I've been building and flying model airplanes, sailplanes, powered and helicopters for many decades. Flying model aircraft required time, knowledge and dedicat

I've been building and flying model airplanes, sailplanes, powered and helicopters for many decades. Flying model aircraft required time, knowledge and dedication. Before the Internet we used to connect over USENET. It wasn't uncommmon to engage in deep discussions of aerodynamics, design, composite fabrication, motor design, etc. I made many good friends in the aerospace industry during those days, including people like the chief engineer of the F-14 and members of the team who designed the F-117 Stealth Fighter. I provide this background as a backdrop for what, ultimately, is my opinion of what is going on right now in the multicopter world: A bunch of FUCKING MORONS are going to ruin it for those of us who fell in love with this hobby as a conduit for science and learning. A passtime that used to be handed down from parents to children is in jeopardy of being regulated out of our lives because of a bunch of idiots with money and no brains and an apparent total lack of common sense, consideration, respect and care for the health and safety of others. No true model aircraft enthusiast of my generation would even consider doing some of the crap these morons are doing every day. It's sad.