“I am a senior in high school, and I plan on going to college for engineering next year, probably with a focus on aerospace engineering. Scratch-building RC planes is a way for me to gain a more hands-on and intuitive understanding of aerodynamics and aircraft design in general, and it is by far the most enjoyable hobby I’ve come across. I always fly with safety as the chief concern, and I’ve never gotten hurt, nor have I every heard of anyone getting hurt, by an RC plane. It’s not safety that is the motive for the new regulations, so it must be something else. I find the fact that we are left in the dark regarding that motive disturbing and shameful, given the proposed aim of our country to be run by the people, for the people.”