"Not for hobby use.  The only FAA rules of concern today is if the flight is for commercial purposes.  A hobby aircraft can legally fly 40km with an autopilot as long as it's below 400 ft, and not within 3-miles of an airport. Of…"

"Thanks, I did not know this trick."

"Francisc, I agree the search here is pretty bad.  Often it completely misses search terms. One thing you you can do to help is to actually use google to search this site.  For example, you would go to google and search for "logging…"

"I want to point one thing connected to this discussion. ( Sorry for my english, I am not a native english speaker) . A year ago me too was totally new to RC an APM stuff. I read a lot of posts here, maybe houndreds of hours, trying to learn. I…"

"Brad and Robert, I see and agree with both of your statements.  I also understand the frustration that some newcomers experience when they ask what many may consider foolish questions.  I regularly see people ask questions that leaves me…"

"Good post Brad.  I'll reiterate some of what you said.  If people feel that things that happened in this thread were offensive, I don't suggest you venture off to ask the same question elsewhere or you will REALLY not like the…"

"@Ted Barnard: I usually don't comment on non-aerodynamic issues, but I thought I'd throw my opinion in here. First off, welcome to The Internet, where common decorum, courtesy, and civility are quite often ignored.  This is…"

"Ted, sorry that you got that impression from some of the members on this forum.  It is obvious some members take their personal frustrations out on those that they feel less inclined to empathize with.  I for one feel if you can afford the…"

"You know I too am new to the RC Drone world with ambition to apply it to my job in law enforcement and SAR.  I have been reading the forum here for the last couple days and I have to say that many of you 'veterans' should be ashamed…"

"It is interesting? because most of us veteran pilots agree. A "New Bee" should get a flight simulator and go practice on that before they get a RTF like a Blixer or Sky walker and take to the Air.I wonder if any body has told them what to…"

"I think the idea is that you need to know the different flight models because you can't be sure that your actual physical plane is going to match the simulator. Using different planes in the sim will make it so that you learn how to actually…"

"Eddie after you have been flying a simulator for an hour every other day for a month and a half you get a ' Feel for it "and you can fly all day .Th idea of the can is to help pay for the plane and of course have fun!"

"> when you can take off and land in 6 different airplanes in both directions 4 times each continuously without crashing On a more serious note than fly an expensive drone 40k and see if it comes back... The whole point is to have fun. 6 planes 4…"

"That's a great idea with the can. Seriously what the newbie wants to do...  not realistic at all."

"I second #2. Buy very expensive components, expensive ones are more reliable. Put them in a drone and tell the autopilot to fly 40km away. Let us know if it comes back. :)"

"  Further, this is the exact type of activity the government will knee jerk on and force us into heavy regulation. News flash: amateur UAV hits high tension lines causing massive blackout and raging fire. Pilot said he knew he was flying out of…"