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For the Love of Radio Controlled Aircraft in the US, New Rules Possible.
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Simon:
Sorted! anyone else want some time out?
joeqsmith:
Had a few people correct me how RCs are not toys.  Some research, I saw where a child was killed when they were hit with a toy boat.   Of course, it was also kids piloting the boat.    If the RC group feels these are not toys and they really could be potentially lethal, maybe they should be better regulated.   Require a license to sell and operate.  Maybe something like a drivers test that you have to renew.  Other hobbies require licenses as well.  Guns, Amateur Radio, Drag Racing....
Simon:
There was a case of a kid that got his head cut off by the rotor of a rather large RC helicopter he was flying. Indeed much like model steam engines that run on the real thing there comes a point where some models are actually getting closer to the real thing even if on a smaller scale.
metrologist:

--- Quote from: Zero999 on March 03, 2020, 10:46:44 am ---Perhaps people should be able to make their own RC aircraft, but it has to use approved transmitter and receiver modules, which enable the authorities to disable/track it?
--- End quote ---

There are already systems that can track and identify these devices through TDOA techniques, RF signatures, and communication protocols. DroneShield is one such example, and there are new technologies that will hit the market soon. There is no need to force this on consumers. The authorities have means of detecting unlawful driving, for example, without forcing transponders and other controls on vehicles. All they are doing is making this a government revenue source and commercial venture for private industry, and shifting all of the costs to consumers.  :--

RC is dangerous. You can loose an eye from a paper airplane. Life is dangerous. This endless pursuit of utopia where nobody gets sick, hurt, and everyone lives forever. What a great future.
beanflying:
You can't regulate stupid or evil.

@Joe R/C Aircraft and Helis were never 'Toys' when I started. The building of them prior by the user gave you some background in a lot of cases and lead you invariably in most cases to a club of people with knowledge to learn how to use your several months of work. This is no longer the case and we have idiots with no skills, background and a wad of cash buying a 'toy' because they are cool.

@simon that one Helicopter is a case of Stupid. The Owner shouldn't have been flying it where they were and the kid shouldn't have been  in front of the pilot if it is the case I think you are referring to. I own a couple of similar sized helis and humans behind helis in front helps and in Oz as with most countries we already have a federal law which is part of the Air Navigation Order for a 30m exclusion rule.

In the UK somewhere over twenty years ago a Man as a Spectator was killed by a 1kg Balsa glider when he was struck in the temple by it. The spectator was in an 'appropriate' place but a wind gust if memory serves blew the glider on a ridge back into the spectator. While a complete accident things like this do happen 'occasionally' but overly harsh regulation won't magic them away.

Life has risks and like the current CoV outbreak the risks of Being Killed by a Red bus on a Sunday far outwiegh the 'threat' of death and dismemberment by R/C Aircraft or Helicopters. but the media loves a story. Since that Helicopter issue in the UK how many Roads deaths have there been and why don't the regulations on those stop the carnage?

Dicks with Drones are another matter as most of the issues happen because they don't get used in line with the existing ANO's and four or more dicing blades and humans in close proximity is bound to end up in tears or worse.
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