A couple of simple rules will make this all go away:
1) Operator / owner of a RC craft assumes full liability for any damage
2) All flying RC must include identification including Owner’s name, address, and phone number (can be on paper inside the drone)
3) limit the transmit power of the controller to X watts. This will limit the range of the craft
4) RC craft must be directly piloted at all times.
5) No craft to be operated within 2 miles of an airport
6) No craft to be operated above 65 db measured at 1 meter
Number 6 is unrealistic, even for electric aircraft.
Don't add rules that haven't been needed since the 1930s.
Some people just want to make rules....
/johnny
This would be absurd. My micro helis (~300 grams) will continue to operate a lot closer than that to an airport, but within a few yards of me as always.
2. Under AMA rules, all model aircraft are to be identified
with the owner's name address phone number and AMA
number. In the case of a scale model, this info can be
on a plate or label inside the model.
3. Every R/C transmitter I ever heard of is already limited
to 750mW or 3/4 of a watt.
4. never felt the need for a autopilot myself.
5. Already a FAA rule about this. No flying within 3 miles
without notifying the tower or airport operator. Our
club has been at the same location for 42 years within
3 miles of a county airport. They know we are there and
we know they are there, and govern ourselves accordingly.
6. AMA already has sound level recommendations.
I've been flying R/C model airplanes since 1985 and have
been a instructor pilot (R/C fixed wing) since 1987. In
charge of the training program for new R/C pilots at our club
for the last 10 years.
Just curious, what do you fly?