Hobbyists have had FPV in RC planes and helis for 10+ years, but it's easy now so everyone is doing it. You don't need to know how to solder, program transmitte

Hobbyists have had FPV in RC planes and helis for 10+ years, but it's easy now so everyone is doing it. You don't need to know how to solder, program transmitters, cobble together TX/RX equipment, have a ham license, etc etc etc. There wasn't a problem before, because the types of people who would cause problems and do stupid stuff didn't generally have the patience / skills to get it working to the point that they could actually do damage with it. It's cool that this is a more accessible hobby now, but kids being kids without the adult supervision that would have come with affording, designing, acquiring, assembling, and flying + operating such a device is gone with cheap drones + the internet. I think that regulating it will be bad for hobbyists. Drones are already banned in national parks and some city / county parks (shame since there's an entire category of "park flyers" and few AMA RC flying fields in the Bay Area). I've given up on RC flight for now, but drone racing in warehouses and parks seems insanely fun.