I always wanted to be a plane pilot, but because of medical restrictions I can’t. Flying a remote control plane that is about the closest thing I can do to become a pilot and if this is taken away because of remote ID I don’t know what I’m going to do.

A friend of mine did show me his new hobby and asked me if a wanted to try it. since then its my number one hobby. i go flying almost every week, build my own planes. its one of the best, because it has so many sides and almost everyone can do it. in my

The opportunity to be around like minded people who also enjoy model aviation. Learning from other pilots. As well as teaching those who have never flown a model airplane or multi rotors.

I Started flying about 5 years ago. I didn’t have hobby and spent all my time working. I had no interest in LOS flying so I started with FPV racing quad copters. I fly mostly at a dedicated flying field and sometimes practice on my 1.5 acre yard with my under 250gram drone. This hobby

I started flying years ago when I got a small quad for Christmas. I flew it all the time, fixed it when I crashed, and kept flying. I started getting bigger machines to do some aerial photography. A while ago I made the decision to build an FPV quad which allows me to have all

I left the RC hobby in my early twenties due to the high cost back then. 40 years later, I got back in the RC hobby because of how low the cost is now. My concern is with all the new FAA regulations the cost of RC will be prohibitive and I will have to

My granddad when I was a kid took me to air shows and rc plane clubs to see them fly. I wanted to get into it but money was a problem. Later when seeing drones come out got interested again. So I built a fav race drone also learned about flight test foam board planes

I’ve been flying for 20+ years all recreationally. I only fly at my own private property or empty parks/school grounds. I’ve always made the safety of myself and others a priority before I fly. I live in a rural part of Wisconsin and this new proposal will kill my beloved pastime or force me to

As a retiree who cannot afford golf, boating, travel, movies etc the $50 to $100 per year that I receive as gifts are specified as fun money. At present I build all my planes from foam boards. My radio and motors are left over from when I worked and spent more on the hobby. If

I got into the hobby when I was in 7th grade. I didn’t have enough money to buy all of the stuff for one plane all at once. It took years to get to the point where I could fly actual equipment on actual planes. The financial cost of a remote ID system or subscription

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