I started building and flying multi-rotors and fixed wings in highschool when my dad showed me his 2-meter sail-plane. I love the process behind designing, building and then testing your own little machine, THAT CAN FLY! I think the regulations would be workable for commercial uses (Amazon, FedEx, etc.) but restrict hobby built models to

Currently building my own drones for commercial use saving me THOUSANDS of dollars! I would not be able to do that if these rules go into effect. I am spending hundreds of dollars on a hope and a dream this will make me financially stable. Instead of living paycheck to paycheck. How many other peoples

I do flying as a hobby. It is pretty much the only thing I go outside for. If I didn’t get into model aviation I would be inside all day every day on my computer and not enjoying the outdoors or a good hobby. It also made me interested in career paths in aviation.

Being able to fly has saved my life. Kept me off drugs. Building my drones is therapeutic

The hobby is good as it is so far, a few tweaks here and there for autonomous aircraft should be made. Flying to me is a way to enjoy flying without having to build or buy an actual plane. I as an FPV inclined pilot would never fly very high, because our VTX antennas wouldn’t

I am relatively new to the FPV hobby, but I absolutely LOVE it! It gives me a sense of freedom, fun and exhilaration. It’s something I can do when I have a little free time and want to have some fun.

Flying became a rebirth of a dream when I found foam board and printable plans. That led to my first real success with model aviation after almost 30 years of trying. Flying fixed wing caused me to explore multi rotor and after a year I built my first drone based completely on YouTube videos that

Purely hobby pilot that learned the hobby on my own. Adding regulations and requirements to fly would have turned me off to the hobby before I got started, won’t be effective or feasible for the hobby or racing pilot and will severely affect the industry by forcing companies into unnecessary hardware and software restrictions.

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I am an alcoholic and ever since I have been sober flying has been my main source of escape, release, and relaxation. It has quite literally saved my life. These proposed restrictions will kill the hobby. There is so little margin in the products to begin with that all vendors will go under in a