Democratization of aerial data collection. Everything including but not limited to STEM education, environmental monitoring/advocacy, civic engagement, humanitarian work, innovation, and more will suffer if the currently proposed rule goes through – which created large burdens on users so that middlemen corporations can unnecessarily insert themselves and inefficiently add regulations because they’ve lobbied for influence

I’ve learned a great deal from being able to freely modify/test inexpensive aircraft. Although most of mine are fairly small, I do have one fully-autonomous quadcopter and one full-manual ~3ft wingspan plane. The fully autonomous quad would potentially be convertible to provide remote ID, but almost all my other aircrafts would be outright impossible (weight

I’m 63, and I have been flying models off and on since I was 12. I feel these proposed regulations will severely suppress the enthusiasm and education opportunities for a great many model, and full sized commercial, pilots.

Field distance increases from 3 min to 30 min making hobby not feasible during late fall/winter (light restrictions) and burdensome due to distance Current field (approved city park) is in a location without cellular access. Current airfield is not a threat to low flying aircraft as such safety is not increased by this regulation. Airfield

I started flying model air planes when I was 8/9 years old. today I am 80 years old. Today I am building a model air plane waiting for the snow to leave the flying site. Much of my education was based on the my interest in flying. I remember my father punching out cardboard war

I could write a book on this topic, so I will just write what I think is the most important thing about the hobby of building and flying aircraft. My entire family (me, wife and 3 kids) tend to perfectionists, and one way to teach our kids that it is OK to fail and try

RC thought me so much growing up. I attribute it to helping me become an engineer. By adding regulations it’s going to be even harder for young pilots to get into the hobby and could kill the hobby entirely.

We need some rules and some processes to educate new pilots while still maintaining the freedom we have at the moment. Anything under 1kg should be exempt from dedicated identification hardware. We should rather invest in drone identification infrastructure country-wide that can be utilised by aircraft operators / manufacturers to maintain air safety, as the

Have enjoyed flying gliders and planes for years. Very, relaxing after work to head to the park a fly a glider. Always asked question about them at parks. Nice to see kids take an interest in them.

I love to fly, but with the current environment, I am looking at quitting. It is hard enough just to find a place close to home to fly… Regulations will not stop people who DO NOT want to comply….