VCRC Official Business

[tony at radiosouthrc.com]

Bill:
What I was trying to show was that AMA has not waited until an incident occurred, and the FAA jumped in and started putting restrictions on us.  AMA feels that if we help FAA to define what a model is, if/when a problem occurs, they will know where we stand on the issue.  

It also makes it very clear to modelers that might want to play with GPS stuff in models that they may not be insured by AMA and may actually need special approval to fly it.

This makes anyone who is being "curious" about autonomous flight suspicious, and to be reported to the authorities.

The rule won't stop criminal activity, but will sure help us to identify it and blow the whistle when needed!

Tony Stillman
Radio South
3702 N. Pace Blvd.
Pensacola, FL 32505
1-800-962-7802
www.radiosouthrc.com
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bill Glaze 
  To: discussion at nsrca.org 
  Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 1:29 PM
  Subject: Re: VCRC Official Business


  Tony:
  That's fine for us hobbyists, as far as it goes.  However, we have no intention of blowing up anything--hopefully not our models! 
  Unfortunately, it's possible to pass rules 'til hell freezes over, and the only ones who will follow them, are those with no evil intent.  Those who want to do us harm, will not follow any rules of civilized society.  We've seen that.  But, where concern makes itself felt, surely rules and regulations are not far behind.  Again, those who intend to do us injury simply because we're Americans won't be the ones hamstringed by laws.
  I hope the AMA is on top of this, and we have some sort of lobbying power.  This may be decided way over the FAA level.  Are we ready for that?  I hope so.

  Bill Glaze

  tony at radiosouthrc.com wrote:

AMA has been pro-active in this area.  AMA discussed this with the FAA and
has re-defined what a "model airplane" really is.  These changes are now in
the new safety code, which reflect issues on autonomous flight.  We must
always remain in control of the airplane and in view of it as well.
Otherwise, it is not AMA insured and becomes a UAV...

Tony Stillman
Radio South
3702 N. Pace Blvd.
Pensacola, FL 32505
1-800-962-7802
www.radiosouthrc.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Martin X. Moleski, SJ" <moleski at canisius.edu>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 8:40 AM
Subject: Re: VCRC Official Business


  --On Friday, September 03, 2004 9:10 AM -0400 John Ferrell
    <johnferrell at earthlink.net> wrote:
  ... Of greater concern are the autonomous unmanned aircraft. It is
possible to put together a GPS controlled device from off the
shelf supplies. ...
      I think all we can do is to go on with our ordinary life, as
much as possible.

If anyone seems to be assembling a UAV or RPV, we should report
them to the authorities.  There are perfectly good reasons
to develop such aircraft for commercial and agricultural
applications (e.g., the Japanese helicopter that sprays
fields using GPS guidance and an autopilot, aerial photography
over sports events, weather investigation, etc.).  The
innocent should be cleared to continue their work.

Marty #2874
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