As an RC pilot and with my occasional hours in my friends ultralight I am astonished at the lack of knowledge and biases that has arisen in these proceedings. Playing on the assumption that the civilian population will misuse our toys with a low fact basis to support the claim. There is no way that

I’m not a very active pilot but i do have a couple of little foam planes which i usually fly in a parking lot near my workplace. I’m aware that you need some knowledge before you start with this hobby, it can become dangerous if not taken seriously, but from my experience, in this couple

ik vlieg al meer dan 50 jaar, meestal met zelfbouw en zelf ontworpen toestellen, met max 2kg gewicht. De huidige technologie maakt het veel makkelijker en vijliger, maar het is geen speelgoed ! De vulgarisatie (commercialisatie) heeft er speelgoed van gemaakt en heeft er veel en zwaar ingeboed aan creativiteit en inovatie, ik vind dit

I think the new rule in the America’s will have an enormous backlash for manufacturers and wil impair the development of knowledge and education of new comers to the hobby. It will also have a very severe impact on the price-levels which I think will result in a negative spiral for the hobby as a

Flying is my escape. Charge a few lipos and I’m off to a quiet spot to break some props lol. Can’t beat dusk and a well maintained patch of green grass. Heavenly.

I’ve been building and flying model airplanes from control line to remote control for 70 years. I’ve had no problems with safety in all those tears. AMA has an effevtive safety program that all AMA fields must comply with. The advent of quad copters is what needs to be regulated. Fixed wing aircraft has had

These proposed rulings would be disastrous for the hobby and the many enthusiasts that have a passion for flight. Most people can’t afford to learn how to fly a real plane, never mind owning one. So this hobby is the closest thing for most people to enjoy flight. If these rules are enacted, you will

I grew up learning to fly in city parks, state parks and on privet property, always depending on what was available for a safe fun environment. The hobby struggles to survive and encourage young new members when finding space to safely operate becomes over burdensome. I live near large amounts of BLM land currently but

I just started flying, and although I live in Norway this will inevitably have an effect on me too. Because US regulations gets copied here in Norway many times, especially when they pertain to technology. We barely have any flying clubs and fields here because the flying hobby is not very common here. And although