Can someone please explain to me how registering with FAA for $5.00 or even for free makes anyone safer playing with model aircraft (drone). And why my model airplane is called a drone? At least AMA provided insurance along with the membership and membership number could be used as a registration number. What do you get with the FAA registration? Head ache, law suit, judicial punishment by FAA and so on after you lose your model (like a loss of control or flyaway). This is another way of the government getting their paws into your private life.
In the old days; you joined a club, AMA, and you go flying under controlled environment of the club. Now; you pay $5.00 and you take your drone and do whatever and whenever you want? How does that make you safer? As for the AUVSI; “The rich boys club” like Boeing, Northrop Grumman, IAI, AAI, and so on… they can play licensing their drones with FAA if they want. Just please leave the modelers alone. After all if not for the modelers, there would not be any drones to speak of. More news at 11:00.
Wilh respect to DJI, the FAA database was akin to the “camel’s nose under the tent” regarding model aviation’s regulations.
Can someone please explain to me how registering with FAA for $5.00 or even for free makes anyone safer playing with model aircraft (drone). And why my model airplane is called a drone? At least AMA provided insurance along with the membership and membership number could be used as a registration number. What do you get with the FAA registration? Head ache, law suit, judicial punishment by FAA and so on after you lose your model (like a loss of control or flyaway). This is another way of the government getting their paws into your private life.
In the old days; you joined a club, AMA, and you go flying under controlled environment of the club. Now; you pay $5.00 and you take your drone and do whatever and whenever you want? How does that make you safer? As for the AUVSI; “The rich boys club” like Boeing, Northrop Grumman, IAI, AAI, and so on… they can play licensing their drones with FAA if they want. Just please leave the modelers alone. After all if not for the modelers, there would not be any drones to speak of. More news at 11:00.