Since several years, I’m flying almost exclusively recreational FPV free-style / acrobatic drones. It is most interesting to me to fly in areas without any uninvolved people nearby and with some sort of ground-based structures to perform maneuvers (i.e. trees, buildings, etc.) An autonomous drone, or any other aircraft for that matter, is not being

Well, flying for me is like a stress reliever. It makes a day complete when I fly my fpv drone. Just simply having fun to this hobby.

It gives me freedom and distance to work and other stressful situations

Flying is my 15 minutes freedom after working day!

I started to this hobby as thanks to one of the workshop hosted by the state government for exposure to technology especially in drones. Now I am one of the lead drone community in my state and it helps to fund my finances in education as well as work. Without this, I may not have

I fly fpv quadcopters because it is super fun, interesting, and I’ve learned lots of things in the process. I fly in forets spots, parks, abandonned buildings, always choose not to fly in a spot if there’s people or property I could annoy/injure/damage. I always fly close to trees or other obstacles, I’m never a

I am a motor glider and sailplane Pilot and also love to fly RC models. I love to introduce my kids into flying, building and problem solving. I.connect with people via the Hobby and have seen a lot of people using RC modeling as a step to make flying an career. In my full size

The biggest loss is my STEM Education Outreach initiatives that my family has developed and have evolved into using FPV Quadcopters to reach K-12 students will be negatively affected. That still emotionally hurts more than knowing that I lose capabilities to independently test sUAS capabilities that are relevant for my day job helping the US

Keeps me sane