FLOOD WATCH UNTIL LATE TONIGHT. | WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY 1PM-1AM.
Today: Rain changes to snow in the mid to late afternoon. Gusty wind. Temps fall to around 35 by 5pm.
Tonight: Snow ends late night. Total accumulations of 2-4 inches. Low 30.
Wednesday: Becoming mostly sunny. Still breezy. High 38.
Wednesday Night: Clear and cold. Low 22.
Thursday: Sunny. High 41.
Friday: Partly sunny. Chance of snow showers. High 38.
Saturday: Partly sunny. Chance of snow showers at night. High 39.
Sunday: Chance of rain and snow showers. High 42.
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Ogbonna says
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Leticia says
While I understand the point of view that now may not be the time to draw too much atotntien to ourselves before the FAA’s NPRM comes out, that shouldn’t preclude discussion and working together towards an ultimate goal of updating the Safety Code’s approach to FPV.FPV flying is not inherently unsafe. Any technology any activity can be misused. Any car can be driven faster than the speed limit, but that doesn’t make all drivers dangerous. I’ve been flying RC since 1979, and FPV is actually safer than most model operations I’ve seen. The reason is that the vast majority of FPV pilots know much, much more about the systems at work in their aircraft than most scale or fun-fly pilot. This isn’t because they’re more adept or dedicated, but because you have to develop a solid understanding of the technologies at work in an FPV setup simply to get it to work well.Going back to the late ’70s, I remember when giant scale models were considered a fad, then a threat that was going to ruin it for the rest of us (they’re so big, the FAA has to regulate them so what’s going to keep them from regulating me??? was the refrain). I remember when 3D aerobatics were considered an impure bastardization of pure pattern flying and should be banned ( for the good of the hobby ). I remember when an explosion of helicopter flying was seen as the ruination of the sport. I don’t remember but I’ve been told by someone who’s been around longer than I that RC was going to ruin model aviation (this was the standpoint of dedicated CL flyers). Now it’s FPV.Most FPV pilots I’ve flown with and spoken with around the country actually welcome reasonable AMA regulation. Yes, the majority view is that the buddy box makes flying less safe rather than moreso, but the majority also views the requirement of a spotter as quite a reasonable requirement. The same goes for altitude, weight, and LOS requirements. I’ve heard many FPV pilots even say they’d welcome the requirement of a waiver (similar to turbine flying) in which the pilot would have to demonstrate their knowledge of the technical intricasies involved in FPV in addition to actual flight operations (like, why don’t you use a patch antenna to recieve a video signal from a RHCP skew planar wheel transmit antenna?).Some may think that FPV is the end of RC as we know it, but most of us really aren’t that far apart on what we would consider reasonable regulations for FPV. Let’s keep the conversation going, OK?