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<blockquote data-quote="suprPHREAK" data-source="post: 67022" data-attributes="member: 1505"><p>Once upon a time, to get into RC, required building your plane nearly from scratch, from a kit you bought at a local hobby shop. Then you had to go to a local hobby field (towns long since had bans on RC in parks), where you would need to demonstrate you were capable of flying and earn your wings, then you could fly there. Along the way you were given safety tips, schooled in rules and regulations. AMA hobbyists were operating like a mini-aviation sector, behaving like pilots in their regard for safety. They actually understand aeronautics and how planes work.</p><p></p><p>You didn't have automatic RTH, so you didn't fly beyond your control link. Some put cameras, but FPV is pretty new in the timeline. Just took pics on a timer, but even then, you were at a hobby field nowhere near people.</p><p></p><p>Now you walk into Best Buy and walk out with a drone and fly it over someone's pool a mile away and perv on their daughter sunbathing in full HD. Or something.</p><p></p><p>When access becomes for the masses, people start to realize the masses are full of idiots.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="suprPHREAK, post: 67022, member: 1505"] Once upon a time, to get into RC, required building your plane nearly from scratch, from a kit you bought at a local hobby shop. Then you had to go to a local hobby field (towns long since had bans on RC in parks), where you would need to demonstrate you were capable of flying and earn your wings, then you could fly there. Along the way you were given safety tips, schooled in rules and regulations. AMA hobbyists were operating like a mini-aviation sector, behaving like pilots in their regard for safety. They actually understand aeronautics and how planes work. You didn't have automatic RTH, so you didn't fly beyond your control link. Some put cameras, but FPV is pretty new in the timeline. Just took pics on a timer, but even then, you were at a hobby field nowhere near people. Now you walk into Best Buy and walk out with a drone and fly it over someone's pool a mile away and perv on their daughter sunbathing in full HD. Or something. When access becomes for the masses, people start to realize the masses are full of idiots. [/QUOTE]
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