all full scale fire fighting planes to land costing the companies thousands of dollars and delaying fire fighting activities. You can see why the FAA is implementing these rules but it will not resolve anything in my opinion.
It is like making people register to buy guns and in most cases criminal don't register their guns. If they truly want to track the drones it has to be done at the point of purchase. Just my opinion though.
It is like making people register to buy guns and in most cases criminal don't register their guns. If they truly want to track the drones it has to be done at the point of purchase. Just my opinion though.
12-14-2015, 06:03 PM
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The full scale pilot boards are lit up too. Imagine suddenly, the FAA is inundated with a million new "pilots". They had to do something. With all these idiots flying them around airports taking videos of arriving airplanes, what do we expect? The AMA has now proven that it's just an insurance company and a magazine. I hate to say it, but it was proven during the meetings with the FAA. I have a lifetime membership to AMA and fully support it until I'm no longer breathing but it's sad when the FAA just took over and left them in the dust. A lot of hard work by our officers and members was wasted...
PS I might add that I'm a full scale instrument rated pilot so I didn't want to see one of these quad buzzers in my windshield when I popped out of the clouds on approach. I'll venture to say that these idiots will not register their quads and the terrorists sure as heck won't so it'll be like our gun control laws.
PS I might add that I'm a full scale instrument rated pilot so I didn't want to see one of these quad buzzers in my windshield when I popped out of the clouds on approach. I'll venture to say that these idiots will not register their quads and the terrorists sure as heck won't so it'll be like our gun control laws.
