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I knew a few F-4 jocks. But I preferred my seat in a B-52.

That's one thing that is rarely stressed when it is recommended to "find a wide open space to practice". A wide open GRASSY space. I found out through trial and experience, that wide open unoccupied parking lots paved with asphalt and/or concrete are very punishing on drone landing struts, and...

I'd rather get to fly one of their drones. Compared to their capabilities, the most advanced and expensive drones available to civilians, are "toy grade"....

Throwing down the gauntlet and daring them to pick it up, is a poor example of "descretion"....

It's a "Catch 22" situation for drone owners. Legally, the Air Force cannot shoot down your drone. However if they do, you have to prove it to sue for damages. Which means that you have to admit in a Federal court in front of a judge and jury, that you violated the prohibition against...

Accutually, I was in the Air Force, and on a bomber crew. And even we were not authorized to fly over Area 51. Unless you are assigned there, you don't go there. As for civilians intruding on the ground. Signs are posted along the outer fenceline, that the use of deadly force is authorized. Feel...

The military has no police powers over civilians within the US, off military installations. That is a Hollywood fiction in movies and TV shows. A wide-dispersal energy weapon could bring down a drone, without collaterral damage from spent bullets dropping to the ground.

The Air Force already has experience with such situations dating back to World War II (when the Air Force was still part of the Army....), and a solution that simply requires modernization. Gunnery systems used on bombers and aerial gunships throw out rounds in a "shotgun" dispersal pattern. A...

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JJRC definitely has something in mind, to be adding currently-nonfunctional buttons to the controller for their H25G quad. Has anybody heard any rumors as to what additional functions they may be developing?

It started out about FAA registration coming to a halt for now....

Okaaaaay....

As for Trump, I'm fairly certain that being a developer, he and his company have explored the use of drones for company purposes, just to stay ahead of the competition. Like just about all of his competitors. So he's unlikely to favor any regulations that will hamper his operations, once he...

That is the general view that the courts have taken across the country. The concern is in regard to what is regarded as the limit of "being in public". You have that reasonable expectation of privacy in your backyard, when you erected an eight-foot solid wood fence to keep casual passerbys on...

How many times have you had a close call with some jerk that cut you off at the last possible moment, and think that their license to drive should be revoked, or wonder if they're driving without one because it already has been?

The bigger concern regarding the majority on non-pro quad flyers from the standpoint of many who don't fly them, is the potential "Peeping Tom". The guy who buys them with or equips them with FPV capability, to spy on women and kids in the bathroom or bedroom two, three, or more floors up from...

That's piloting jobs, as in professional pilots. That doesn't include non-professional piloting, which will include some of those professional pilots. This is no different than a hundred years ago, when cities and states first began licensing drivers of autos and trucks. There are professional...

Fascinating. The bottom-rung quads are derided here as "toys" compared to "hobby" quads. But go to court to oppose registration with the FAA, and the more expensive quads suddenly become "toys" in the courtroom, according to their owners.... I wonder if FAA attorneys monitor these forums and...

If you must fly outdoors, find a large open field with low grass, and few if any nearby sizeable bushes or trees. From personal experience, it isn't fun if your battery dies over a thick bush while you weren't paying attention to the remaining charge level, followed by it dropping in where you...

The alternstive being that unless more are willing to build their own, more of the toy-grade quads will be taking to the air, unless those manufacturers jump on the "we retain ultimate control of your quad" bandwagon also. Unless governments pressure them to, I doubt they will, as they can...