[HCRA] FAA Drone Registration

[AB1WT Jeff]

i know you said not to reply but i need to say this. i believe the hcra
website needs a bulletinboard/forum. there are many issues which the club
would like to discuss, like the drones but can't because it is not radio
related. if we add a bulletinboard/forum to the website, us club members
could have a place discuss issues like the drones and anything else.
bulletinboards/forums are very easy to add to websites and i belong to
quite a few of them. this is just a thought.
jeff
ab1wt

On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 2:32 PM, w1eqo at shaysnet.com <w1eqo at shaysnet.com>
wrote:

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> I also don't want to belabor the point, but ask this:
>
> 1. How high do .55 lb drones fly? Remember that weight includes unimportant
> stuff like battery, props (4 min), frame, etc. Did I forget motors &
> limited range transceiver?
>
> 2. Did I mention limited range transceiver, as how far can you get with a
> milliwatt at 2.45 GHz?
>
> 3. Now if you were to regulate model helicopters which have been flying for
> a long time (> 35 years), I might agree. These do have fuel and weight to
> go somewhere. And require a small amount of skill to fly.
>
> 4. I see this as a placation for the masses. The same masses who won't read
> the info the FAA sends, and if they do, probably won't understand it.
>
> 5. And I do understand there are the brainless who will attempt to fly near
> an airport. Can those ever be stopped?
>
> So...we know laws don't work unless there is enforcement. Who is going to
> do this? The gun toting bunch like we have now?
>
> So if there is a problem, ban the things. But the cry goes "that's against
> the Constitution." Was the ban against the manufacture, sale, and
> importation of scanners that cover our 800 MHz cell phone band against the
> Constitution? Apparently not. The FCC, in corporation with Newt, and
> Congress, did it. What's the FAA? A bunch of whimps?
>
>
> Jim, W1EQO
>
> PS Please don't reply to this. This site is, and should be about radio. The
> only good use I see for a quadcopter is to make real antenna pattern
> measurements.
>
>
>
> Original email:
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> From: Alan Dove alan.dove at gmail.com
> Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 10:52:13 -0500
> To: hcra at mailman.qth.net, w1eqo at shaysnet.com
> Subject: Re: [HCRA] FAA Drone Registration
>
>
> Hey, folks:
>
> I don’t want to turn this into a flamewar about federal regulation, but as
> a pilot I want to point out that amateur-flown drones present a far greater
> threat to real aircraft than many hobbyists realize. These things are
> easily capable of taking out engines and windshields if struck at speed,
> and the new control systems make it way too easy for folks to stray into
> controlled airspace with them. The FAA had relied on a “common sense”
> approach to regulating model aircraft for decades, but a number of recent
> close calls showed that sense is no longer common enough. As usual, a few
> idiots made things worse for everyone else, so now all RC pilots need to
> register. I’m not happy that this was necessary, but it was.
>
> Yes, birds also pose a serious threat to aircraft and always have. The
> difference is that drones are operated by humans who should know better -
> and who can and should be held liable for whatever damage they cause.
> Registration is the mechanism for that.
>
>           —Alan (AB1XW)
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